to lay stress on

  • 101Orthodoxy — • Right belief or purity of faith. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Orthodoxy     Orthodoxy     † …

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  • 102Pontius Pilate — • Fifth procurator of Judea (A.D. 26 36) who ordered the crucifixion of Our Lord Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pontius Pilate     Pontius Pilate      …

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  • 103Switzerland — • A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of twenty two cantons, three of which are divided into half cantons Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Switzerland     Switzerland …

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  • 104Unitarians — • A Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive tenet the belief in a uni personal instead of a tri personal God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Unitarians     Unitarians    …

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  • 105Confraternity of the Holy Rosary —     Confraternity of the Holy Rosary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Confraternity of the Holy Rosary     In accordance with the conclusion of the article ROSARY no sufficient evidence is forthcoming to establish the existence of any Rosary… …

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  • 106Hjartarson, Snorri — (1906 1986)    An Icelandic poet and novelist, Hjartarson showed an early interest in writing poetry but did not pursue this interest and went to Norway to study art instead. His literary debut was as a novelist in Norway with Høit flyver ravnen… …

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  • 107Reasoning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Reasoning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,477,} reasoning ratiocination rationalism Sgm: N 1 dialectics dialectics induction generalization GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 discussion discussion comment Sgm: N 2 …

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  • 108Protestant — 1539, from German or Fr. protestant, from L. protestantem (nom. protestans), prp. of protestari (see PROTEST (Cf. protest)). Originally used of German princes and free cities who declared their dissent from the decision of the Diet of Speyer… …

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  • 109make a point of — do or say something with a definite intent He always makes a point of visiting his aunt when he is in town. (from Idioms in Speech) to insist on; lay stress on; consider as necessary or very important I used to make it a point of honour not to be …

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  • 110accentuate — v. a. 1. Mark with accent, put the mark of accent upon. 2. Accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent, put the ictus on …

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