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  • 101Pope St. Gregory VII —     Pope St. Gregory VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII     (HILDEBRAND).     One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …

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  • 102Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg — Christian zu Stolberg Stolberg. Christian, Count of Stolberg Stolberg (October 15, 1748 – January 18, 1821) poet, brother of Frederick Leopold, also a poet. Born at Hamburg, he became a magistrate at Tremsbüttel in Holstein in 1777. Of the two… …

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  • 103Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger — This article is about the famous assassin of Julius Caesar. For other people with the cognomen Brutus , see Brutus. Marcus Junius Brutus Marble bust of Brutus, at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in the National Museum of Rome …

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  • 104whisper — Synonyms and related words: advice, alert, alerting, articulate, aspirate, aspiration, bark, bated breath, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breath, breathe, breathy voice, broad hint, bruit, brush, buzz, cackle, canard, caress,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 105blunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dull, deaden, numb; moderate. adj. dull; direct; brusque; undiplomatic, forthright. See bluntness, discourtesy, insensibility, moderation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. dull, unsharpened,… …

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  • 106breathing — breath•ing [[t]ˈbri ðɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of respiration 2) a single breath, or the short time required for this 3) a pause, as for breath 4) utterance or words 5) a gentle stirring, as of wind 6) phn a) the manner of articulating the beginning… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107breathing — /ˈbriðɪŋ/ (say breedhing) noun 1. the act of one that breathes; respiration. 2. a single breath. 3. utterance or words. 4. gentle blowing, as of wind. 5. Phonetics a. aspiration; pronunciation with reference to the use or omission of an h sound.… …

  • 108soul —    ‘Stay, gentle Helena,’ says Lysander in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ‘hear my excuse;/My love, my life, my soul, fair Helena!’ ‘My soul’ in such a context is clearly a passionate endearment.    There is a similar usage in Cymbeline …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 109warble — 1. v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. sing in a gentle trilling manner. 2 tr. a speak or utter in a warbling manner. b express in a song or verse (warbled his love). n. a warbled song or utterance. Etymology: ME f. ONF werble(r) f. Frank. hwirbilon whirl,… …

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  • 110MONEYLENDING — The Religious Context BIBLICAL PERIOD Deuteronomy 23:20–21 states: You shall not lend on interest to your brother, interest of food or money or anything on which interest can be charged. You may charge interest to a foreigner, but not to your… …

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