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1vain — 1 Vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow are comparable when they mean devoid of worth or significance. Something vain (see also FUTILE) is devoid of all value, either absolutely because worthless, superfluous, or unprofitable or relatively… …
2vain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. proud, conceited; futile, fruitless; trivial. See vanity, uselessness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessing unwarranted self esteem] Syn. proud, arrogant, haughty; see egotistic 2 . 2 …
3vain — [vān] adj. [OFr < L vanus, empty, vain: see WANT] 1. having no real value or significance; worthless, empty, idle, hollow, etc. [vain pomp] 2. without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc. [a vain endeavor] 3.… …
4Labadists — The Labadists were a 17th century Protestant religious community movement founded by Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), a French pietist. The movement derived its name from that of its founder.Jean de Labadie’s lifeJean de Labadie came from an area… …
5Symphony No. 5, "Kunstkammer" — Kunstkammer is the title of Jeffrey Ching s Fifth Symphony, composed in Berlin from 12 October 2004 to 6 February 2005, and revised in December 2005 World premiere and instrumentation Kunstkammer was commissioned by the Deutsches Kammerorchester… …
6Hrosvitha — or Roswitha born с 935 died с 1000 German writer, regarded as the first German woman poet. Of noble birth, she lived as a nun in a Benedictine convent most of her life. There she wrote six prose comedies in Latin (с 960), based in form on those… …
7Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …
8List of compositions by Henry Purcell — This is a list of musical compositions by Henry Purcell.By Z numberThese pieces arranged by the Zimmerman catalogue.Anthems*Z 001, Full Anthem, Awake, put on thy strength (c. 1682 5) *Z 002, Full Anthem, Behold, I bring you glad tidings (1687) *Z …
9Zimmerman-Verzeichnis — Das Zimmerman Verzeichnis bezeichnet die vollständige Werkliste des englischen Komponisten Henry Purcell nach dem Katalog von Franklin B. Zimmerman: Henry Purcell, 1659 1695. An Analytical Catalogue of his Music. London: Macmillan 1963.… …
10Ecclesiastes — • The name given to the book of Holy Scripture which usually follows the Proverbs; the Hebrew Qoheleth probably has the same meaning Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes …
