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  • 1State of Washington —     State of Washington     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of Washington     One of the Pacific cost states, popularly known as the Evergreen State , the sixteenth in size among the state of the Union and the twenty ninth in the order of… …

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  • 2State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction       States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… …

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  • 4HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 5Orange Free State — For the former province of South Africa, see Orange Free State Province. Orange Free State Oranje Vrijstaat ← …

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  • 6redemption — /rəˈdɛmpʃən/ (say ruh dempshuhn) noun 1. the act of redeeming. 2. the state of being redeemed. 3. deliverance; rescue. 4. Theology deliverance from sin and its penalties; salvation. 5. repurchase, as of something sold. 6. paying off, as of a… …

  • 7Re-demption — Re demp tion ( sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]demption, L. redemptio. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Ransom}.] The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the… …

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  • 8redemption — redemptional, adj. redemptionless, adj. /ri demp sheuhn/, n. 1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed. 2. deliverance; rescue. 3. Theol. deliverance from sin; salvation. 4. atonement for guilt. 5. repurchase, as of something sold. 6 …

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  • 9redemption — noun 1》 the action of redeeming or the state of being redeemed. 2》 a thing that saves someone from error or evil. Derivatives redemptive adjective Origin ME: from OFr., from L. redemptio(n ), from redimere (see redeem) …

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  • 10redemption — re•demp•tion [[t]rɪˈdɛmp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed 2) deliverance; rescue 3) rel deliverance from sin 4) atonement for guilt 5) repurchase, as of something sold 6) paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or… …

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