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  • 111epigram, epigraph —    The first is a short, witty saying or poem. The second is an inscription, as on a monument or statue, or an introductory quotation at the beginning of a book or substantial block of text …

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  • 112Codex Amiatinus — • Manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, kept at Florence in the Bibliotheca Laurentiana Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Codex Amiatinus     Codex Amiatinus      …

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  • 114Civil Code of Argentina — Congress building in Buenos Aires, Argentina The Civil Code of Argentina is the legal code which forms the foundation of the system of civil law in Argentina. It was written by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, as the culmination of a series of attempts… …

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  • 115Feminist philosophy (french) — French feminist philosophy De Beauvoir, Kristeva, Irigaray, Le Doeuff, Cixous Alison Ainley INTRODUCTION Although women have been active philosophers for many centuries,1 the development of a specifically feminist viewpoint in the context of… …

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  • 116ti|tle — «TY tuhl», noun, adjective, verb, tled, tling. –n. 1. a) the name of a book, poem, play, picture, song, or the like: »“Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is the title of a famous story for little children. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under name. (Cf.… …

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  • 117Shikand-gumanic Vichar — Part of a series on Zoroastrianism Portal Primary topics Zoroas …

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  • 118ep|i|graph — «EHP uh graf, grahf», noun. 1. an inscription, especially one on a building, tomb, or statue. 2. a quotation placed at the beginning of a book, chapter, or the like, to indicate the leading idea or theme: »As the epigraph to his new book, Mr.… …

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  • 119epitaph, epigraph — Both of these terms refer to an inscription on a monument or tomb or a brief piece of writing in praise of someone now dead: The visitor paused in front of the shaft erected in memory of Queen Victoria and read the epitaph (or epigraph) carved on …

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  • 120epigraph — /ep i graf , grahf /, n. 1. an inscription, esp. on a building, statue, or the like. 2. an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc. [1615 25; < Gk epigraphé inscription. See EPI , GRAPH] * * * …

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