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  • 1abandoned — abandoned, reprobate, profligate, dissolute fundamentally mean utterly depraved. Abandoned and reprobate were originally applied to sinners and to their acts. One who is abandoned by his complete surrender to a life of sin seems spiritually lost… …

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  • 2Abandoned — Abandon A*ban don ([.a]*b[a^]n d[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abandoned} ( d[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abandoning}.] [OF. abandoner, F. abandonner; a (L. ad) + bandon permission, authority, LL. bandum, bannum, public proclamation, interdiction,… …

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  • 3abandoned — abandonedly, adv. /euh ban deuhnd/, adj. 1. forsaken or deserted: an abandoned building; an abandoned kitten. 2. unrestrained or uncontrolled; uninhibited: She danced with abandoned enthusiasm. 3. utterly lacking in moral restraints; shameless;… …

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  • 4abandoned — a•ban•doned [[t]əˈbæn dənd[/t]] adj. 1) forsaken or deserted: an abandoned building[/ex] 2) unrestrained or uninhibited 3) utterly lacking in moral restraints • Etymology: 1350–1400 a•ban′doned•ly, adv …

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  • 5Beleriand — Place from J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium Location Amon Ereb, Angband, Arvernien, Doriath, East Beleriand, Gondolin, Hithlum, March of Maedhros, Nargothrond, Ossiriand, Pass of Aglon Lifespan Start of Years of the Trees to end of First …

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  • 6Minor places in Beleriand — Middle earth portal J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium contains many locations. Some of the minor places in the region of Beleriand during the First Age are described below. It is to be supposed that all of them were destroyed in the… …

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  • 7Ephraim Kingsbury Avery — (December 18, 1799 ndash; October 23, 1869) was a Methodist minister who was among the first clergymen tried for murder in the United States. Avery is often cited as the first , although it is thought there is at least one case that precedes… …

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  • 8Sarah Maria Cornell — An 1833 print illustrating the widely held belief that Avery was guilty of the murder of Sarah M. Cornell, despite his acquittal. Sarah Maria Cornell (May 3, 1803 – December 20, 1832) was a young Fall River mill worker whose corpse was found… …

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  • 9Antoine Banier — The abbé Antoine Banier (1673 1741), a French clergyman and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres from 1713 [His antiquarian contributions to the Académie s Transactions are less remembered today.] , was a historian [His… …

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  • 10Canossa — • A former castle of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the foothills of the Apennines Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canossa     Canossa      …

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