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101Sufism — Sufistic, adj. /sooh fiz euhm/, n. the ascetic and mystical system of the Sufis. Also, Sufiism /sooh fee iz euhm/. [1810 20; SUFI + ISM] * * * Mystical movement within Islam that seeks to find divine love and knowledge through direct personal… …
102Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …
103Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
104encyclopaedia — Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. It differs from an almanac in… …
105Bacon, Francis, Viscount Saint Alban (or Albans), Baron of Verulam — ▪ British author, philosopher, and statesman Introduction also called (1603–18) Sir Francis Bacon born Jan. 22, 1561, York House, London, Eng. died April 9, 1626, London lord chancellor of England (1618–21). A lawyer, statesman, philosopher,… …
106Feuerbach, Paul, knight von — ▪ German jurist in full Paul Johann Anselm, Ritter Von Feuerbach born Nov. 14, 1775, Hainichen, near Jena, Thuringia [now in Germany] died May 29, 1833, Frankfurt am Main jurist noted for his reform of criminal law in Germany.… …
107Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
108Theodore Roosevelt: Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine — ▪ Primary Source In 1902 Germany, Italy, and England blockaded the coast of Venezuela in an effort to collect debts that it had refused to pay. President Roosevelt, concerned about the presence of Europeans in the vicinity of the… …
109Baden — • The Grand Duchy of Baden is situated in the southwestern part of the German Empire Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baden Baden …
110Dogmatic Theology — • That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dogmatic Theology Dogmatic Theology …
