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  • 11revile — verb criticize abusively. Derivatives revilement noun reviler noun Origin ME: from OFr. reviler, based on vil vile …

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  • 12revile — [c]/rəˈvaɪl / (say ruh vuyl) verb (reviled, reviling) –verb (t) 1. to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address, or speak of, abusively. –verb (i) 2. to speak abusively. {Middle English revile(n), from Old French reviler treat or… …

  • 13revile — [ri vīl′] vt. reviled, reviling [ME revilen < OFr reviler, to regard or treat as vile < re ,RE + viler, to humiliate < vil,VILE] to use abusive or contemptuous language in speaking to or about; call bad names vi. to use abusive language… …

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  • 14revile — v. 1 tr. abuse; criticize abusively. 2 intr. talk abusively; rail. Derivatives: revilement n. reviler n. reviling n. Etymology: ME f. OF reviler (as RE , VILE) …

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  • 15Excommunication — A depiction of Pope Gregory IX excommunicating. Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive, suspend or limit membership in a religious …

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  • 16Heraclitus — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Heraclitus by Johannes Moreelse. The image depicts him as the weeping philosopher wringing his hands over the world and the obscure dressed… …

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  • 17Terry Eagleton — holding one of his books after a talk in Manchester Mechanics Institute in 2008 Terence Francis Eagleton FBA (born 22 February 1943, Salford) is a British literary theorist regarded as one of Britain s most influential living literary critics.[1] …

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  • 18Magic in the Bartimaeus Trilogy — by Jonathan Stroud can be created by two entities, the magician or the magical entity summoned from the Other Place . MagiciansApprenticeshipEach country has a different process of training apprentices. Italy favours the child remaining in the… …

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  • 19Beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses — The beliefs and practices of Jehovah s Witnesses are based on the Bible teachings of its founder, Charles Taze Russell and his successors, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Nathan Homer Knorr. Since about 1976 they have also been based on decisions… …

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  • 20University of Coimbra —     University of Coimbra     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► University of Coimbra     The earliest certain information concerning a university in Portugal dates from 1288, when the Abbott of Alcobaza, several priors of convents, and parish priests,… …

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