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  • 51Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …

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  • 52Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… …

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  • 53Henlein, Konrad — born May 6, 1898, Maffersdorf bei Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria Hungary died May 10, 1945, Plzen, Czech. Sudeten German politician. In 1933 he became leader of the Sudeten German Home Front, the second strongest party in the Czech parliament.… …

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  • 54Anjala League — ▪ Finnish Swedish conspiracy       (1788–89), a conspiracy of Swedish and Finnish army officers that undermined the Swedish war effort in the Russo Swedish War of 1788–90. Shortly after the outbreak of war, 113 officers in the Finnish town of… …

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  • 55Masonry (Freemasonry) —     Masonry (Freemasonry)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry)     The subject is treated under the following heads:     I. Name and Definition;     II. Origin and Early History;     III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit;     IV.… …

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  • 56Boniface VIII —     Pope Boniface VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII     (BENEDETTO GAETANO)     Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …

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  • 57Pope Boniface VIII —     Pope Boniface VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII     (BENEDETTO GAETANO)     Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …

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  • 58traitorous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Treacherous] Syn. faithless, recreant, unfaithful; see false 1 . 2. [Treasonable] Syn. seditious, disloyal, unpatriotic; see false 1 . See Synonym Study at faithless . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disloyal,… …

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  • 59treason — trea|son [ˈtri:zən] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: traison, from Latin traditio act of handing over or betraying , from tradere; TRAITOR] the crime of being disloyal to your country or its government, especially by helping its… …

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  • 60overt — Open; manifest; public; issuing in action, as distinguished from that which rests merely in intention or design. Market overt. See market @ overt act An open, manifest act from which criminality may be implied. An outward act done in pursuance… …

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