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  • 81ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

    Universalium

  • 82Augustine, Saint — ▪ Christian bishop and theologian Introduction also called  Saint Augustine of Hippo,  original Latin name  Aurelius Augustinus   born Nov. 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria] died Aug. 28, 430, Hippo Regius [now Annaba, Algeria]… …

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  • 83Plenary Councils of Baltimore —     Plenary Councils of Baltimore     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Plenary Councils of Baltimore     While the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore comprised the whole territory of the American Republic, the provincial councils held in that city… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 84Rule of Saint Francis —     Rule of Saint Francis     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Rule of Saint Francis     As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule. Here only the rule of the first order is to be considered, i.e., that of the Friars …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 85St. Augustine of Hippo —     Life of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Life of St. Augustine of Hippo     (See also WORKS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE and TEACHING OF SAINT AUGUSTINE.)     The great St. Augustine s life is unfolded to us in documents of… …

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  • 86appendix — noun /əˈpɛn.dɪks/ a) Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and… …

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  • 87Charles Jerome Hopkins — was a nineteenth century musician, composer and educator. He is often mistakenly referred to in some texts as Edward Jerome Hopkins or Charles Edward Hopkins, possibly due to the presence of a similarly named British musical peer, Edward Hopkins …

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  • 88Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …

    History of philosophy

  • 89Grangerize —    The words grangerize (to add illustrations to a book) and grangerism (the practice of the same) are eponymous from the name of an English vicar who, in 1769, published a six volume tome titled Biographical History of England from Egbert the… …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 90idle — adjective (idler, idlest) 1》 avoiding work; lazy.     ↘not working or in use. 2》 having no purpose or basis: idle threats. 3》 (of money) held in cash or in accounts paying no interest. verb 1》 spend time doing nothing.     ↘move aimlessly.     ↘N …

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