advance toward perfection
1advance toward perfection — index mature Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2progress — [präg′res, präa′rəs; ] chiefly Brit & Cdn [ prō′gres΄; ] for v. [ prō gres′, prəgres′] n. [ME progresse < L progressus, pp. of progredi < pro , before + gradi, to step, go: see PRO 2 & GRADE] 1. a moving forward or onward 2. forward course; …
3MEIRI, MENAHEM BEN SOLOMON — (1249–1316), Provençal scholar and commentator of the Talmud. Meiri was born in Perpignan where he spent his whole life. His family, regarded as one of the most distinguished in Provence, originated from Carcassonne and Narbonne. Few… …
4Hilton, Walter — ▪ English mystic and author born c. 1340 died March 24, 1396, Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, Eng. devotional writer, one of the greatest English mystics of the 14th century. Hilton studied at the University of Cambridge before… …
5mature — ma·ture /mə tu̇r, chu̇r/ vb ma·tured, ma·tur·ing vt: to bring to maturity a policy matured by the death of the insured vi: to become due, payable, or enforceable; specif: to entitle one to immediate enjoyment of benefits her pension right matured …
6mature — I. a. 1. Perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripe, full grown. 2. Prepared, ready, well considered, well digested, completed, ripe. II. v. a. 1. Ripen. 2. Perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturity, advance toward perfection. III. v. n …
7Ascetical theology — is the organized study or presentation of spiritual teachings found in Christian Scripture and the Church Fathers that help the faithful to more perfectly follow Christ and attain to Christian perfection . The word ascetic is from the Greek word… …
8Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
9PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
