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  • 101Spirituals — • A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition to the main body of the order, pretended to observe the Rule of St. Francis… …

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  • 102Catholic Indian Missions of Canada —     Catholic Indian Missions of Canada     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholic Indian Missions of Canada     The French discoverers of Canada did not fail to impress the aborigines they met with a vague idea of the religion they professed. Thus,… …

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  • 103Diocese of Covington —     Diocese of Covington     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Covington     (COVINGTONENSIS)     Comprises that part of Kentucky, U. S. A., lying east of the Kentucky River, and of the western limits of Carroll, Owen, Franklin, Woodford,… …

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  • 104England (Since the Reformation) —     England (Since the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Since the Reformation)     The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of England, as of Europe generally. This momentous Revolution, the outcome… …

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  • 105History of Medicine —     History of Medicine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Medicine     The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological… …

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  • 106Matteo Ricci —     Matteo Ricci     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Ricci     Founder of the Catholic missions of China, b. at Macerata in the Papal States, 6 Oct. 1552; d. at Peking, 11 May, 1610.     Ricci made his classical studies in his native town,… …

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  • 107PAUL II —    pope from 1464 to 1471; PAUL III., Pope from 1534 to 1549, was zealous against the Protestant cause, excommunicated Henry VIII. in 1536, sanctioned the Jesuit order in 1540, convened and convoked the Council of Trent in 1545; PAUL IV., Pope… …

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  • 108Aberdeen —    ABERDEEN, a city, and sea port town, the seat of a university, the capital of the county of Aberdeen, and the metropolis of the North of Scotland, 109 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh, and 425 (N. by W.) from London; containing, with parts of… …

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  • 109fervent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fervid, earnest, ardent, eager; vehement, impassioned, intense; hot, glowing. See desire, feeling, heat. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. zealous, eager, ardent, fervid; see enthusiastic 2 , 3 , intense …

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  • 110rabid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mad, furious; fanatical, overzealous. See feeling, excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fanatical] Syn. obsessed, zealous, keen, extreme; see enthusiastic 2 , 3 , fanatical , radical …

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