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  • 41Raffles Institution — Infobox Singapore School name = Raffles Institution 莱佛士书院 (Láifóshì Shūyuàn) Institusi Raffles ராப்பிள்ஸ் கல்வி நிலையம motto = Auspicium Melioris Ævi established = June 5, 1823 type = Independent session = Single Session principal = Bob Koh Chin… …

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  • 42Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso — Tibetan name Tibetan: འཇམ་མགོན་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ Wylie transliteration: jam mgon ju mi pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho pronunciation in IPA …

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  • 43Tiresias — For other uses, see Tiresias (disambiguation). Everes redirects here. For the butterfly genus, see Everes (genus). Tiresias appears to Odysseus during the nekyia of Odyssey xi, in this watercolor with tem …

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  • 44Haruspex — Etruscan inscriptions on the bronze sheep s liver of Piacenza In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex (plural haruspices; Latin auspex, plural auspices) was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy …

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  • 45Mipham Jamyang Gyatso — Jamgön Ju Mipham, or Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyamtso (also known as Mipham the Great ) [1846 1912] was a great master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the leading figures in the Ri me (non sectarian) movement in… …

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  • 46au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) (*hekʷei-) —     au̯ei (ǝu̯ei ?) (*hekʷei )     English meaning: bird, *water bird     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Vogel”     Note: Both Root au̯ei (ǝu̯ei ?) (*hekʷei ): bird, *water bird : Root akʷü (*ǝkʷü ): ēkʷ : water, river, derived from zero grade of Root… …

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  • 47Wren Day — also known as Wren s day, Hunt the Wren Day or The Hunting of the Wrens ( ga. Lá an Dreoilín) is celebrated on December 26, St. Stephen s Day, on the Isle of Man, Ireland and Wales. The tradition consists of hunting a fake wren, and putting it on …

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  • 48Jerzy Linderski — (born 21 August 1934) is a Polish contemporary scholar of ancient history and Roman religion and law. Currently George L. Paddison Professor of Latin Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jerzy Linderski is one of the… …

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  • 49Aleuadae — The Aleuadae (Ancient Greek: polytonic|Ἀλευάδαι) were an ancient Thessalian family of Larissa who claimed descent from the mythical Aleuas.cite encyclopedia | last = Smith | first = William | authorlink = William Smith (lexicographer) | title =… …

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  • 50ornithomancy — ȯ(r)ˈnithəˌman(t)sē noun ( es) Etymology: Greek ornithomanteia, from ornith + manteia mancy : divination by observation of the flight of birds : augury …

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