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  • 81Hal — /hal/, n. a male given name, form of Harold. Chem. halogen. * * * In Sufism, a state of mind reached from time to time by mystics during their journey toward God. The aḥwāl (plural of ḥāl) are God given graces that appear when a soul is purified… …

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  • 82inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …

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  • 83moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …

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  • 84Moon — /moohn/, n. Sun Myung /sun myung/, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. * * * Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi (384,400 km). It is less… …

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  • 85proximity — /prok sim i tee/, n. nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation. [1475 85; < L proximitas nearness, vicinity. See PROXIMAL, ITY] * * * …

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  • 86Love, Theological Virtue of — • The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul (1 Cor., xiii, 13), usually called charity, defined: a divinely infused habit, inclining the human will to cherish God for his own sake above all things, and man for the sake&#8230; …

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  • 87Love —     Love (Theological Virtue)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Love (Theological Virtue)     The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul (1 Cor., xiii, 13), usually called charity, defined: a divinely infused habit, inclining …

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  • 88Love (Theological Virtue) —     Love (Theological Virtue)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Love (Theological Virtue)     The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul (1 Cor., xiii, 13), usually called charity, defined: a divinely infused habit, inclining …

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  • 89St. Paul —     St. Paul     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Paul     I. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS     A. Apocryphal Acts of St. Paul     Professor Schmidt has published a photographic copy, a transcription, a German translation, and a commentary of a Coptic&#8230; …

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