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Straitened — Straiten Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
strait|ened — «STRAY tuhnd», adjective. 1. limited or reduced, especially to insufficiency: »straitened means or income. 2. needing money badly; hampered by insufficiency of means: »The day before payday found him in straitened circumstances. 3. Archaic.… … Useful english dictionary
privation — I noun absence, attachment, bad fortune, bad luck, bankruptcy, beggary, bereavement, confiscation, dearth, deprivation, deprivement, destitution, dispossession, dissipation, distress, divestment, egestas, exhaustion, famine, financial straits,… … Law dictionary
Vincenzo da Filicaja — (December 30, 1642 ndash;September 24, 1707) was an Italian poet. BiographyVincenzo da Filicaja was born in Florence to an ancient and noble family. From an incidental notice in one of his letters, stating the amount of house rent paid during his … Wikipedia
Manuel Tamayo y Baus — (15 September 1829 20 June 1898) was a Spanish dramatist. He was born at Madrid, into a family connected with the theatre, his mother being the eminent actress Joaquina Baus. It is interesting to note that she appeared as Geneviève de Brabant in… … Wikipedia
Giovanni Buonaventura Genelli — (1798 1868) was a German painter born at Berlin on the 28th of September 1798. He was the son of Janus Genelli, a painter whose landscapes are still preserved in the Schloss at Berlin, and grandson to Joseph Genelli, a Roman embroiderer employed… … Wikipedia
Straiten — Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Straitening — Straiten Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Salvation — • Salvation has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils, and of a translation into a state of freedom and security Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Salvation … Catholic encyclopedia
TAXATION — This article is arranged according to the following outline: historical aspects legal aspects the biblical period the talmudic period the post talmudic period in general yardsticks of tax assessment taxable property Place of Residence, Business,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
