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  • 51The Visitation Convent (Georgetown) —     The Visitation Convent, Georgetown     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Visitation Convent, Georgetown     Located in the District of Columbia, United States of America. This convent was founded by Miss Alice Lalor, native of Kilkenny County,… …

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  • 52abandonment — aban·don·ment n 1: the act of abandoning property or a right: as a: relinquishment by an inventor of the right to enforce a patent see also dedication b: an author s relinquishment to the public domain of his or her copyrighted work c …

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  • 53proscription — noun prə.skrɪ.pʃən a) A prohibition. He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...] b) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. See Also: proscribe …

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  • 54proscribe — verb /pɹəˈskɹaɪb,ˌpɹəʊˈskɹaɪb/ a) To forbid or prohibit. b) To denounce. Ant: prescribe See Also: proscription, proscriptive …

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  • 55prescriptive — adjective Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard. Syn: normative Ant: descriptive, proscriptive See Also …

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  • 56Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) — The Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) were a series of raids, campaigns, ambushes, minor skirmishes, and several full scale frontier battles which were a continuation of the Cherokee (Ani Yunwiya, Ani Kituwa, Tsalagi, Talligewi) struggle against… …

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  • 57Chickamauga Indian — The Chickamauga or Lower Cherokee, were a band of Cherokee who supported Great Britain at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. They were followers of the Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe. In the winter of 1776/1777, he and they moved down …

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  • 58Norm (social) — Sociology …

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  • 60impeditive — adjective burdensome, conditional, cumbrous, deterrent, difficult, hindering, inhibitive, inhibitory, labyrinthine, limitative, limiting, onerous, preclusive, preventive, prohibitive, proscriptive, repressive, restrictive, suppressive Burton s… …

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