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41St. Ambrose — St. Ambrose † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Ambrose Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397; born probably 340, at Trier, Arles, or Lyons; died 4 April, 397. He was one of the most illustrious Fathers and …
42St. Patrick — St. Patrick † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Patrick Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. He had for his parents Calphurnius and… …
43Humility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Humility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 humility humility humbleness Sgm: N 1 meekness meekness lowness Sgm: N 1 lowliness lowliness lowlihood Sgm: N 1 abasement abasement self abasement …
44meek — [[t]mi͟ːk[/t]] meeker, meekest ADJ GRADED If you describe a person as meek, you think that they are gentle and quiet, and likely to do what other people say. He was a meek, mild mannered fellow. ...the meekest and most docile of people. Derived… …
45humility — n 1. humbleness, meekness, mildness; submissiveness, servility, subservience, obsequiousness, lowliness, lowliness of spirit or heart or mind, inferiority; obedience, subjection, resignation; self abasement, abasement, mortification. 2. modesty,… …
46humbleness — noun 1. the state of being humble and unimportant • Syn: ↑unimportance, ↑obscureness, ↑lowliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑obscure (for: ↑obscureness), ↑unimportant …
47sheeplike — adjective like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sheepish • Similar to: ↑docile * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective (or adverb) : like a sheep especially in meekness, docility, or stupidity …
48subduedness — noun 1. the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity • Syn: ↑dimness • Derivationally related forms: ↑subdued, ↑dim (for: ↑dimness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
49Griselda — /gri zel deuh/, n. 1. a woman of exemplary meekness and patience. 2. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning gray battle. [(def. 1) after a character in a tale of the same name in Boccaccio s Decameron] * * * Griselda /gri zelˈdə/ noun… …
50LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
