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  • 101Pope Julius II —     Pope Julius II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Julius II     (GIULIANO DELLA ROVERE).     Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in the night of 20 21 February, 1513. He was born of… …

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  • 102Mahasu Devta Temple — Mahasu Devta Temple …

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  • 103SUWARROW —    or SUVOROFF    Russian field marshal, born at Moscow; entered the army as a private soldier, distinguished himself in the Seven Years War, and after 20 years service rose to command; in command of a division he in 1773 routed an army of the… …

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  • 104Lanarkshire —    LANARKSHIRE, an extensive inland county, in the south of Scotland, bounded on the north by the counties of Dumbarton and Stirling; on the east, by the counties of Linlithgow, Edinburgh, and Peebles; on the south, by Dumfriesshire; and on the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 105Peeblesshire, or Tweeddale —    PEEBLESSHIRE, or TWEEDDALE, an inland county, in the southern part of Scotland, bounded on the north by Edinburghshire, on the east by Selkirkshire and Edinburghshire, on the south by the county of Dumfries, and on the west by Lanarkshire. It… …

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  • 106Redgorton —    REDGORTON, a parish, in the county of Perth, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Perth; containing, with the villages of Bridgetown, Luncarty, Craighead, Cromwell Park, and Pitcairn Green, and part of the late quoad sacra district of Stanley, 1929… …

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  • 107Rhind, or Rhynd —    RHIND, or RHYND, a parish, in the county of Perth, 2 miles (S. E.) from Perth; containing 402 inhabitants. This place, which derives its name, of Gaelic import, from its situation on a point of land at the confluence of the rivers Earn and Tay …

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  • 108knot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snarl, tangle; puzzle, problem; cluster, group; lump, node. v. tangle, snarl; tie, bind, fasten. See difficulty, crossing, density, connection, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An arrangement of… …

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  • 109OR AKIVA — (Heb. אוֹר עֲקִיבָא; Light of R. Akiva ), immigrant development town in the northern Sharon, 1½ mi. E. of caesarea . Construction of the town began in 1951 with the aim of providing permanent housing for the inhabitants of the Caesarea ma barah… …

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  • 110REFORM JUDAISM — REFORM JUDAISM, first of the modern interpretations of Judaism to emerge in response to the changed political and cultural conditions brought about by the emancipation . The Reform movement was a bold historical response to the dramatic events of …

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