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  • 11Knights of Malta — • The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Knights of Malta     Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 123. FAMILY OF IMRAN (Ali 'Imran) — In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. Alif, Lam, Meem. 2. God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal. 3. He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel …

    Quran. Talal Itani translate

  • 13General Judgment (Last Judgment) —     General Judgment     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► General Judgment     (Judicium Universale, Last Judgment).     I. EXISTENCE OF THE GENERAL JUDGMENT     1. Few truths are more often or more clearly proclaimed in Scripture than that of the… …

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  • 14Book of Arda Viraf — The Book of Arda Viraf is a Zoroastrian religious text that describes the dream journey of a devout Zoroastrian (the Viraf of the story) through the next world. Due to the ambiguity inherent to Pahlavi script, Viraf (the name of the protagonist)… …

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  • 15Catherine Sinclair — (17 April, 1800 ndash; 6 August, 1864) was a Scottish writer. She was born at Thurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland to Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet and Diana Macdonald. Catherine died unmarried. A monument was erected to her memory in Edinburgh s… …

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  • 16Checker — Check er (ch[e^]k [ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkered} (ch[e^]k [ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. [ e]chiquier. See {Check}, n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.] 1. To mark with small squares like a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17Checkered — Checker Check er (ch[e^]k [ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkered} (ch[e^]k [ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. [ e]chiquier. See {Check}, n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.] 1. To mark with small squares like a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18Checkering — Checker Check er (ch[e^]k [ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkered} (ch[e^]k [ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. [ e]chiquier. See {Check}, n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.] 1. To mark with small squares like a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19United 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… …

    Universalium

  • 20UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism