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  • 11buyer in ordinary course of business — buy·er in or·di·nary course of business: a bona fide purchaser who in a normal or regular business procedure buys goods from a seller in the business of selling goods of that kind ◇ Under the Uniform Commercial Code a buyer in ordinary course of… …

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  • 12The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …

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  • 13in the normal course of events — in the normal/ordinary/course of events phrase used when you are saying what would normally happen In the normal course of events police would not respond to this situation. Thesaurus: ordinary and normalsynonym …

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  • 14The Counter-Reformation —     The Counter Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation     The subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …

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  • 15course — late 13c., onward movement, from O.Fr. cors (12c.) course; run, running; flow of a river, from L. cursus a running race or course, from curs pp. stem of currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current)). Most extended senses (meals, etc.) are present in …

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  • 16in the normal course of things — in the ordinary, normal, etc. course of events, things, etc. idiom as things usually happen Syn: ↑normally • In the normal course of things we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious. Main entry: ↑courseidiom …

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  • 17ordinary — adj. & n. adj. 1 a regular, normal, customary, usual (in the ordinary course of events). b boring; commonplace (an ordinary little man). 2 Brit. Law (esp. of a judge) having immediate or ex officio jurisdiction, not deputed. n. (pl. ies) 1 Brit.… …

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  • 18course — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 complete series of lessons or lectures ADJECTIVE ▪ computer, psychology, Spanish, etc. ▪ crash, intensive ▪ short …

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  • 19ordinary — adjective 1) the ordinary course of events Syn: usual, normal, standard, typical, common, customary, habitual, everyday, regular, routine, day to day See note at normal See also word spectrum …

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  • 20ordinary — adjective 1) the ordinary course of events Syn: usual, normal, standard, typical, common, customary, habitual, everyday, regular, routine, day to day 2) my life seemed very ordinary Syn …

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