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  • 41Christian Worship —     Christian Worship     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Worship     NOTION AND CHARACTERISTICS     The word worship (Saxon weorthscipe, honour ; from worth, meaning value , dignity , price , and the termination, ship; Lat. cultus) in its… …

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  • 42Etienne Bauny —     Etienne Bauny     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Etienne Bauny     Theologian, b. in 1564 at Mouzon, Ardennes, France; d. 3 December, 1649, at Saint Pol de Léon. He was admitted into the Society of Jesus, 20 July, 1593, and after teaching… …

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  • 43The Books of Machabees —     The Books of Machabees     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Machabees     The title of four books, of which the first and second only are regarded by the Church as canonical; the third and fourth, as Protestants (Protestantism) consider …

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  • 44pharisaic — adjective /ˌfæ.ɹɪ.seɪ̯.jɪk/ a) Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. The church clock strikes the second quarter. b) Pharisaical; of a person or practice that emphasizes the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning. HIGGINS [Hearing in it… …

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  • 45Christian views on alcohol — Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as …

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  • 46canting — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, FALSE, goody, goody goody, holier than thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, inclinational, inclinatory,… …

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  • 47fulsome — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Rabelaisian, abhorrent, abject, abominable, adulatory, affected, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, bad smelling, barfy, base, bawdy, beastly, bedizened, beggarly, below contempt,… …

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  • 48hypocritical — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, alleged, ambidextrous, assumed, avowed, bland, canting, casuistic, claimed, counterfeited, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest, dissembling, double, double dealing …

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  • 49pharisaic — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, FALSE, goody, goody goody, holier than thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pecksniffian, pharisaical, pharisean, pietistic, pious,… …

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  • 50sanctimonious — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Quakerish, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, FALSE, fanatical, goody, goody goody, hidebound, holier than thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere,… …

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