Worthy+of+imitation

  • 51saint —    This word (from the Latin sanctus, meaning holy or consecrated ) has a double sense: (1) any person who is trying to live a Christian life as a member of the communion of saints, or (2) those people who have been officially recognized as… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 52Sheffield, John — (1648 1721)    He succeeded his father in 1658 as the third Earl of Mulgrave and later was created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. He was gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles II and in 1680 he commanded an expedition for the relief of Tangier …

    British and Irish poets

  • 53exemplar — [eg zem′plər, eg zem′plär΄; igzem′plər, igzem′plär] n. [ME < OFr exemplaire < LL exemplarium < L exemplum, a pattern, EXAMPLE] 1. a person or thing regarded as worthy of imitation; model; pattern; archetype 2. a typical specimen or… …

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  • 54role model — noun someone worthy of imitation every child needs a role model • Syn: ↑model • Hypernyms: ↑leader • Hyponyms: ↑ideal, ↑paragon, ↑nonpareil, ↑ …

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  • 55AGGADAH or HAGGADAH — (Heb. הַגָּדָה, אַגָּדָה; narrative ), one of the two primary components of rabbinic tradition, the other being halakhah, usually translated as Jewish Law (see: kadushin , The Rabbinic Mind, 59f.). The term aggadah itself is notoriously difficult …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 56MISHNAH — (Heb. מִשְׁנָה). The term mishnah is used in a number of different ways (see below), but when used as a proper noun ( the Mishnah ) it designates the collection of rabbinic traditions redacted by Rabbi judah ha nasi (usually called simply Rabbi ) …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 57Messiah Part III — Worthy is the Lamb , Unionskirche, Idstein, ca. 1670 Messiah (HWV 56), the English language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. This listing covers Part III in a table and comments on individual… …

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  • 58aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …

    Universalium

  • 59literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 60comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …

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