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  • 41Baal — Ba al (pronounced: IPA| [baʕal] ; Hebrew: בעל) (ordinarily spelled Baal in English) is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning master or lord that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant, cognate to Assyrian Bēlu …

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  • 42Oceania — Oceanian, adj., n. /oh shee an ee euh, ah nee euh/, n. the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. 23,400,000; ab. 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km). Also, Oceanica /oh… …

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  • 43aperture — aperture, interstice, orifice denote an opening allowing passage through or in and out. Aperture is applied especially to any opening in a thing that otherwise presents a solid or closed surface or structure; it may be applied both to an opening… …

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  • 44hydrologic sciences — Introduction       the fields of study concerned with the waters of the Earth. Included are the sciences of hydrology, oceanography, limnology, and glaciology.       In its widest sense hydrology encompasses the study of the occurrence, the… …

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  • 45Newington Academy for Girls — Not to be confused with Newington College. The Newington Academy for Girls, also known as Newington College for Girls, was a Quaker school established in 1824 in Stoke Newington, then north of London. In a time when girls educational… …

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  • 46Mormon — is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (LDS Church), which is commonly called the Mormon Church .… …

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  • 47The School of Armagh —     The School of Armagh     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The School of Armagh     The School of Armagh seems to have been the oldest, and down to the time of the Anglo Norman invasion continued to be one of the most celebrated, of the ancient… …

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  • 48Theological Aspects of the Avesta —     The Theological Aspects of the Avesta     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Theological Aspects of the Avesta     I. GOD     The name of the Supreme God of the Avestic system is Ahura Mazda (in the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, Auramazda), which …

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  • 49Poiesis — Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term , which means to make . This word, the root of our modern poetry , was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the …

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  • 50Articulatory gestures — are the actions necessary to enunciate language. Examples of articulatory gestures are the hand movements necessary to enunciate sign language and the mouth movements of speech. In semiotic terms, they are the physical embodiment (signifiers) of… …

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