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  • 91Knox, John — • Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Knox, John     John Kno …

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  • 92Mortmain — • History and details of the laws Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mortmain     Mortmain     † …

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  • 93Accusations of Treason —     Accusations of Treason     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Accusations of Treason     A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan persecution of English and Irish Catholics from 1570 onwards is the statement that the victims devoted to… …

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  • 94Archdiocese of Dublin —     Dublin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Dublin     (DUBLINIUM; DUBLINENSIS).     Archdiocese; occupies about sixty miles of the middle eastern coast of Ireland, and penetrates inland, about forty six miles, including all the County of Dublin,… …

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  • 95John Knox —     John Knox     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Knox     Scotch Protestant (Protestantism) leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572. All the older biographies assign his birth to 1505, but… …

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  • 96The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …

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  • 97Twelfth century (The) — The twelfth century John Marenbon INTRODUCTION The twelfth century began and ended with events which mark it off, at least symbolically, as a discrete period in the history of Western philosophy. It was in about 1100 that Abelard the most wide… …

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  • 98speculation — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, actuarial prediction, advisement, agiotage, analysis, apocalypse, arbitrage, betting, blind guess, bold conjecture, brainwork, brooding, buying in, calculated risk, cardsharping, casting lots, cerebration …

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  • 99estimation — estimation, estimate both mean the act of valuing or appraising, but they are rarely interchangeable. In general, estimation implies the manner or measure in which a person or thing is valued or esteemed {the degree in which he is held in… …

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  • 100trifle — trifle, toy, dally, flirt, coquet can all mean to deal with a person or thing without seriousness, earnestness, close attention, or purpose. Trifle, the most comprehensive term of the group, may be used interchangeably with any of the others,… …

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