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  • 51freedom — /free deuhm/, n. 1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial. 2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. 3. the power to determine… …

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  • 52half-ingenuous — adj.; half ingenuously, adv.; half ingenuousness, n. * * * …

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  • 53ingenuity — /in jeuh nooh i tee, nyooh /, n., pl. ingenuities for 3. 1. the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity. 2. cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity.… …

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  • 54ingenuous — ingenuously, adv. ingenuousness, n. /in jen yooh euhs/, adj. 1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. 2. artless; innocent; naive. 3. Obs. honorable or noble. [1590 1600; < L ingenuus native, free born, honorable, frank …

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  • 55policy — policy1 /pol euh see/, n., pl. policies. 1. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy. 2. a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our …

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  • 56Italian literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly&#8230; …

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  • 57Portuguese literature — Introduction       the body of writing in the Portuguese language produced by the peoples of Portugal, which includes the Madeira Islands and the Azores.       The literature of Portugal is distinguished by a wealth and variety of lyric poetry,&#8230; …

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  • 58Hymnody and Hymnology — • Hymnody means exactly hymn song , but as the hymn singer as well as the hymn poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico&#8230; …

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  • 59Masolino da Panicale — • Son of Cristoforo Fini; b. in the subrub of Panicale di Valdese, near Florence, 1383; d, c. 1440 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Masolino Da Panicale     Masolino da Panicale …

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  • 60veracity — I noun accuracy, actuality, artlessness, authenticity, candidness, candor, conformity to fact, correctness, credibility, exactitude, exactness, factualness, faithfulness, frankness, genuiness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, integrity,&#8230; …

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