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51Richard Gunnell — (fl. 1613 ndash; 1634) was an actor, playwright, and theatre manager in Jacobean and Caroline era London. He is best remembered for his role in the founding of the Salisbury Court Theatre.Actor and playwrightNothing is known of Gunnell s early… …
52mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …
53oliguria — oliguretic /ol i gyoo ret ik/, adj. /ol i gyoor ee euh/, n. Pathol. scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion. Also, oliguresis /ol i gyoo ree sis/. [1895 1900; OLIG + URIA] * * * …
54paucity — /paw si tee/, n. 1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources. 2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness. [1375 1425; late ME paucite < L paucitas fewness, deriv. of paucus few; see ITY] * * * …
55poverty — /pov euhr tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. 2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. 3. scantiness;… …
56scanty — scantily, adv. scantiness, n. /skan tee/, adj., scantier, scantiest. n., pl. scanties. adj. 1. scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient. 2. meager; not adequate. 3. lacking amplitude in extent or compass. n …
57classical scholarship — Introduction the study, in all its aspects, of ancient Greece (ancient Greek civilization) and Rome (ancient Rome). In continental Europe the field is known as “classical philology,” but the use, in some circles, of “philology” to denote… …
58Scandinavian languages — Introduction also called North Germanic languages group of Germanic languages consisting of modern standard Danish (Danish language), Swedish (Swedish language), Norwegian (Norwegian language) (Dano Norwegian and New Norwegian), Icelandic… …
59Jamaica — • The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jamaica Jamaica …
60Theodorus Lector — • A lector attached to the Church of St. Sophia of Constantinople in the early part of the sixth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Theodorus Lector Theodorus Lector …
