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31Vestments controversy — The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with English Protestant identity, doctrine, and various church practices. First initiated by John Hooper s rejection of… …
32Roman Academies — includes a description of papal academies in Rome including historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these. Roman Academies were associations of learned men and not institutes for instruction.These Roman Academies… …
33law, philosophy of — Introduction the formulation of concepts and theories to aid in understanding the nature of law, the sources of its authority, and its role in society. In English speaking countries the term “jurisprudence” is often used synonymously and is …
34Paul-Maximilien-Emile Littre — Paul Maximilien Emile Littré † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paul Maximilien Emile Littré A French lexicographer and philosopher; born at Paris, 1 February, 1801; died there, 2 June, 1881. He studied at the Lycée Louis le Grand, Paris, and… …
35Roman Academies — Roman Academies † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Academies The Italian Renaissance at its apogee [from the close of the Western Schism (1418) to the middle of the sixteenth century] found two intellectual centres, Florence and Rome.… …
36contempt — con·tempt /kən tempt/ n 1: willful disobedience or open disrespect of the orders, authority, or dignity of a court or judge acting in a judicial capacity by disruptive language or conduct or by failure to obey the court s orders; also: the… …
37defier — noun One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws …
38contemn — verb /kənˈtɛm/ To treat or regard with contempt. Syn: despise, scorn See Also: contemner, contempt, contemptibility, contemptible, contemptibly, contemptuous …
39fienter — [ fjɑ̃te ] v. intr. <conjug. : 1> • XIVe XVe; de fiente ♦ Faire de la fiente. Les pigeons fientent sur les statues (⇒ déshonorer) . ● fienter verbe intransitif (de fiente) En parlant d un animal, rejeter ses excréments. fienter …
40contemptible — ⇒CONTEMPTIBLE, adj. Rare. Qui mérite le mépris, méprisable. Une offrande si contemptible (GIDE, Si le grain ne meurt, 1924, p. 611). Rem. Attesté ds Ac. 1798 1878 et, au XXe s., par Nouv. Lar. ill., Lar. 20e, QUILLET 1965. Prononc. et Orth.… …
