Via (vī&adot_; or vē&adot_;), n. [L. See Way.] A road or way.
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Via Lactea [L.] (Astron.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See Galaxy, 1. -- Via media [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism.
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