fervor

  • 91feeling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Emotional sensation See also touch, taste Nouns 1. feeling, sensation, sentience, emotion, sensibility, sensitivity; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, experience, response; vibrations; impression,… …

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  • 92fire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flame, blaze, conflagration, holocaust; enthusiasm, verve. v. t. kindle, ignite; shoot, detonate; inspire, arouse; dismiss, discharge. See heat, propulsion, excitement, fuel, vigor, ejection. II… …

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  • 93intensity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. depth; feeling; power, force, strength, vigor; darkness, brilliance; extremity. See degree, energy, violence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A high degree of anything] Syn. strain, force, concentration, power …

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  • 94vehemence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. violence, vigor, impetuosity, force; ardor, fervor, warmth, zeal. See exertion, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frenzy, fervor, impetuosity; see intensity 1 , violence 2 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 95fervour — fer|vour BrE fervor AmE [ˈfə:və US ˈfə:rvər] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ferveur, from Latin fervor, from fervere to boil ] very strong belief or feeling ▪ religious fervour ▪ revolutionary fervour ▪ patriotic fervor …

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  • 96devout — devout, pious, religious, pietistic, sanctimonious apply mainly to persons, their acts, and their words and mean showing fervor and reverence in the practice of religion. Devout stresses an attitude of mind or a feeling that leads one to such… …

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  • 97passion — [pash′ən] n. [OFr < LL(Ec) passio, a suffering, esp. that of Christ (< L passus, pp. of pati, to endure < IE base * pē , to harm > Gr pēma, destruction, L paene, scarcely): transl. of Gr pathos: see PATHOS] 1. a) Archaic suffering or… …

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  • 98fer|vor — «FUR vuhr», noun. 1. a) great warmth of feeling; intense emotion, enthusiasm, or earnestness: »The patriot s voice trembled from the fervor of his emotion. SYNONYM(S): passion, vehemence, zeal, ardor. b) an instance of this: »a fervor unique even …

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  • 99RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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  • 100SHABBETAI ẒEVI — (1626–1676), the central figure of Shabbateanism, the messianic movement named after him. Background of the Movement Shabbateanism was the largest and most momentous messianic movement in Jewish history subsequent to the destruction of the Temple …

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