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  • 101Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 102Constantine I turn against Paganism — evolved during Constantine I s reign, and went from the initial prohibition on the construction of new temples[1] and the toleration of Pagan sacrifices,[2] to orders for the pillaging and the tearing down of pagan temples by the end of his reign …

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  • 103accusatory — ac·cus·a·to·ry /ə kyü zə ˌtōr ē/ adj 1: containing or expressing an accusation the accusatory pleading 2: accusatorial Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 104contumely — I noun abuse, affront, arrogance, aspersion, berating, castigation, contempt, contemptuous treatment, contemptuousness, contumelia, derision, despite, despiteful treatment, discourtesy, disdain, disdainfulness, dishonor, disrespect, effrontery,… …

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  • 105impertinent — I (insolent) adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brash, brazen, cavalier, churlish, coarse, contempt, contemptuous, contumacious, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disrespectful, flippant,… …

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  • 106infamous — in·fa·mous / in fə məs/ adj: of, relating to, or being a crime punishable by imprisonment (as a year or more in a penitentiary) that can lead to loss of rights and privileges upon conviction; also: convicted of such a crime Merriam Webster’s… …

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  • 107libelous — li·bel·ous also li·bel·lous / lī bə ləs/ adj: constituting or including libel a libelous magazine article Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. libelous …

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  • 108calumnious — I adjective abusive, blackening, calumniatory, castigatory, caustic, censorious, comminatory, compromising, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, criminatory, criminosus, damaging, damnatory, decrying, defamatory, denigratory, denunciatory,… …

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  • 109damaging — I adjective baneful, calamitous, calumnious, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, grievous, harmful, hurtful, incriminatory, inculpatory, inimical, injurious, insalubrious, malefic …

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  • 110disdainful — I adjective aloof, arrogant, audacious, bumptious, cavalier, cold, condescending, contemptuous, contumelious, cynical, deprecating, derisive, despising, disapproving, discourteous, disrespectful, distant, fastidlosus, filled with pride, flouting …

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