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  • 51Job's comforter — [dʒəʊbz] noun a person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort. Origin C18: alluding to the biblical story (Job 16:2) of the patriarch Job …

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  • 52Job's comforter — Job s′ com′forter [[t]dʒoʊbz[/t]] n. a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages while attempting to console • Etymology: 1730–40 …

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  • 53Job's comforter — /dʒoʊbz ˈkʌmfətə/ (say johbz kumfuhtuh) noun someone who professes to give comfort but who achieves the opposite result. {Biblical, from the friends of Job of the Old Testament who smugly attributed his suffering to his sinfulness and to whom he… …

  • 54Job's comforter — n. a person who under the guise of comforting aggravates distress. Etymology: the patriarch Job in the Old Testament (Job 16:2) …

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  • 56List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its …

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  • 57Christianity and Islam — The Achtiname of Muhammad, also known as the Covenant or (Holy) Testament (Testamentum) of Muhammad, is a medieval document which purports to be a charter or writ ratified by Muhammad granting protection and other privileges to the monks of Saint …

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  • 58Duvet — For the song by Bôa, see The Race of a Thousand Camels. A duvet, without a cover. A duvet (pronounced UK: /ˈduːveɪ/, US: /duːˈveɪ/) (also known as a doona in Australian English and a dyne in Scandinavian from which the Australian wo …

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  • 60St. Alban's Episcopal Church (Staten Island, New York) — Infobox nrhp2 name =St. Alban s Episcopal Church ( Church of the Holy Comforter ) nrhp = yes caption = St. Alban s Episcopal Church location= 76 St. Alban s Place Staten Island, New York lat degrees = 40 lat minutes = 32 lat seconds = 37 lat… …

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