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  • 21Primacy of Simon Peter — A number of Christian denominations and scholars hold that Simon Peter was the most prominent of the apostles, favored by Jesus of Nazareth with the first place of honor and authority. [ The Canon Debate , McDonald Sanders editors, 2002, chapter… …

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  • 22Taos language — language name=Taos nativename= familycolor=American states=USA region= Taos Pueblo, NM speakers=803 (1980) iso3=twf fam1=Kiowa Tanoan fam2=Tiwa fam3=Northern Tiwa The Taos language is a Kiowa Tanoan language spoken in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.Lynn …

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  • 23antecedent — I. a. Preceding, precedent, previous, prior, anterior, foregoing, precursory, forerunning, going before. II. n. 1. Precursor, forerunner. 2. (Math.) First term (of a ratio). 3. (Gram.) Preceding noun (to which a pronoun refers …

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  • 24mine — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English min, from Old English mīn more at my Date: before 12th century my used before a word beginning with a vowel or h < this treasure in mine arms Shakespeare > or sometimes as a modifier of a preceding noun&#8230; …

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  • 25Saint Peter — For other uses, see St. Peter (disambiguation). Saint Peter the Apostle Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the saint as Pope (1611 1612). Prince of the Apostles, First Pope, Martyr, Preacher …

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  • 26Contrastive distribution — in linguistics, as opposed to complementary distribution or free variation, is the relationship between two different elements, where both elements are found in the same environment with a change in meaning. Contents 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3&#8230; …

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  • 27as well as — 1. This is used both as a conjunction, in which case a following pronoun agrees with a preceding noun or pronoun • (It was obvious that he had been consulted as well as I Graham Greene, 1965) or, more commonly, as a preposition (in which case the …

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  • 28OF — prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows: 1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome;&#8230; …

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  • 29qualify — verb (qualifies, qualifying, qualified) 1》 (often qualify for) be entitled to a benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition.     ↘fulfil the necessary conditions to be eligible for a competition.     ↘be or make properly entitled to&#8230; …

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  • 30Bend — Bend, n. [AS. bend. See {Band}, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See {Band}.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It&#8230; …

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