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  • 71Divine Right of Kings — [ Louis XIV as the sun] The Divine Right of Kings is a general term that refers to the philosophy and ideas used to justify the authority and legitimacy of monarchs in medieval and early modern Europe. The doctrine broadly holds that a monarch… …

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  • 72geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… …

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  • 73DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …

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  • 74Confucianism — Confucianist, n., adj. /keuhn fyooh sheuh niz euhm/, n. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and… …

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  • 75Aquinas, Thomas, Saint — ▪ Italian Christian theologian and philosopher Introduction also called  Aquinas,  Italian  San Tommaso d Aquino,  byname  Doctor Angelicus (Latin: Angelic Doctor)  born 1224/25, Roccasecca, near Aquino, Terra di Lavoro, Kingdom of Sicily died… …

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  • 76LEVI BEN GERSHOM — (1288–1344; acronym: RaLBaG; also called Maestre Leo de Bagnols; Magister Leo Hebraeus; Gersonides), mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and biblical commentator, born probably at Bagnols sur Cèze (Languedoc – now département du Gard, France) …

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  • 77Guelphs and Ghibellines — • Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Guelphs and Ghibellines     Guelphs and Ghib …

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  • 78chosen people — (often caps.) the Israelites. Ex. 19. [1525 35] * * * ▪ Judaism       the Jewish people, as expressed in the idea that they have been chosen by God as his special people. The term implies that the Jewish people have been chosen by God to worship… …

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  • 79Salah — For other uses, see Salah (disambiguation) and Salat (disambiguation). Part of a series on Aqidah …

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  • 80ditheism — /ˈdaɪθiˌɪzəm/ (say duythee.izuhm) noun 1. the doctrine of, or belief in, two supreme gods. 2. belief in the existence of two independent antagonistic principles, one good and the other evil. {di 1 + Greek theos god + ism} –ditheist, noun… …