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111Crusades — • Expeditions undertaken, in fulfilment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy Places from Mohammedan tyranny. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crusades Crusades …
112The Religion of Russia — The Religion of Russia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Religion of Russia A. The Origin of Russian Christianity There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from …
113Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde — Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint Aldegonde, portrait by Jacques de Gheyn II Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint Aldegonde, Lord of West Souburg (Dutch: Filips van Marnix, heer van Sint Aldegonde, heer van West Souburg, French: Philippe de Marnix,… …
114failure — fail·ure n 1: omission of occurrence or performance; specif: a failing to perform a duty or expected action a failure to mitigate damages failure to prosecute 2: a lack of success or adequacy failure of a suit 3: a failing in business …
115attempt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ successful ▪ abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill fated, misguided, unsuccessful …
116futile — Synonyms and related words: abortive, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, bad, barren, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bootless, brainless, buffoonish, catchpenny, cockeyed, counterproductive, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dizzy, doomed,… …
117Edinburgh — EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …
118void — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. empty, vacuous, blank; unoccupied, untenanted; devoid, lacking, unfilled; ineffectual; null, invalid; not binding; vain, unreal, unsubstantial. v. t. vacate; abrogate, nullify, negate; evacuate,… …
119bootless — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having no useful result: barren, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain. See THRIVE, USED …
120unsuccessful — a. 1. Unavailing, ineffectual, abortive, fruitless, bootless, profitless, vain, futile, in vain. 2. Luckless, unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous, ill starred, ill fated, unhappy …
