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  • 111metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …

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  • 112Pepys, Samuel — born Feb. 23, 1633, London, Eng. died May 26, 1703, London English diarist and public official. Born into a humble family, Pepys was appointed about 1659 as a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, where on Jan. 1, 1660, he began the diary for… …

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  • 113Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

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  • 114Psalms — • The Psalter, or Book of Psalms, is the first book of the Writings , i.e. of the third section of the printed Hebrew Bible of today. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Psalms     Psalms …

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  • 115Teos — • Titular see; suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Teos     Teos     † …

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  • 116Torlogh O'Carolan —     Torlogh O Carolan     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Torlogh O Carolan     (Irish, Toirdhealbhach O Cearbhalláin).     Usually spoken of as the last of the Irish bards , born in the County Meath, Ireland, in 1670; died at Ballyfarnon, 1737. He… …

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  • 117Walter Map —     Walter Map     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Walter Map     (Sometimes wrongly written MAPS)     Archdeacon of Oxford, b. at, or in the vicinity of, Hereford, c. 1140, d. between 1208 and 1210. Belonging by birth to the Welsh Marches, he was in… …

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  • 118Walpurgisnacht — noun /vɑːlˈpɜːɡɪsnɑːxt/ Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party …

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  • 119Walpurgis night — noun Walpurgisnacht ( Walpurgas night ), a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party …

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  • 120bacchant — 1. noun /ˈbækənt/ a) A priest of Bacchus. b) A bacchanal; a reveler. 2. adjective /ˈbækənt/ Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine loving; reveling; carousing. See Also …

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