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1. A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

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She had just slipped back into her little niche, prompt, punctual, efficient as ever. - "Okewood of the Secret Service", Valentine Williams.
There in her niche stood Our Lady, quite as though nothing had happened, with the infant Christ in her arms and the tiny lamp burning at her feet. - "News from the Duchy", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.
There is not a foot, one might say a point, of soil that does not bear something; and there is not a niche in the rock, where a scrap of dirt will stay, that is not made useful. - "Saunterings", Charles Dudley Warner Last Updated: February 22, 2009.

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