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  • 121Doctrine — For the PHP object relational mapping framework, see Doctrine (PHP). Doctrine (Latin: doctrina) is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge …

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  • 122bell — bell1 bell less, adj. /bel/, n. 1. a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. 2. the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We …

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  • 123epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk&#8230; …

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  • 124humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four&#8230; …

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  • 125introspection — introspectional, adj. introspectionist, n., adj. /in treuh spek sheuhn/, n. 1. observation or examination of one s own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself. 2. the tendency or disposition to do&#8230; …

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  • 126master — masterless, adj. /mas teuhr, mah steuhr/, n. 1. a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one s fate. 2. an owner of a slave, animal, etc. 3. an employer of workers or&#8230; …

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  • 127United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with&#8230; …

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  • 128Shaw, George Bernard — born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ire. died Nov. 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng. Irish playwright and critic. After moving to London in 1876, he worked for years as a music and art critic, wrote book and theatre reviews, and was an&#8230; …

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