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71Sisters of Mercy — Sisters of Mercy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Mercy A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, by Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, born 29 September, 1787, at Stormanstown House, County Dublin. Descended from an… …
72St. Thomas Christians — St. Thomas Christians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Thomas Christians An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas. The subject will be treated under the… …
73diligence — dil·i·gence / di lə jəns/ n: earnest and persistent application of effort esp. as required by law; also: care (1) see also due diligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
74inflexibleness — noun a) The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness. b) Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending …
75pertinaciousness — noun The state or characteristic of being pertinacious. I had too much experience of my fathers pertinaciousness ever to hope for a change in his views. Syn: pertinacity …
76pertinaciously — adverb /ˌpɜː.təˈneɪ.ʃəs.li,ˌpɝːtənˈeɪʃəsli/ In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding ones opinion or course of action. Saint Augustine makes this difference betweene an heretike, and him that beleeves an heretike. The first begets or… …
77pertinacious — adjective /pɝ tn̩ˈeɪʃəs/ a) Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose. b) Stubbornly resolute or tenacious. See Also: pertinaciousness, pertinacity …
78GREENWAY, Francis Howard (c. 1777-1837) — architect was born about 1777. Little is known of his education or early life. He was practising as an architect of some eminence at the beginning of the nineteenth century in Bristol and Bath, but in 1811 was made insolvent. In 1812 he was in… …
79SALOMONS, Sir Julian Emanuel (1836-1909) — advocate and politician son of Emanuel Salomons, a merchant of Birmingham, was born at Edgbaston, England, on 4 November 1836. He came to Australia in 1853 and was for a time secretary of the great Synagogue at Sydney. In 1858 he went to England… …
80Kansas–Nebraska Act — This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white). The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of …
