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  • 2error — error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse, faux pas, bull, howler, boner are comparable when they denote something (as an act, statement, or belief) that involves a departure from what is, or what is generally held to be, true, right, or proper. Error …

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  • 3Crowley, Aleister — (1875–1947)    English magician and occultist. Aleister Crowley was adept at dealing with spirits, including powerful DEMONs. Flamboyant and controversial, he practiced outrageous magic of sex, drugs, and sacrifice, yet made significant… …

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  • 4France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 7The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 8Hans Langsdorff — Infobox Military Person name=Hans Langsdorff born= birth date|1894|3|20|df=yes died= death date and age|1939|12|19|1894|3|20|df=yes placeofbirth=Rügen, Germany placeofdeath=Buenos Aires, Argentina caption= nickname= allegiance=flagicon|German… …

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  • 9Miguel de Cervantes — Cervantes redirects here. For other uses, see Cervantes (disambiguation). Miguel Cervantes Born Miguel de Cervantes Baptised 9 October 1547 (birth date unknown) Alcalá de Henares, Castile (Galician family) …

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