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  • 11Frankenstein — This article is about the novel. For the characters, see Victor Frankenstein or Frankenstein s monster. For other uses, see Frankenstein (disambiguation). Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus …

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  • 12History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …

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  • 13Bernanos, Georges — born Feb. 20, 1888, Paris, France died July 5, 1948, Neuilly sur Seine French novelist and polemical writer. One of the most original and independent Roman Catholic writers of his time and a man of humour and humanity, he abhorred materialism and …

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  • 14Martyr — • The Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation. The term martyr came to be exclusively applied to those who had died for the faith Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 15Tonnies, Ferdinand — (1855 1936)    sociologist and philosopher; for mulated the concepts Gemeinschaft (community) and Gesellschaft (society) that so enlivened German thought in the first half of the twentieth century. Born to prosperous farmers in the Schleswig… …

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  • 16abhor — [[t]æbhɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] abhors, abhorring, abhorred VERB If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons. [FORMAL] [V n] He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation... [V n] If nature… …

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  • 17abhor — verb abhorred, abhorring (transitive not in progressive) formal to hate a kind of behaviour or way of thinking, especially because you think it is morally wrong: Some genuinely abhorred slavery, others were simply convinced by the economic… …

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  • 18hate — n 1 hatred, abhorrence, detestation, abomination, loathing (see under HATE vb) Analogous words: *antipathy, aversion: animosity, rancor, hostility, *enmity: despite, contempt, scorn, disdain (see under DESPISE) Antonyms: love Contrasted words:… …

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  • 19abhor — UK [əbˈhɔː(r)] / US [əbˈhɔr] verb [transitive] Word forms abhor : present tense I/you/we/they abhor he/she/it abhors present participle abhorring past tense abhorred past participle abhorred formal to dislike something very much, usually because… …

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  • 20Abhor — Ab*hor , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abhorred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abhorring}.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See {Horrid}.] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel… …

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