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91China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
92Doctor of the Church — a title conferred on an ecclesiastic for great learning and saintliness. * * * …
93Frederick II — 1. See Frederick I (def. 2). 2. ( Frederick the Great ) 1712 86, king of Prussia 1740 86 (son of Frederick William I). * * * I German Friedrich known as Frederick the Great born Jan. 24, 1712, Berlin died Aug. 17, 1786, Potsdam, near Berlin King… …
94holiness — /hoh lee nis/, n. 1. the quality or state of being holy; sanctity. 2. (cap.) a title of the pope, formerly used also of other high ecclesiastics (usually prec. by His or Your). [bef. 900; ME holynesse, OE halignes. See HOLY, NESS] Syn. 1.… …
95mahatma — mahatmaism, n. /meuh haht meuh, hat /, n. (sometimes cap.) 1. a Brahman sage. 2. (esp. in India) a person who is held in the highest esteem for wisdom and saintliness. 3. (in Theosophy) a great sage who has renounced further spiritual development …
96miracle — /mir euh keuhl/, n. 1. an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause. 2. such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God. 3. a… …
97Origen — Origenian, adj., n. Origenism, n. Origenist, n. Origenistic, adj. /awr i jen , jeuhn, or /, n. (Origenes Admantius) A.D. 185? 254?, Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher. * * * orig. Oregenes Adamantius born с 185, probably… …
98sanctitude — /sangk ti toohd , tyoohd /, n. holiness; saintliness; sanctity. [1400 50; late ME sanctitud < L sanctitudo, equiv. to sancti , comb. form of sanctus (see SANCTUS + tudo TUDE] * * * …
99sanctity — /sangk ti tee/, n., pl. sanctities. 1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness. 2. sacred or hallowed character: the inviolable sanctity of the temple. 3. a sacred thing. [1350 1400; < L sanctitas holiness, equiv. to sanct (see SANCTUS) + itas ITY; r …
100scholasticism — /skeuh las teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators. 2. narrow… …
