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Nahum - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The Hebrew name, probably in the intensive form, Nahhum, signifies primarily "full of consolation or comfort", hence "consoler" (St. Jerome, consolator), or "comforter".The name Nahum was apparently of not rare occurrence. Indeed, not to speak of a certain Nahum listed in the Vulgate and Douay Version (II Esd., vii, 7) among the companions of Zorobabel, and whose name seems to have been rather ...
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Look at other dictionaries: Bertram von Minden — Meister Bertram: Grabower Altar (1375-1383), Szene: Die Erschaffung der Tiere … Deutsch Wikipedia. Meister Bertram von Minden — Meister Bertram: Grabower Altar (1375-1383), Szene: Die Erschaffung der Tiere … Deutsch Wikipedia. Minden-Lübbecke — Wappen Deutschlandkarte … Deutsch Wikipedia. Minden (Allemagne) — Minden Pour les ...
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enacademic.com gamut - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Look at other dictionaries: gamut — In music, gamut properly means 'the note G at the pitch now indicated by the lowest line of the bass staff'. (The word is formed from medieval Latin gamma (= the note G) + ut, the first of six arbitrary names forming the hexachord (ut, re, mi ...
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WILKES-BARRE AND KINGSTON

WILKES-BARRE AND KINGSTON, cities in N.E. Pennsylvania with a Jewish population of 3,000 (in 2005).The first Jews were Moses Libien from France (1835), Hirsch Koch (1836), and Martin Long (1838) from Bavaria. By the 1840s, 13 Jews lived in Wilkes-Barre and held Orthodox services as Congregation B'nai B'rith which became Reform in 1860.
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Hodegetria - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Greek for she who points the way, referring to the representation in Byzantine art of the Mother of God (Theotokos [q.v.]) carrying the Christ Child, upright on her left arm. Her right hand points to the child as the way to salvation. An icon…
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Conservative party

It is the heir of the old Tory Party, whose members began forming "conservative associations" after electoral rights were extended to the middle class in 1832. The modern party (whose members are often known as Tories) is essentially a coalition of two groups, and must balance its traditionalist and communitarian wing against its libertarian and individualist wing.
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taiga - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

(n.) belt of coniferous forests in Siberia, 1869, from Rus. taiga, which is of Mongolian origin
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designer - Academic Dictionaries and …

designer 1640s, "one who schemes;" agent noun from DESIGN (Cf. design).Meaning "one who makes an artistic design or a construction plan" is from 1660s.In fashion, as an adj., "bearing the label of a famous clothing designer" (thus presumed to be expensive or prestigious), from …
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Bolo - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

traitor, 1917, from Paul Bolo, French adventurer shot for treason April 17, 1918; used in World War I with reference to pacifist propagandists; later somewhat assimilated to BOLSHEVIK (Cf. Bolshevik) (q.v.)
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hoick - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Verb. To lift, or move, something bulky or heavy, often with a sudden movement. Also hoik. E.g. You cant hoick that piano up the stairs, you need some rope and pulleys. Informal
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accountability

Look at other dictionaries: Accountability — is the concept in ethics and governance with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as responsibility,[1] answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and other terms associated with the expectation of account giving.
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commission

to commission a person is to authorize as well as instruct to perform a certain duty, as the execution of an artistic work, or to appoint to a certain rank or office; authorize implies the giving of power or the right to act, ranging in application from a specific legal power to discretionary powers in dealings of any kind; to accredit, in this comParison, implies the sending of a person, duly ...
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sthenia - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

hy·po·sthenia; Look at other dictionaries: Sthenīa — (gr. Ant.), eine Art Faustkampf bei den Argivern … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon. sthenia — /stheuh nuy euh, sthee nee euh/, n. strength; excessive vital force. Cf. asthenia.