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  • 71Masonry (Freemasonry) —     Masonry (Freemasonry)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry)     The subject is treated under the following heads:     I. Name and Definition;     II. Origin and Early History;     III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit;     IV.… …

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  • 72Callistus II —     Pope Callistus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Callistus II     Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is signalized by the termination of the Investiture controversy which, begun in the… …

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  • 73Pope Callistus II —     Pope Callistus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Callistus II     Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is signalized by the termination of the Investiture controversy which, begun in the… …

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  • 74St. Vladimir the Great —     St. Vladimir the Great     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Vladimir the Great     (VLADIMIR or VOLODOMIR).     Grand Duke of Kieff and All Russia, grandson of St. Olga, and the first Russian ruler to embrace Christianity, b. 956; d. at… …

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  • 75University of Oxford —     University of Oxford     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► University of Oxford     I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY     The most extraordinary myths have at various times prevailed as to the fabulous antiquity of Oxford as a seat of learning. It is sufficient… …

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  • 76aĝ- (*heĝ-) —     aĝ (*heĝ )     English meaning: to lead, *drive cattle     Deutsche Übersetzung: “treiben” (actually probably “mit geschwungenen Armen treiben”), ‘schwingen”, in Bewegung setzen, fũhren”     Grammatical information: originally limited to… …

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  • 77ANATH — (Heb. עֲנָת), a major goddess of the Western Semites (Amorites Canaanites, Arameans) worshiped over a wide area of the Near East (in Mesopotamia, Syria Ereẓ Israel, Anatolia, and Egypt). The earliest evidence of a cult devoted to Anath comes from …

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  • 78POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… …

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