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51post — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a long stout piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground etc.: a to support something, esp. in building. b to mark a position, boundary, etc. c to carry notices. 2 a pole etc. marking the start or finish of a race. v.tr. 1… …
52T–V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T–V distinction is a contrast, within one language, between second person pronouns that are specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. Contents 1… …
53Francis Perceval Eliot — Infobox Person name = Francis Perceval Eliot residence = Kew, Surrey Richmond, Surrey Elmhurst Hall, Staffordshire 22 Portman Street, London, England other names = imagesize = 200px caption = with permission from The Eliot Sisters Collection… …
54Scribal abbreviation — Sigla redirects here. For the village in Poland, see Sigła. Text sample from an early 15th century Bible manuscript. Scribal abbreviations (sigla [plural], siglum and sigil [singular]) are the abbreviations used by ancient and mediæval scribes… …
55Church History — Ecclesiastical History † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical History I. NATURE AND OFFICE Ecclesiastical history is the scientific investigation and the methodical description of the temporal development of the Church… …
56BOOKS — Production and Treatment The history of Hebrew bookmaking is as old as the history of the Jewish people and goes back for more than 3,000 years. It may be divided into three periods: from earliest times to the final editing of the Talmud (sixth… …
57mail — ▪ I. mail mail 1 [meɪl] noun [uncountable] 1. the system of collecting or delivering letters, packages etc; = post Bre: • Your cheque is in the mail (= I have just mailed it to you ) …
58Edward Hoagland — Infobox Writer name = Edward Hoagland imagesize = 180px birthdate = Birth date and age|1932|12|21 birthplace = New York, New York occupation = essayist, novelist nationality = American genre = nature, travel writing, literature Edward Hoagland… …
59William Tecumseh Sherman — Infobox Military Person name= William Tecumseh Sherman born= birth date|mf=yes|1820|02|8 died= death date and age|mf=yes|1891|02|14|1820|02|08 placeofbirth= Lancaster, Ohio placeofdeath= New York City, New York placeofburial= caption= Maj. Gen.… …
60Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de — ▪ French political philosopher Introduction born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France died February 10, 1755, Paris French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to… …
