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  • 91Christian Democracy —     Christian Democracy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Democracy     In Christian Democracy, the name and the reality have two very different histories, and therefore they must be carefully distinguished.     THE REALITY     What… …

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  • 92idolater — noun /ˌaɪˈdɑlətər/ One who worships idols; a pagan. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye… …

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  • 93griper — noun /ɡraɪp.ə(ɹ)/ a) One who gripes She did Accept of our intended Present, which (she said) manifested our Love and Loyalty; most graciously affirming, That She was never any greedy Griper, or fast Holder; and what We did present, She would not… …

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  • 94exactor — noun a) A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner. b) A person who collects taxes …

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  • 95extortionist — noun someone who extorts; an extortioner …

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  • 96Psalms 109 — 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against …

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  • 97Isaiah 16 — 1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take… …

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  • 981 Corinthians 5 — 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father s wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done …

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  • 99extort — ex‧tort [ɪkˈstɔːt ǁ ɔːrt] verb [transitive] LAW to illegally force someone to give you money by threatening them: extort money from/​out of somebody • Smith was arrested on suspicion of having extorted property and money from at least 18 clients …

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  • 100extortion — extort ex‧tort [ɪkˈstɔːt ǁ ɔːrt] verb [transitive] LAW to illegally force someone to give you money by threatening them: extort money from/​out of somebody • Smith was arrested on suspicion of having extorted property and money from at least 18… …

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