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  • 121nat|u|ral|i|za|tion — «NACH uhr uh luh ZAY shuhn, NACH ruh », noun. 1. the act of naturalizing: »Mr. P. G. Wodehouse…filed a naturalization petition as a first step toward obtaining United States citizenship (London Times). 2. the condition of being naturalized: »A… …

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  • 122DEISTS — DEISTS, adherents of a rationalist movement that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries as an attempt to explain the Bible and create a theology based on the rules of logic and the sciences. Deism arose in the middle of the 17th century out of the… …

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  • 123MODERN TIMES – TO 1880 — introduction dawn of the enlightenment influence of mercantilist absolutism on jewish status arguments for toleration moses mendelssohn egalitarianism and emancipation in the u.s. the french revolution napoleon bonaparte and the french sanhedrin… …

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  • 124UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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