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  • 71Acts 25 — 1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, 3 And desired favour against him, that he would… …

    The King James version of the Bible

  • 72accuser — [[t]əkju͟ːzə(r)[/t]] accusers N COUNT: usu poss N An accuser is a person who says that another person has done something wrong, especially that he or she has committed a crime. ...a criminal proceeding where defendants have the right to confront… …

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  • 73accuse */*/*/ — UK [əˈkjuːz] / US [əˈkjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms accuse : present tense I/you/we/they accuse he/she/it accuses present participle accusing past tense accused past participle accused to say that someone has done something wrong or committed …

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  • 74BLACK DEATH — BLACK DEATH, epidemic of various contagious diseases, bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic, all caused by the same bacillus, pasteurella pestis, a combination of which raged throughout Europe between 1348 and 1350. (See Map: Black Death). It was… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 75DAMASCUS AFFAIR — DAMASCUS AFFAIR, a notorious blood libel in 1840 in which Christian antisemitism and popular Muslim anti Jewish feelings came to a head and were aggravated by the political struggle of the European powers for influence in the Middle East. Syria… …

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  • 76INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… …

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  • 77cast the first stone — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. * /Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone./ * /Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to cast the first stone …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 78cast the first stone — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. * /Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone./ * /Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to cast the first stone …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 79Be ready — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood} (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 80quaestor — Questor Ques tor, n. [L. quaestor, contr. fr. quaesitor, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.… …

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