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  • 1inspiration — n. 1. Inhalation, breathing in. 2. Afflatus, supernatural influence. 3. Divine influence or afflatus, theopneusty. 4. Inspired state or character, divine authority or authorization. 5. Elevation, inspiriting, elevating influence. 6. Exaltation,… …

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  • 2Iamblichus — For the Greek novelist, see Iamblichus (novelist) (165 180). Iamblichus, also known as Iamblichus Chalcidensis, (Ancient Greek: polytonic|᾽Ιάμβλιχος, prob. fr. Syriac or Aramaic ya mlku , He is king , c. 245 c. 325) was a Syrian [George Sarton… …

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  • 3Negro Race —     Negro Race     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Negro Race     The term negro, derived from the Spanish and the Latin words meaning black (negro; niger), may be applied to a large portion of mankind, but it is more strictly confined to certain… …

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  • 4lift — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lyft Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish heavens, sky II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse lypta; akin to Old English lyft air more at loft Date: 14th century …

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  • 5Lawrence Sullivan Ross — Infobox Governor name = Lawrence Sullivan Ross order = 19th office = Governor of Texas term start = 1887 term end = 1891 lieutenant = Thomas Benton Wheeler predecessor = John Ireland successor = Jim Hogg birth date = September 27, 1838 birth… …

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  • 6Fossors — • Grave diggers in the Roman catacombs in the first three or four centuries of the Christian Era Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fossors     Fossors      …

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  • 7ADDISON, JOSEPH —    a celebrated English essayist, studied at Oxford, became Fellow of Magdalen, was a Whig in politics, held a succession of Government appointments, resigned the last for a large pension; was pre eminent among English writers for the purity and… …

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  • 8lift — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by up, off, out, etc.) raise or remove to a higher position. 2 intr. go up; be raised; yield to an upward force (the window will not lift). 3 tr. give an upward direction to (the eyes or face). 4 tr. a elevate to a… …

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  • 9uplift — v. & n. v.tr. 1 raise; lift up. 2 elevate or stimulate morally or spiritually. n. 1 the act or an instance of being raised. 2 Geol. the raising of part of the earth s surface. 3 colloq. a morally or spiritually elevating influence. 4 support for… …

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  • 10UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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