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41Liaison (French) — In French, most written word final consonants are silent in most contexts. Liaison is the pronunciation of such a consonant immediately before a following vowel sound. For example, the letter s in the word les ( the ) is generally silent, but it… …
42Celtic languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken across a broad area of western and central Europe by the Celts in pre Roman and Roman times, now confined to small coastal areas of northwestern Europe. Celtic can be divided into a continental… …
43Slavic languages — or Slavonic languages Branch of the Indo European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia. The Slavic family is usually divided into three subgroups: West Slavic, comprising Polish,… …
44RASHI — (Solomon ben Isaac; 1040–1105), leading commentator on the Bible and Talmud. His Life Rashi was born at Troyes, France. (See Chart: Rashi Family).His mother was the sister of the liturgical writer, simeon b. isaac . His father was a scholar whom… …
45Comma Johanneum — The Comma Johanneum is a comma (a short clause) in the First Epistle of John (1 John 5:7–8) according to the Latin Vulgate text as transmitted since the Early Middle Ages, based on Vetus Latina minority readings dating to the 7th… …
46turn — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦ turns, turning, turned (Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression turn over a new leaf is explained at leaf.) 1) VERB When you turn …
47Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …
48Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism Baptism …
49Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …
50explain — [[t]ɪksple͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ explains, explaining, explained 1) VERB If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood. [V n] Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms...… …
