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91contumaciously — See contumacious. * * * …
92defiant — defiantly, adv. defiantness, n. /di fuy euhnt/, adj. characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude. [1830 40; < F défiant, OF, prp. of defier to DEFY; see ANT] Syn. insubordinate, contumacious, refractory,… …
93disobedient — disobediently, adv. /dis euh bee dee euhnt/, adj. neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory. [1400 50; late ME < OF desobedient, equiv. to des DIS 1 + obedient OBEDIENT] Syn. insubordinate, contumacious, defiant, rebellious,… …
94perverse — perversely, adv. perverseness, n. /peuhr verrs /, adj. 1. willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary. 2. characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition: a perverse mood. 3.… …
95rebellious — rebelliously, adv. rebelliousness, n. /ri bel yeuhs/, adj. 1. defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion. 3. (of things)… …
96Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
97Blasphemy — • Signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Blasphemy Blasphemy …
98Celibacy of the Clergy — • The renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Celibacy of the… …
99Censures, Ecclesiastical — • Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part, of the use of certain spiritual goods, until he recover from his contumacy Catholic …
100Dante Alighieri — • An annotated (in linked hypertext) biography of the poet Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri …
