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21Restauration de Meiji — L empereur Meiji quittant Kyoto pour Tokyo à la fin 1868. La restauration de Meiji (明治維新, Meiji Ishin …
22Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
23transformist — transformistic, adj. /trans fawr mist/, n. an adherent of transformism. [1790 1800; TRANSFORM + IST, modeled on F transformiste] * * * …
24transmutation — transmutational, transmutative /trans myooh teuh tiv, tranz /, adj. transmutationist, n. /trans myooh tay sheuhn, tranz /, n. 1. the act or process of transmuting. 2. the fact or state of being transmuted. 3. change into another nature, substance …
25Depretis, Agostino — born Jan. 13, 1813, Mezzana Corti, Kingdom of Italy died July 29, 1887, Stradella, Italy Italian politician. In 1848 he was elected to the first Piedmontese parliament and was reelected thereafter until his death. After Italy was unified, he… …
26Bertani, Agostino — ▪ Italian physician and politician born Oct. 19, 1812, Milan died April 10, 1886, Rome physician who collaborated with Mazzini (Mazzini, Giuseppe) and Garibaldi (Garibaldi, Giuseppe) in the movement for Italian liberation. Bertani… …
27Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
28Creationism — • (1) In the widest sense, the doctrine that the material of the universe was created by God out of no pre existing subject (2) Less widely, the doctrine that the various species of living beings were immediately and directly created or produced… …
29Immanence — • Latin, in manere, to remain in. The quality of any action which begins and ends within the agent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Immanence Immanence …
30Philosophy — • Detailed article on the history of the love of wisdom Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Philosophy Philosophy † …
