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  • 1Newman, John Henry — • Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Newman, John Henry      …

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  • 2John Henry Newman —     John Henry Newman     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Henry Newman     (1801 1890)     Cardinal Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English… …

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  • 3Idiosyncratic — Id i*o*syn*crat ic, Idiosyncratical Id i*o*syn*crat ic*al, a. Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one s peculiar and individual character. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Idiosyncratical — Idiosyncratic Id i*o*syn*crat ic, Idiosyncratical Id i*o*syn*crat ic*al, a. Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one s peculiar and individual character. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Vein — Vein, n. [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.] 1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See {Artery}, 2. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 6John Harrison (Leeds) — John Harrison (1579 1656) was a prominent inhabitant of Leeds, in Yorkshire, England, in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, variously as one of the early woolen cloth merchants, and as a benefactor of the town.Commercial and municipal… …

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  • 7vein — I. n. 1. Blood vessel. 2. Rib (of a leaf), nerve. 3. Seam (in a mine), lode. 4. Stripe, streak, wave, variegation. 5. Current, course, thread, train. 6. Bent, humor, disposition, mood. 7 …

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  • 8Hazlitt, William — (1778 1830)    Essayist and critic, b. at Maidstone, was the s. of a Unitarian minister. At his father s request he studied for the ministry at a Unitarian Coll. at Hackney. His interests, however, were much more philosophical and political than… …

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  • 9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 10Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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