slavish+imitation
31echo — I. n. 1. Reverberation, reflected sound, repercussion of sound. 2. Assenting repetition, slavish imitation. II. v. n. Resound, reverberate, be sounded back. III. v. a. 1. Reverberate, re echo. 2. Repeat, sound again …
32PRAYER BOOKS — Books containing the texts of the customary daily prayers did not exist in ancient times. Sources of tannaitic and amoraic times take it as understood that prayer is by heart (e.g., Ber. 5:3–5; RH 4:5–6; Ta an. 2:2). In public prayer the reader… …
33biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
34Johann Joachim Winckelmann — Infobox Writer name = Johann Joachim Winckelmann imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait by Raphael Mengs, after 1755 birthdate = birth date|1717|12|9|df=y birthplace = Stendal deathdate = death date and age|1768|6|8|1717|12|9|df=y deathplace =… …
35BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
36artificial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. handmade, handcrafted, synthetic; false, sham, fake, deceptive; affected, unnatural. See affectation, deception, production, inelegance. Ant., real, genuine. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of… …
37Norman — /nawr meuhn/, n. 1. a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy. 2. Also called Norman French. one of the mixed Scandinavian and French people who inhabited Normandy and conquered England in …
38copy — I. noun (plural copies) Etymology: Middle English copie, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin, abundance more at copious Date: 14th century 1. an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (as a letter, a… …
39international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
40synthetic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. artificial, manmade, unnatural. See production. Ant., natural. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [False] Syn. artificial, counterfeit, plastic; see artificial 1 , false 3 . 2. [Man made] Syn. chemically… …
