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  • 41godparent — /god pair euhnt, par /, n. a godfather or godmother. [1860 65; GOD + PARENT] * * * ▪ Christianity formally  sponsor (from Latin spondere, “to promise”) , masculine  godfather , feminine  godmother        one who stands surety for another in the… …

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  • 42Ixcatec — ▪ people       Middle American Indians living in a single town, Santa María Ixcatlán, in northern Oaxaca, Mex. There were perhaps 10,000 Ixcatec before the Spanish conquest, but their numbers now remain stable at about 200. The Ixcatec language… …

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  • 43Popoloca — ▪ people       Middle American Indians of southern Puebla state in central Mexico (not to be confused with the Popoluca of southern Mexico). The Popoloca language is most closely related to Ixcatec and Chocho and to Mazatec, all spoken nearby in… …

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  • 44Apostle Spoons — • A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of Our Lord (the Master spoon) and the twelve Apostles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostle Spoons     Apostle Spoons …

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  • 45Cuchufleta — Origin Santiago,  Chile Genres Rock n dino, Rock Roll, indie folk Years active …

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  • 46Nguyen Ngoc Loan — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Loan. Nguyễn Ngọc Loan …

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  • 47El libro de los gatos habilidosos del viejo Possum — (Old Possum´s Book of Practical Cats) es una colección de poemas humorísticos y fantasiosos de T.S. Eliot sobre psicología y sociología felina, publicado por la editorial Faber and Faber. Este libro ha servido de base para la producción de la… …

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  • 48Sponsors —    It would be difficult to say with any degree of certainty at what period the office of Sponsors was established, but it appeared in the very earliest ages of the Christian Church. It is supposed that persecution and the presence of heresy led… …

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  • 49godchild — god|child [ˈgɔdtʃaıld US ˈga:d ] n plural godchildren [ tʃzldrən] the child that a ↑godparent promises to help and to teach Christian values to. This promise is made at a ↑baptism ceremony …

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  • 50compadrazgo — is best described as a system of fictive kinship, with its origins in the medieval Catholic church in Europe. It can be loosely translated as ‘godparenthood’. Through baptism of a child into the Christian church, compadrazgo sets up a… …

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