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  • 1gluttonous — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a bit much, abandoned, all devouring, bibulous, bolting, boundless, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, dietetic, dining, eating, edacious, egregious, enormous,… …

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  • 2Christian views on alcohol — Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as …

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  • 3Fast — • Abstinence from food or drink Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fast     Fast     † Catholic …

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  • 4British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price — David McNaughton In this chapter I discuss the moral theories of three influential writers: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713); Joseph Butler (1692–1752) and Richard Price (1723–91). All three wrote extensively on issues …

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  • 5moderate# — moderate adj 1 Moderate, temperate are often used interchangeably to denote not excessive in degree, amount, or intensity {a moderate allowance} {temperate heat} When contrasted moderate often connotes absence or avoidance of excess and is… …

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  • 6Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer …

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  • 7Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 8overindulgence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gluttony, overeating, overdrinking, eating too much, drinking too much; see also drunkenness , eating , greed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink: excess, intemperance, surfeit. See… …

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  • 9EZEKIEL — EZEKIEL, a major prophet who is said to have begun prophesying in the fifth year of Jehoiachin s exile in Babylonia, seven years before the final fall of Jerusalem; his prophecies are recorded in the book that bears his name. The name Ezekiel… …

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  • 10Happy hour — For other uses of Happy Hour , see Happy Hour (disambiguation). Cocktail hour redirects here. For the Jo Stafford album, see Cocktail Hour (album). Happy Hour sign on a pub in Jerusalem. (in Hebrew: all draft beers, 1 + 1 free) Happy hour is a… …

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