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51Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
52Welsh Monastic Foundations — • The British church was driven into Wales in the fifth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Welsh Monastic Foundations Welsh Monastic Foundations …
53Frederick Charles Husenbeth — Frederick Charles Husenbeth † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Frederick Charles Husenbeth Born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872. The son of a Bristol wine merchant and of a lady of Cornish family, a convert… …
54Roman Academies — Roman Academies † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Academies The Italian Renaissance at its apogee [from the close of the Western Schism (1418) to the middle of the sixteenth century] found two intellectual centres, Florence and Rome.… …
55endeavor — 1. noun /ɛnˈdɛvɝ,ɪnˈdɛvɝ/ a) A sincere attempt. A determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal. b) Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity. 2. verb /ɛnˈdɛvɝ,ɪnˈdɛvɝ/ a) …
56endeavour — 1. verb /ɪnˈdɛ.və,ɛnˈdɛvəɹ/ To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. The other species of philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being, and endeavour to form his… …
57laborious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hard, arduous, tiresome, irksome; diligent, assiduous. See exertion.Ant., effortless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Difficult] Syn. arduous, hard, stiff; see difficult 1 . 2. [Industrious] Syn.… …
58studious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. scholarly, thoughtful, speculative, contemplative, bookish. See thought, learning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. industrious, thoughtful, contemplative, busy, well read, well informed, scholarly,… …
59assess — [15] The literal meaning of Latin assidēre, ultimate source of assess, was ‘sit beside someone’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad ‘near’ and sedēre ‘sit’, a relative of English sit). This developed the secondary meaning ‘sit next… …
60session — [14] Etymologically, a session is simply a ‘sitting’. The word comes via Old French session from Latin sessiō, a derivative of sedēre ‘sit’. Its sense development reflects the symbolic association of ‘sitting down’ with the conducting of business …
