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21Jacobi, Mary Putnam — ▪ American physician née Mary Corinna Putnam born Aug. 31, 1842, London, Eng. died June 10, 1906, New York, N.Y., U.S. American physician, writer, and suffragist who is considered to have been the foremost woman doctor of her era.… …
22Sumerian language — Introduction language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. First attested about 3100 BC in southern Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia, history of), it flourished during the 3rd millennium BC. About 2000 BC, Sumerian was replaced as… …
23Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
24St. John Vianney — St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 August, 1859; son of Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. In …
25Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity — Sts. Faith, Hope & Charity † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sts. Faith, Hope & Charity The names of two groups of Roman martyrs around whom a considerable amount of legendary lore has gathered; though the extent of sound historical data… …
26Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus — Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate, 362, commemorated on 10 May. Gordianus was a judge but was so moved by the sanctity and sufferings of the …
27dissimulate — verb a) To practise deception by concealment or omission or by feigning a false appearance. But now, as he paced alone in his apartment, now that he was not upon exhibition, now when there was no eye to behold him, and there was no reason to… …
28tenuity — noun /təˈnjuːɪti/ a) Thinness, slenderness. b) Meagreness, paucity …
29meagre — mea|gre BrE meager AmE [ˈmi:gə US ər] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: maigre, from Latin macer thin ] a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need ▪ a meagre diet of bread and beans meagre… …
30quaresimal — Lenten; having the meagreness of Lenten meals Ecclesiastical Terms …
