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  • 31Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 32Islamic 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.… …

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  • 33John the Baptist, Saint — born 1st century AD Jewish prophet revered in Christianity as the forerunner of Jesus. Sources for his life are the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the historian Josephus. His mother, Elizabeth, was perhaps a relative of Mary; his… …

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  • 34Conrart, Valentin — ▪ French scholar born 1603, Paris, Fr. died Sept. 23, 1675, Paris       man of letters and authority on grammar and style, known as the practical inaugurator of Classicism in French literature through his leading role in the founding of the… …

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  • 35Kajikawa Family — ▪ Japanese craftsmen flourished 19th century       Japanese lacquerware artists whose school in Edo (now Tokyo) flourished for more than 200 years.       Kyūjirō (also called Kijirō) is generally acknowledged as the founder of the family and the… …

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  • 36Humanism — • The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin …

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  • 37History of Dogmatic Theology —     History of Dogmatic Theology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Dogmatic Theology     The imposing edifice of Catholic theology has been reared not by individual nations and men, but rather by the combined efforts of all nations and the …

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  • 38The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …

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  • 39author — I (originator) noun architect, auctor, begetter, causer, composer, contriver, creator, deviser, discoverer, effecter, fabricator, founder, generator, inaugurator, initiator, innovater, institutor, introducer, inventor, maker, manufacturer,… …

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  • 40Domhnall na g-Croiceann — Carbery in Tudor times Donal of the Skins or Hides (Irish: Domhnall na g Croiceann), also called Peltry O Donovan or simply Donal I O Donovan (Irish: Domhnall Ó Donnabháin), was The O Donovan Mor, Lord of Clancahill from his inauguration with the …

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