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  • 51To do one honor — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …

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  • 52To do the honors — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …

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  • 53To have the honor — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …

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  • 54Word of honor — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …

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  • 55John Esposito — John Louis Esposito (born 19 May 1940, Brooklyn, New York City) is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is also the director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for Muslim Christian understanding… …

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  • 56Joseph Pellegrino University Professor — The position of Joseph Pellegrino University Professor is one of 18 University Professorships at Harvard University. The current Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University is Peter L. Galison, a historian of science and physicist.… …

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  • 57Paolo Vergani — (1753 1820) was an Italian Catholic political economist who wrote on the economy of the Papal States. Born in Piedmont, as a student he devoted himself especially to ecclesiastical and civil law, and history. Having won distinction in theology,… …

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  • 58Paolo Vergani —     Paolo Vergani     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paolo Vergani     Italian political economist, b. in Piedmont, 1753; d. in Paris, about 1820. As a student, he devoted himself especially to ecclesiastical and civil law, and history. Having won… …

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  • 59DURAN — DURAN, family which originated in Provence, settled in Majorca in 1306, and after the persecutions of 1391 in Algiers. ẒEMAḤ ASTRUC DURAN (d. 1404), a grandnephew of levi b. gershom , was respected as a scholar by both the Jews and non Jews of… …

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  • 60Frances Abington — Frances Fanny Abington (1737 ndash; March 4, 1815) was a British actress.She was born Frances Barton, the daughter of a private soldier, and began her career as a flower girl and a street singer. As a servant to a French milliner, she learned… …

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