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trope

noun

    1. the use of a word or words in a figurative sense
    2. a figure of speech
    3. figurative language in general
  1. a common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc.
  2. in the medieval church,
    1. the interpolation of a phrase or passage into the authorized service: such passages were later developed into dramatic dialogues
    2. any such passage

See trope in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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