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  • 51requiem — Synonyms and related words: Dry Mass, Eucharistic rites, Lady Mass, Low Mass, Mass, Missa, Missa bassa, Missa cantata, Missa legata, Missa media, Missa praesanctificatorum, Missa privata, Missa publica, Missa sicca, Negro spiritual, Requiem Mass …

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  • 52epitaph — mid 14c., from O.Fr. epitaphe (12c.) and directly from M.L. epitaphium funeral oration, eulogy, from Gk. epitaphion a funeral oration, neut. of epitaphos of a funeral, from epi at, over (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + taphos tomb, funeral rites, from PIE… …

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  • 53Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius — born 63 BC? died March, 12 BC , Campania Powerful deputy of Augustus. He helped Octavian (later Augustus) take power after Julius Caesar s murder (44 BC), defeating Sextus Pompeius in 36 and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31. He went on… …

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  • 54Epitaph — For other uses, see Epitaph (disambiguation). Not to be confused with epigraph. An epitaph (from Greek ἐπιτάφιον epitaphion a funeral oration from ἐπί epi at, over and τάφος taphos tomb )[1] is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly… …

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  • 55Pigneau de Behaine — Infobox ReligiousBio background = #FFA500 name = Pigneau de Béhaine religion = Roman Catholic alias = location = Vietnam Title = Bishop of Adran Apostolic Vicar of Cochinchina Period = Predecessor = Successor = ordination = post = previous post …

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  • 56Esprit Flechier —     Esprit Fléchier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Esprit Fléchier     Bishop; b. at Pernes, France, 1632; died at Montpellier, 1710; member of the Academy, and together with Bourdaloue, Bossuet, Fenelon, and Mascaron, one of the greatest sacred… …

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  • 57Louis Bourdaloue —     Louis Bourdaloue     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Bourdaloue     Born at Bourges, 20 August, 1632; died at Paris, 13 May, 1704. He is often described as the king of preachers and the preacher of kings. He entered the Society of Jesus at… …

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  • 58death song — Synonyms and related words: chant du cygne, coronach, dead march, death knell, dirge, elegy, epicedium, eulogy, funeral march, funeral oration, funeral song, graveside oration, keen, knell, monody, muffled drums, passing bell, requiem, swan song …

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  • 59elegy — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew, coronach, dead march,… …

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  • 60keen — Synonyms and related words: Attic, OK, Siberian, ablaze, absorbing, ace high, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, adroit, afire, aggressive, agile, agog, alacritous, alert, algid, alive …

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