pious perjury

  • 21Henry VIII — • Lengthy article which concentrates on Henry s break with the Church of Rome Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Henry VIII     Henry VIII      …

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  • 22Lombardy — • A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle Ages to designate the country ruled over by the Longobards, which varied in extent with the varying fortunes of that race in Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lombardy… …

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  • 23Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 24Vermont — • One of the New England states Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vermont     Vermont     † …

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  • 25Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …

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  • 26exaggeration — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abstractionism, accelerando, acceleration, affectation, aggrandizement, aggravation, amplification, beefing up, blague, blowing up, blowup, boundlessness, cock and bull story, coloring, command of language,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27lie — Synonyms and related words: aim, aspect, attitude, azimuth, be found, be located, be met with, be present, be situated, be there, be untruthful, bearing, bearings, beguile, bent, blague, bouncer, canard, carry, celestial navigation, cheat, cock… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28prevarication — Synonyms and related words: bickering, blague, boggling, bouncer, canard, captiousness, caviling, chicane, chicanery, cock and bull story, coloring, confabulation, distortion, dodging, equivocation, evasion, exaggeration, fairy tale, false… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29Loudun Possessions — (1630–1634)    Mass POSSESSION of Ursuline nuns of Loudun, France, who accused Father URBAIN GRANDIER as the source of their demonic afflictions. The Loudun Possessions were probably the most famous case of mass possession in history. Vividly… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 30Charlemagne — (742 814)    The greatest king of the Middle Ages, Charlemagne forged a powerful empire during his long reign from 768 to 814 and left an indelible mark on his age and the generations to come. The son of Pippin the Short, the first Carolingian… …

    Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe