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51due — adj Due, rightful, condign are comparable when they mean being in accordance with what is just and appro priate. Due, which basically means owed or owing as a debt, carries over in the sense here considered a strong implication that the thing so… …
52a|skance — «uh SKANS», adverb. 1. with suspicion or disapproval: »The students looked askance at the plan to have classes on Saturday. 2. to one side; sideways. ╂[origin uncertain] …
53BEHAR, NISSIM — (1848–1931), founder of modern Hebrew education in Ereẓ Israel and public figure in Jewish life in the U.S. Behar was born in Jerusalem. He graduated from the teachers institute in Paris in 1869 and taught in Syria, Bulgaria, and Turkey. He… …
54HUNTING — (Heb. צוד, hunt ; צַיִד, hunting, game ; צַיָּד, hunter ; מְצוֹדָה ,מָצוֹד, hunting implement, net ). Biblical Period In the earliest periods of human history, hunting was an essential means of procuring food, clothing, and tools. In biblical… …
55WORSHIP — WORSHIP, service rendered to God and comprehending both the attitude of reverence and love toward the Deity and the activity – in conduct as well as ritual – in which the homage finds expression. Terminology The biblical vocabulary of worship is… …
56literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
57Excelsior (short story) — Excelsior is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the U.K. edition of Argosy magazine on July 1 1948 under the title The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge , and was later included in the collection Nothing Serious (1951). It is… …
58out of the corner of one's eye — adverb a) Sideways, obliquely, askance I caught sight of him out of the corner of my eye. b) With suspicion. When he said he would pay her back next week, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye. Syn …
59squinty — adjective 1. characterized by squinting he looked with squinty eyes • Pertains to noun: ↑squint 2. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy her eyes with their misted askance look Elizabeth… …
60Melchites (Melkites) — Melchites † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Melchites (Melkites). ORIGIN AND NAME Melchites are the people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who remained faithful to the Council of Chalcedon …
