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111Pythagoreanism — /pi thag euh ree euh niz euhm/, n. the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, esp. the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios. [1720 30; PYTHAGOREAN + ISM] * * * Philosophical school,… …
112scoff — scoff1 scoffer, n. scoffingly, adv. /skawf, skof/, v.i. 1. to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often fol. by at): If you can t do any better, don t scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at. v.t. 2. to mock at;… …
113Fell, John — ▪ English educator, priest, and author born June 23, 1625, Longworth, Berkshire, Eng. died July 10, 1686, Oxford, Oxfordshire English Anglican priest, author, editor, and typographer who as dean and bishop at Oxford was a benefactor to the… …
114William Shakespeare by Edmund Malone — ▪ Primary Source The following document is one of several portraits presented in Edmund Malone s Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage (1800). In addition to a general examination of the origins of theatre in… …
115Blasphemy — • Signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Blasphemy Blasphemy …
116Georgia — • The largest of the original thirteen United States; bounded on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, on the east by the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Florida, and on the west by Florida and Alabama Catholic… …
117South Carolina — • One of the thirteen original colonies of the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. South Carolina South Carolina …
118Blessed Peter Canisius — Blessed Peter Canisius † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Peter Canisius (Kannees, Kanys, probably also De Hondt). Born at Nimwegen in the Netherlands, 8 May, 1521; died in Fribourg, 21 November, 1597. His father was the wealthy… …
119Geoffrey Keating — Geoffrey Keating † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Geoffrey Keating Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, about 1569; d. at Tubbrid about 1644. He studied first at a Latin school near… …
120mycterism — noun /ˈmɪktəɹɪzəm/ A gibe; scoffing …
