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  • 31Roman Catholic Relief Bill — • Sections on England and Ireland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roman Catholic Relief Bill     Roman Catholic Relief Bill      …

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  • 33Iran, Relations with —    Persian Russian relations date to the 18th century as the Romanov Empire began to expand south of the Caucasus. During the 1800s, Russia annexed Persian held Azerbaijan and displaced Iranian influence in Central Asia. During the Russian Civil… …

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  • 34Power — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Power >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 power power Sgm: N 1 potency potency potentiality Sgm: N 1 jiva jiva Sgm: N 1 puissance puissance might force energy &c. 171 …

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  • 35Influence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Influence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 influence influence Sgm: N 1 importance importance &c. 642 Sgm: N 1 weight weight pressure preponderance prevalence sway Sgm: N 1 predominance pre …

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  • 36ascendancy — as|cen|dan|cy ascendency [əˈsendənsi] n [U] formal a position of power, influence, or control →↑ascendant ▪ moral ascendancy ascendancy of ▪ the ascendancy of nationalist forces ascendancy over ▪ Butler established ascendancy over his critics. ▪… …

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  • 37ascendance — noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her • Syn: ↑dominance, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendancy, ↑ascendency, ↑control •… …

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  • 38ascendence — noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her • Syn: ↑dominance, ↑ascendance, ↑ascendancy, ↑ascendency, ↑control •… …

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  • 39ascendent — I noun 1. position or state of being dominant or in control that idea was in the ascendant • Syn: ↑ascendant • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascendant (for: ↑ascendant) …

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  • 40Apathies — Apathy Ap a*thy, n.; pl. {Apathies}. [L. apathia, Gr. ?; a priv. + ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See {Pathos}.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; applied either to the body or the mind. As… …

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