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  • 111Good Friday — • The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Good Friday     Good Friday      …

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  • 112Technological and industrial history of Canada — The technological and industrial history of Canada encompasses the country s development in the areas of transportation, communication, energy, materials, public works, public services (health care), domestic/consumer and defense technologies.… …

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  • 113toile de jouy — |twäldəzh|wē noun (plural toiles de jouy “) Usage: usually capitalized J Etymology: French, literally, cloth of Jouy, from Jouy en Josar, Seine et Oise dept., France : an upholstery and drapery fabric usually made of cotton or linen and printed… …

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  • 114France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 115Christmas Eve Procession — The Christmas Eve Procession, that characteristic manifestations of the Maltese Christmas, was started 86 years ago by St. George Preca (1880 1962). He had no pretensions of instituting something on a large scale. His only intention was to… …

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  • 116linsey-woolsey — /lin zee wool zee/, n., pl. linsey woolseys. 1. a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling. 2. a garment made from this. 3. Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble: That last… …

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  • 117line — {{11}}line (n.) a Middle English merger of O.E. line cable, rope; series, row, row of letters; rule, direction, and O.Fr. ligne guideline, cord, string; lineage, descent; both from L. linea linen thread, string, line, from phrase linea restis… …

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  • 118Biblical Antiquities — • Details domestic, political, and sacred antiquities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Biblical Antiquities     Biblical Antiquities      …

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  • 119line — line1 [līn] n. [ME merging OE, a cord, with OFr ligne (both < L linea, lit., linen thread, n. use of fem. of lineus, of flax < linum, flax)] 1. a) a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like b) a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker,… …

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  • 120linenized — ˈlinə̇ˌnīzd adjective : made or finished to resemble linen cloth or weave * * * /lin euh nuyzd /, adj. made or finished to resemble the texture of linen cloth. [LINEN + IZE + ED2] …

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