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  • 1State or Way — • Stages in the spiritual life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. State or Way     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)      …

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  • 2State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive) —     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. It may be taken to signify a… …

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  • 3State (theology) — The term state is used in various senses by Catholic theologians and spiritual writers. It may be taken to signify a profession or calling in life, as where St. Paul says, in I Corinthians 7:20: Let every man abide in the same calling in which he …

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  • 4Desolation Wilderness — IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area) …

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  • 5Desolation Peak (Washington) — Desolation Peak Desolation Peak Lookout with Mt. Hozomeen in the background Elevation 6,102 ft ( …

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  • 6Desolation Angels (novel) — Desolation Angels   …

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  • 7Desolation Canyon (Utah) — Desolation Canyon U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …

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  • 8Desolation — Des o*la tion, n. [F. d[ e]solation, L. desolatio.] 1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. [1913 Webster] Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of …

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  • 9Desolation Angels — by Jack Kerouac (1965)    Ellis Amburn, Jack Kerouac’s last editor, called Desolation Angels Kerouac’s “lost masterpiece, the final flowering of his great creative period in the fifties: the true voice of Kerouac.” Dan Wakefield, writing for The… …

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  • 10desolation — /des euh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of desolating. 2. the state of being desolated. 3. devastation; ruin. 4. depopulation. 5. dreariness; barrenness. 6. deprivation of companionship; loneliness. 7. sorrow; grief; woe. 8. a desolate… …

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