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  • 41dock — n [Dutch dialect docke dok pen, cage]: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar …

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  • 42cause, cause of — Cause and reason are often confused in meaning. Reason is what one produces to account for or justify an effect; cause is what actually produces an effect. His reason for speaking is clear. The cause of his leaving early is debatable. Cause of… …

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  • 43slowness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of taking a relatively long time Nouns 1. slowness, languor, inactivity; leisureliness; retardation; slackening; delay, lateness; walk, stroll, saunter, snail s pace, jog trot, dogtrot; slow… …

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  • 44tardiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. detention, slowness, delay; see lateness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of not being on time: belatedness, lateness. See TIME …

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  • 45lagging — lag·ging || lægɪŋ n. lateness; falling behind; act of lingering; act of insulating; insulating material adj. falling behind, straggling; lingering, tarrying; slackening; slow, idle, slack læg n. slowness; lateness; delay, lingering;… …

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  • 46let — Ⅰ. let [1] ► VERB (letting; past and past part. let) 1) not prevent or forbid; allow. 2) used in the imperative to express an intention, proposal, or instruction: let s have a drink. 3) used to express an assumption upon which a theory or… …

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  • 47letting — Ⅰ. let [1] ► VERB (letting; past and past part. let) 1) not prevent or forbid; allow. 2) used in the imperative to express an intention, proposal, or instruction: let s have a drink. 3) used to express an assumption upon which a theory or… …

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  • 48BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 49MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …

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  • 50PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… …

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