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91dear — This has been one of the commonest terms of address in English since the thirteenth century. In a count of fifty novels dealing with fairly contemporary life, ‘dear’ used on its own as a friendly term occurred 243 times. There were a further… …
92Mohammed and Mohammedanism — Mohammed and Mohammedanism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mohammed and Mohammedanism I. THE FOUNDER Mohammed, the Praised One , the prophet of Islam ( see Islam (Concept) ) and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20… …
93Islam — Mohammed and Mohammedanism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mohammed and Mohammedanism I. THE FOUNDER Mohammed, the Praised One , the prophet of Islam ( see Islam (Concept) ) and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20… …
94Mohammed and Mohammedanism (Islam) — Mohammed and Mohammedanism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mohammed and Mohammedanism I. THE FOUNDER Mohammed, the Praised One , the prophet of Islam ( see Islam (Concept) ) and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecc …
95Salus Populi Romani — Salus Populi Romani, meaning Protectress (literally Health ) of the Roman People is the title given in the 19th century to the Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child, reputed to date to Early Christian times, in the Borghese or Pauline Chapel of …
96Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo — Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) is a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and… …
97Native American art — ▪ visual arts Introduction also called Indian art or American Indian art the visual art of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. For a further discussion of the visual art of the Americas produced in …
98Catfight — is a term for an altercation between two women, typically involving scratching, hair pulling, and shirt shredding as opposed to punching or wrestling. It can also be used to describe two human females insulting each other verbally or being… …
99Shooting of the Romanov family — The Romanovs. From left to right: Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Livadia, 1913 The shooting of the Romanov family, of the Russian Imperial House of Romanov, and those who chose to accompany th …
100Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …