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101groma — /groh meuh/, n. (in ancient Roman surveying) an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines. [ < L groma, gruma, by dissimilation < Gk gnôma,… …
102norm — normless, adj. /nawrm/, n. 1. a standard, model, or pattern. 2. general level or average: Two cars per family is the norm in most suburban communities. 3. Educ. a. a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background …
103Chinese languages — or Sinitic languages Family of languages comprising one of the two branches of Sino Tibetan. They are spoken by about 95% of the inhabitants of China and by many communities of Chinese immigrants elsewhere. Linguists regard the major dialect… …
104Apostle Spoons — • A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of Our Lord (the Master spoon) and the twelve Apostles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostle Spoons Apostle Spoons …
105norma — 1. SYN: aspect. 2. SYN: profile (1). 3. SYN: projection. [L. a carpenter s square] n. anterior SYN: facial aspect. n. basilaris SYN: external surface of cranial base. n. facialis [TA] SYN: facial …
106Conservation Techniques for Cultural Properties — In 1975 the Japanese government added a new chapter to the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (1950) to provide for traditional techniques or craftsmanship that are indispensable to the preservation of cultural property and for which… …
107Liste der Sternbilder in verschiedenen Sprachen — Sternbild Großer Bär = Большая Медведица = Büyük Ayı = 大熊座 = الدب الأكبر = Orsa Maggiore usw. In der folgenden Liste der Sternbilder in verschiedenen Sprachen werden die Bezeichnungen der 88 von der Internationalen Astronomischen Union (IAU)… …
108THOMAS, ST. — the Apostle, is represented in art as bearing a spear in his hand, and sometimes an arrow, a book, and a carpenter s square …
109Jude, Saint — Also called Thaddaeus or Labbaeus, the brother of James, and whose name sometimes appears as Judas, and in one instance it is added in parenthesis, not Iscariot. St. Jude was an Apostle of our Lord and wrote the Epistle which bears his name.… …
110Matthias, Feast of Saint — Observed February 24. The only record we have of St. Matthias in the New Testament is that to be found in Acts I:15 26 where it is recorded that he was chosen to be an Apostle in the place of the traitor Judas. This passage is read for the… …
