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  • 31Tacksman — A tacksman (Scottish Gaelic: Fear Taic, meaning supporting man ) was a land holder of intermediate legal and social status in Scottish Highland society.Tenant and landlordAlthough a tacksman generally paid a yearly rent for the land let to him… …

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  • 32unskillful — unskillfully, adv. unskillfulness, n. /un skil feuhl/, adj. not skillful; clumsy or bungling. Also, esp. Brit., unskilful. [1350 1400; 1555 65 for current sense; ME unskylful unreasonable. See UN 1, SKILLFUL] Syn. untrained, maladroit, inept. * * …

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  • 33Ancient Diocese of Hereford —     Ancient Diocese of Hereford     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ancient Diocese of Hereford     (HEREFORDENSIS)     Located in England. Though the name of Putta, the exiled Bishop of Rochester, is usually given as the first Bishop Of Hereford (676) …

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  • 34Council of Florence —     The Council of Florence     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Council of Florence     The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was, correctly speaking, the continuation of the Council of Ferrara, transferred to the Tuscan capital because of the pest;… …

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  • 35Papal Diplomatics —     Papal Diplomatics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Diplomatics     The word diplomatics, following a Continental usage which long ago found recognition in Mabillon s De Re Diplomaticâ , has of late come to denote also in English the… …

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  • 36The Celtic Rite —     The Celtic Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Celtic Rite     This subject will be treated under the following seven heads:     I. History and Origin; II. Manuscript Sources; III. The Divine Office; IV. The Mass; V. the Baptismal Service; …

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  • 37obsidional — adjective /əbˈsɪdɪənəl/ Pertaining to a siege. , 1847: Nor was this strong geographical position her only bulwark; the capital itself in those unskilful days of obsidional tactics was deemed impregnable except through famine. Henry Edward Napier …

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  • 38Hebrews 5 — 1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he… …

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  • 39Repairs of instruments —    We cannot part with the reader who has thus far accompanied us in our labours, without making a few remarks on the important subject of repairs. So many fine instruments have been ruined and the beauty of so many more tarnished by the mal… …

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  • 40amateur — [ amətə, tʃə, tjʊə, ˌamə tə:] noun 1》 a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis. 2》 a person considered inept at a particular activity. adjective 1》 non professional. 2》 inept or unskilful. Derivatives amateurism …

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