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  • 11List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament …

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  • 12Agunah — Aguna (Hebrew: עגונה, plural: agunot ; literally anchored or chained ) is a halachic term for a Jewish woman who is chained to her marriage because her husband s whereabouts are unknown. It is also often used nowadays for a woman whose husband… …

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  • 13France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 14Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 15Revocation — • The act of recalling or annulling Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Revocation     Revocation     † …

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  • 16repeal — re·peal /ri pēl/ vt [Anglo French repeler, from Old French, from re back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name]: to rescind or annul by authoritative act; esp: to revoke or abrogate by legislative… …

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  • 17abrogation — I noun abolishment, abolition, annihilation, annulment, canceling, cancellation, countermand, counterorder, defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, nullification, overriding, overruling, recall, recantation, renege, repeal, repudiation, rescission …

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  • 18Cranmer, Thomas — (1489 1556)    martyred author of the Book of Common Prayer    Chief author of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer was remembered even more for his martyrdom during the reign of Mary I, which helped win her the name Bloody Mary.… …

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  • 19Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox …

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  • 20redemption — The realization of a right to have the title of property restored free and clear of the mortgage; performance of the mortgage obligation being essential for that purpose. The right of a debtor, and sometimes of a debtor s other creditors, to… …

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