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  • 41Great Assembly — The Great Assembly (Hebrew: כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה‎) or Anshei Knesset HaGedolah (אַנְשֵׁי כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה, The Men of the Great Assembly ), also known as the Great Synagogue, was, according to Jewish tradition, an assembly of 120 scribes,… …

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  • 42Military of Bangladesh — Infobox National Military name = Bangladesh Military Force native name = caption = Coat of arms of Bangladesh headquarters = commander in chief = minister = Fakhruddin Ahmed commander = Moeen U Ahmed active = 192,000 (2007) reserve = deployed =… …

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  • 43Polari — Infobox Language name=Polari nativename=Palare, Parlary, Palarie, Palari, Parlyaree region=United Kingdom and Ireland speakers=no estimate available familycolor=Indo European family=based English, Italian and Romany with variations… …

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  • 44Biblical Geography —     Biblical Geography     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Biblical Geography     With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the… …

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  • 45dialect — noun the island dialect was influenced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century Syn: regional language, local language, local speech, vernacular, patois, idiom; regionalisms, localisms; informal lingo •• dialect, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang …

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  • 46Colour —    The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures.    White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), horses (Zech. 1:8), raiment (Eccl. 9:8).… …

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  • 47dialect — n 1 Dialect, vernacular, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang denote a form of language or a style of speech which varies from that accepted as the literary standard. Dialect (see also LANGUAGE 1) is applied ordinarily to a form of a… …

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  • 48Cockney — For other uses, see Cockney (disambiguation). St. Mary le Bow The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End.… …

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  • 49Glossary of 'carny' slang — For other uses, see carny (disambiguation). A carny and his coconut shy, 2005 Carny or carnie is a slang term used in North America and, along with showie, in Australia for a carnival (funfair) employee, as well as the …

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  • 50Nomenclature — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Nomenclature >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 nomenclature nomenclature Sgm: N 1 naming naming &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 nuncupation| nuncupation| nomination baptism Sgm: N 1 orismology orismology Sgm: N 1 …

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