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  • 21HIGH PRIEST — (Heb. הַ)כּהֵן הָדֹאשׁ ,הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל ,הַכֹּהֵן), the priest at the head of the priestly affairs. In pre Exilic times the common appellation for the chief priest of a community was the priest (Heb. ha Kohen; e.g., I Sam. 14:19, 36; 21:2–10) …

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  • 22High policing — is a form of intelligence led policing that serves to protect the national government or a conglomerate of national governments from internal threats; that is, any policing operations integrated into domestic intelligence gathering, national… …

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  • 23High Point, Seattle, Washington — High Point is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington, so named because it is one of the highest points in Seattle mdash;the intersection of 35th Avenue SW and SW Myrtle Street is convert|520|ft|m above sea level.High… …

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  • 24from on high — ► from on high from heaven or another remote authority. Main Entry: ↑high …

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  • 25high seas — plural noun The open ocean • • • Main Entry: ↑high * * * high seas, the open ocean. The high seas are outside the authority of any country. * * * plural n. the high seas the open ocean, esp. that not within any country s jurisdiction * * * noun… …

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  • 26High Commissioner to the Philippines — was the title of the personal representative of the President of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Philippines during the period 1935 1946. The office was created by the Tydings McDuffie Act of 1934, which provided for a period of… …

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  • 27High-alert nuclear weapon — High alert nuclear weapon(s) commonly refers to a launch ready ballistic missile(s) armed with a nuclear warhead(s) whose launch can be ordered (through the National Command Authority) and executed (via a nuclear command and control system)… …

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  • 28From the beginnings to Avicenna — Jean Jolivet INTRODUCTION Arabic philosophy began at the turn of the second and third centuries of the Hegira, roughly the ninth and tenth centuries AD. The place and the time are important. It was in 133/750 that the ‘Abbāssid dynasty came to… …

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  • 29from on high — from someone in a position of authority. All the rules are imposed from on high …

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  • 30high priest — high′ priest′ n. 1) rel a chief priest 2) jud Judaism. (from Aaronic times to about the 1st century a.d.) the priest ranking above all other priests and the only one permitted to enter the holy of holies 3) a person in a high position of power or …

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