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  • 61Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimate Biography —   Author(s) Vincent Cronin …

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  • 62paradox — n. Absurdity (as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact), seeming contradiction …

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  • 63centre — /ˈsɛntə / (say sentuh) noun 1. Geometry the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equidistant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equidistant from the vertices. 2. a point, pivot,… …

  • 64PRIESTS AND PRIESTHOOD — Definition of Priesthood The priests are the principal functionaries in divine services, their special task being to engage in cultic ceremonies which they conducted mainly in the Temple. In general the priests post is authorized by hereditary… …

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  • 65Omniscience — For the album by Swans, see Omniscience (album). Omniscience (  /ɒmˈ …

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  • 66china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 67China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 68United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 69Critical approaches to Hamlet — Hamlet and Ophelia, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti From its premiere at the turn of the 17th century, Hamlet has been one of Shakespeare s best known, most imitated, and most analyzed plays. The character of Hamlet played a critical role in Sigmund… …

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  • 70Eleaticism — See Eleatic. * * * School of pre Socratic philosophy that flourished in the 5th century BC. It took its name from the Greek colony of Elea (Velia) in southern Italy. It is distinguished by its radical monism i.e., its doctrine of the One,… …

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