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  • 21Ineffectual — In ef*fec tu*al (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. Pope. [1913 Webster] The peony root has been much commended …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Congruism — • The term by which theologians denote a theory according to which the efficacy of efficacious grace is due, at least in part, to the fact that the grace is given in circumstances favourable to its operation, i. e. congruous in that sense… …

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  • 23Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

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  • 24Controversies on Grace —     Controversies on Grace     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Controversies on Grace     These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will. How can the all persuasiveness of grace, which imposes such a potent influence on the… …

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  • 25Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …

    History of philosophy

  • 26Impotence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impotence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impotence impotence Sgm: N 1 inability inability disability Sgm: N 1 disablement disablement impuissance imbecility Sgm: N 1 incapacity incapacity incapability …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27ineffective — adjective 1) an ineffective scheme Syn: unsuccessful, unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable, abortive, futile, purposeless, useless, worthless, ineffectual, inefficient, inefficacious, inadequate; feeble, inept, lame; archaic bootless …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 28vain — 1 Vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow are comparable when they mean devoid of worth or significance. Something vain (see also FUTILE) is devoid of all value, either absolutely because worthless, superfluous, or unprofitable or relatively… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 29ἀνενεργεῖς — ἀνενεργής inefficacious masc/fem acc pl ἀνενεργής inefficacious masc/fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 30ἀνενεργήτως — ἀνενέργητος inefficacious adverbial ἀνενέργητος inefficacious masc/fem acc pl (doric) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)