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  • 1Innocent — In no*cent, a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, entis; pref. in not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See {Noxious}.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy. [1913… …

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  • 2Innocent party — Innocent In no*cent, a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, entis; pref. in not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See {Noxious}.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.… …

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  • 3innocent —    In occasional use as a vocative, with various meanings. It appears to mean ‘one who is free of guilt’ when Edgar, in Shakespeare’s King Lear (3:vi), says: ‘Pray, innocent, and beware the foul fiend.’ It often means ‘one of child like… …

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  • 4Poor Catholics — • A religious mendicant order, organized in 1208, to reunite the Waldenses with the Church and combat heresies such as Albigensianism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor Catholics     Poor Catholics …

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  • 5Poor Clares — • The second order of St. Francis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor Clares     Poor Clares     † …

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  • 6Innocent XI —     Pope Innocent XI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent XI     (Benedetto Odescalchi)     Born at Como, 16 May, 1611; died at Rome, 11 August, 1689. He was educated by the Jesuits at Como, and studied jurisprudence at Rome and Naples …

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  • 7Innocent IV —     Pope Innocent IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent IV     (Sinibaldo de Fieschi)     Count of Lavagna, born at Genoa, date unknown; died at Naples, 7 December, 1254. He was educated at Parma and Bologna. For some time he taught… …

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  • 8Innocent XII —     Pope Innocent XII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent XII     (ANTONIO PIGNATELLI)     Born at Spinazzolo near Naples, 13 March, 1615; died at Rome, 27 September, 1700. Re entered the Roman Curia at the age of twenty and was… …

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  • 9Poor Catholics — The Poor Catholics ( Pauperes Catholici ) were an early Catholic mendicant order, organized in 1208 and of short duration. Recruits were taken from the Pauperes Lugdunenses (the original name of the Waldensians); the distinguishing name was given …

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  • 10Poor Clares — Fresco of Saint Clare and sisters of her order, church of San Damiano, Assisi …

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