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  • 1Superstition — Su per*sti tion, n. [F. superstition, L. superstitio, originally, a standing still over or by a thing; hence, amazement, wonder, dread, especially of the divine or supernatural, fr. superstare to stand over; super over + stare to stand. See… …

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  • 2correct — vb 1 Correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to set or make right something which is wrong. One corrects something which is inaccurate, untrue, or imperfect or which contains errors, faults, or defects, when one by… …

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  • 3Arsenal — An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. The word arsenal appears in various forms in Romance languages (from which it has been adopted into the Germanic languages), i.e. Italian… …

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  • 4English as she is spoke — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda English as she is spoke, de título original O Novo Guia de Conversação, em Portuguez e Inglez, em Duas Partes, es el título de una guía de conversación portugués inglés publicada en 1855 por Pedro Carolino y José da… …

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  • 5Communion of Children — • Article includes (1) the ancient practice, and (2) the present discipline of the Church in regard to the Communion of children Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Communion of Children     Communion of Children …

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  • 6Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice     Sacrifice      …

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  • 7superstition — n. 1. Bigotry, fanaticism. 2. False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship. 3. Belief in omens. 4. Excessive nicety, scrupulous exactness …

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  • 8Truth — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Object of knowledge. < N PARAG:Truth >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fact fact reality &c.(existence) 1 Sgm: N 1 plain matter of fact plain matter of fact Sgm: N 1 nature nature &c.(principle) 5 Sgm: N 1 truth truth …

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  • 9Nice — (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. {Nicer} (n[imac] s[ e]r); superl. {Nicest}.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See {No}, and {Science} …

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  • 10Nicer — Nice Nice (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. {Nicer} (n[imac] s[ e]r); superl. {Nicest}.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See {No}, and …

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