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  • 31Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions —     Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions     An institution originated (1874) by J. Roosevelt Barley, Archbishop of Baltimore, for the protection and promotion of Catholic Indian… …

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  • 32Leonardo Antonelli —     Leonardo Antonelli     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Leonardo Antonelli     Cardinal, b. at Sinigaglia, 6 November 1730; d. 23 January, 1811, nephew of Cardinal Nicolo Maria Antonelli. During the early part of his long diplomatic career he held… …

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  • 33Miecislas Halka Ledochowski —     Miecislas Halka Ledochowski     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Miecislas Halka Ledochowski     Count, Cardinal, Archbishop of Gnesen Posen, b. at Gorki near Sandomir in Russian Poland, 29 October, 1822; d. at Rome, 22 July, 1902. After studying at …

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  • 34The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 36Gatekeeper parent — A gatekeeper parent, typically a mother, is one who takes to arrogating themselves the power to decide what relationship is acceptable between the other parent and the child(ren), either within a marriage, or outside any formal agreement between… …

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  • 37arrogate — (v.) 1530s, from L. arrogatus, pp. of arrogare to claim for oneself (see ARROGANCE (Cf. arrogance)). Related: Arrogated; arrogating …

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  • 38diversity — (n.) mid 14c., quality of being diverse, mostly in a neutral sense, from O.Fr. diversité (12c.) difference, diversity, unique feature, oddness: also wickedness, perversity, from L. diversitatem (nom. diversitas) contrariety, contradiction,… …

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  • 39arrogate — [[t]æ̱rəgeɪt[/t]] arrogates, arrogating, arrogated VERB (disapproval) If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so. [FORMAL] [V to pron refl n]… …

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  • 40assumption — n. 1. Assuming, taking, taking on, taking up, accepting, becoming responsible for. 2. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation. 3. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory. 4. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness,… …

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