erection
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The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
Anything erected; a building of any kind.
The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
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As well as a new surface, phase one of the project will also include a drainage programme, the erection of catchment nets behind both goals and new fencing around the perimeter of the venue.
Baroque tower helmets were added as part of the erection of the stone bridge in 1788.
A watched pot never boils and it's the same with erections: the less attention you pay to his penis, the more likely he is to get an erection.
A recent addition to the landscape has been the erection of several large stone columns on main roads into the city welcoming drivers, euphemistically, to "the walled city".
But though disgraced, they still retained great influence, and two years later, seizing the person of the king, they compelled their rivals to consent to the erection of a regency representative of both parties.
For example, he considered a man’s erection to be sinful, though involuntary, Augustine of Hippo, City of God, 14.17 because it did not take place under his conscious control.