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1a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men — The rhyme has at least three common variants. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 33 A crooning cow, a crowing Hen and a whistling Maid boded never luck to a House. The two first are reckoned ominous, but the Reflection is on the third. 1850 Notes &… …
2be a force to be reckoned with — if an organization or person is a force to be reckoned with, they are very powerful. The Scottish team s performance last month shows that they are once again a force to be reckoned with …
3chronology — /kreuh nol euh jee/, n., pl. chronologies. 1. the sequential order in which past events occur. 2. a statement of this order. 3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events. 4. a… …
4calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any …
5CALENDAR — (Heb. לוּחַ, lu aḥ). The present Jewish calendar is lunisolar, the months being reckoned according to the moon and the years according to the sun. A month is the period of time between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and the next. The… …
6Magnitude (astronomy) — For other uses, see Magnitude (disambiguation). Magnitude is the logarithmic measure of the brightness of an object, in astronomy, measured in a specific wavelength or passband, usually in optical or near infrared wavelengths. Contents 1… …
7France — • Geography, statistics, and history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. France France † …
8force — ▪ I. force force 1 [fɔːs ǁ fɔːrs] noun 1. [countable] a group of people who have been trained and organized for a particular purpose: • Our division has expanded its sales force (= the people in a company who sell the company s products ) to 160 …
9Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
10The Benedictine Order — The Benedictine Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …
