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51Apostasy in Christianity — Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss. Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve Apostles, became an apostate.[1] Apostasy in Christianity refers to the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian. The term apostasy comes from the Greek… …
52severity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Strictness Nouns 1. severity; strictness, harshness, rigor, stringency, austerity, straight face; ill treatment; inclemency, pitilessness, arrogance. See insolence, violence, authority. 2. (strict rule)… …
53reign — n 1. reigning years, period of rule, dynasty, time of authority, time on the throne. 2. kingship, crown, regime, regency, suzerainty; authority, sway, administration, governance, government, jurisdiction, direction; leadership, mastery, hegemony …
54Henry Wentworth Monk — and both World Wars, although these claims are of questionable scholarly merit. To this day, Monk remains a very obscure historical figure, and this is unlikely to change.BiographyMonk was born on April 6, 1827, in March Township, Ontario a tiny… …
55domineer — v 1. tyrannize, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron or high hand; boss or boss around; browbeat, intimidate, bully, ride roughshod over, trample, ride herd on; oppress, suppress, repress, keep down or under, lord it over; break, humble,… …
56overbear — v 1. bear down or down on, press down, weigh down, push down, force down. 2. overcome, conquer, triumph over, defeat, win out over, get the better of, beat, Inf. beat out, Inf. whip; overpower, overwhelm, destroy, crush, trounce, Inf. stomp,… …
57Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
58tyrannize — v rule despotically, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand; dominate, domineer, have the upper or whip hand, wield the power or scepter; boss or boss around, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, lay down the law, call the… …
59repress — verb 1) the rebellion was repressed Syn: suppress, quell, quash, subdue, put down, crush, extinguish, stamp out, defeat, conquer, rout, overwhelm, contain 2) the peasants were repressed Syn …
60tyrannize — v. n. Domineer, act the tyrant, be despotic, exercise arbitrary power, lord it, rule with a rod of iron, carry matters with a high hand …
