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  • 81Abbot — • A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abbot     Abbot     † …

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  • 82Maronites — • History of the Maronite nation and Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maronites     Maronites     † …

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  • 83SHORT, Augustus (1802-1883) — first Anglican bishop of Adelaide was born near Exeter, England, on 11 June 1802. His father, Charles Short, a London barrister, came of an old English county family. Short was educated at Westminster school and Christ Church, Oxford, where he… …

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  • 84clergy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Religious personnel Nouns 1. (body of clergy) clergy, ministry, priesthood, rabbinate, abbacy, ulema, imamate; the cloth, Roman collar. See religion, worship. 2. (member of the clergy) clergyman or woman …

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  • 85Crosier — Cro sier (kr? zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook.] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an… …

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  • 86Religious education — This article is about the teaching of religion. For the educational subject, see Religious Education. Convicted prisoners receiving Qur anic education in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pa …

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  • 87Frideswide — Infobox Saint name=Saint Frideswide birth date=c. 650 death date=c.735 feast day=October 19 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church; Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodox Church; Oriental Orthodox Church imagesize= caption= birth place= upper Thames region… …

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  • 88Gertrude of Nivelles — Infobox Saint name=Gertrude of Nivelles birth date=626 death date= March 17 659 feast day=March 17 venerated in= imagesize=200px caption=Gertrude of Nivelles, Flemish painting, c. 1530 birth place=Landen, Belgium death place=Nivelles… …

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  • 89Pat Bumgardner — Rev Pat Bumgardner has been Senior Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of New York for 19 years.She has been an active campaigner for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, recently marrying same sex couples on the steps …

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  • 90Valerius of Trèves — Infobox Saint name= Saint Valerius of Trier birth date= death date= 320 AD feast day= January 29 venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= Tombs of Saints Eucharius and Valerius. St. Matthias Abbey, Trier. birth place= death… …

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