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  • 1rightly or wrongly — phrase used for saying that something is true, whether people think it is a good thing or a bad thing They believe, rightly or wrongly, that their violent protest will achieve their aims. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing that something is true or… …

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  • 2rightly — right|ly [ˈraıtli] adv 1.) correctly, or for a good reason ≠ ↑wrongly ▪ I was, as you rightly said , the smallest boy in the class. ▪ As you so rightly pointed out , things are getting worse. ▪ They have been treated badly, and they are rightly… …

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  • 3rightly — right|ly [ raıtli ] adverb ** 1. ) for a good reason: It was a vicious foul, and the referee rightly removed him from the game. quite rightly (=very rightly): Everyone is quite rightly concerned about what is going to happen now. and rightly so ( …

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  • 4rightly — adverb 1 for a good or sensible reason: The audience was rightly outraged at this suggestion. | quite rightly BrE: She insisted, quite rightly, that we all put our seat belts on. 2 correctly: As she rightly pointed out, this will do nothing to… …

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  • 5rightly or wrongly — used for saying that something is true, whether people think it is a good thing or a bad thing They believe, rightly or wrongly, that their violent protest will achieve their aims …

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  • 6Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

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  • 7Herbert Hoover: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Monday, March 4, 1929       This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service… …

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  • 8Biblical Introduction — • Designates the part of Scriptural science which is concerned with topics preliminary to the detailed study and correct exposition of Holy Writ, and also, it is given to a work in which these various topics are actually treated Catholic… …

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  • 9musical criticism — Introduction       branch of philosophical aesthetics concerned with making judgments about composition or performance or both.       Unfortunately, it is difficult to show that a value judgment can stand for anything that is even remotely true… …

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  • 10Philosophy of Immanuel Kant —     Philosophy of Immanuel Kant     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philosophy of Immanuel Kant     Kant s philosophy is generally designated as a system of transcendental criticism tending towards Agnosticism in theology, and favouring the view that… …

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