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111Roman Catholic theology — As the pimary branch of Catholic Christianity, the theology of the Roman Catholic Church largely resembles that of the other rites and branches. Roman Catholics believe in the authority of Scripture and Sacred Tradition, as interpreted by… …
112George Lakoff — George Lakoff. George P. Lakoff, né le 24 mai 1941, est professeur de linguistique cognitive à l’Université de Californie (Berkeley), où il enseigne depuis 1972. Bien qu’une partie de ses recherches concerne des questions linguistiques… …
113vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors. * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction a branch of mathematics that deals with quantities that have both magnitude and direction. Some physical and geometric… …
114Dickinson, Emily — ▪ American poet Introduction in full Emily Elizabeth Dickinson born Dec. 10, 1830, Amherst, Mass., U.S. died May 15, 1886, Amherst American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of… …
115Characters of The Order of the Stick — This is a list of characters from the webcomic The Order of the Stick (OOTS). It is a comedic webcomic that celebrates and satirizes tabletop role playing games and medieval fantasy through the ongoing tale of the eponymous fellowship of… …
116Flowery — Flow er*y, a. 1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. [1913 Webster] 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. [1913 Webster] {The flowery kingdom}, China. [1913 Webster] …
117The flowery kingdom — Flowery Flow er*y, a. 1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. [1913 Webster] 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. [1913 Webster] {The flowery kingdom}, China. [1913 Webster] …
118imagery — noun (plural eries) Date: 14th century 1. a. the product of image makers ; images; also the art of making images b. pictures produced by an imaging system 2. figurative language 3. mental images; especially the products of imagination …
119metaphor — noun Etymology: Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta + pherein to bear more at bear Date: 15th century 1. a figure of speech in… …
120Connotation — For the technical term in semiotics, see connotation (semiotics). A connotation is a commonly understood subjective cultural and/or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word s or phrase s explicit or literal… …
