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81off-the-cuff — adjective with little or no preparation or forethought his ad lib comments showed poor judgment an extemporaneous piano recital an extemporary lecture an extempore skit an impromptu speech offhand excuses trying to sound offhanded and reassuring …
82Baptist — /bap tist/, n. 1. a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine. 2. (l.c.) a person who baptizes. 3. the Baptist. See John the Baptist. adj. 4. Also, Baptistic. of or… …
83Types of gestures — Gestures are a form of body language or non verbal communication.Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, having specific… …
84Pentecostalism — See Pentecostal. * * * ➡ Pentecostalist * * * Protestant religious movement that originated in the U.S. in the 19th–20th century. It is characterized by a belief that all Christians should seek a postconversion religious experience called baptism …
85Prayer — For other uses, see Prayer (disambiguation). Mary Magdalene by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858). Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or …
86Gospel of St. Matthew — Gospel of St. Matthew † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gospel of St. Matthew I. CANONICITY The earliest Christian communities looked upon the books of the Old Testament as Sacred Scripture, and read them at their religious assemblies.… …
87Lutheranism — • The religious belief held by the oldest and in Europe the most numerous of the Protestant sects, founded by the Wittenberg reformer, Martin Luther Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lutheranism Lutheranism …
88Lutherans — Lutheranism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lutheranism The religious belief held by the oldest and in Europe the most numerous of the Protestant (Protestantism) sects, founded by the Wit …
89Lutherans and Lutheranism — Lutheranism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lutheranism The religious belief held by the oldest and in Europe the most numerous of the Protestant (Protestantism) sects, founded by the …
90Visions of Gerard — by Jack Kerouac (1963) This is chronologically the first novel in jack kerouac’s fictionalized autobiography, “The Duluoz Legend.” It takes place between 1922 and 1926, the first four years of Kerouac’s life, and recounts his memories of his… …
