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Via \Vi"a\, prep. [L., ablative of via way. See {Way}.]
By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.
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Via \Vi"a\ (v[imac]"[.a] or v[=e]"[.a]), 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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