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  • 101Laurent McAllister — Pour les articles homonymes, voir McAllister. Laurent McAllister est un pseudonyme unissant les plumes d Yves Meynard et de Jean Louis Trudel, deux écrivains canadiens spécialisés dans les genres de la science fiction et de la fantasy. Sous ce… …

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  • 102Иустин Философ — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с именем Иустин. Иустин Философ Ιουστίνος ὁ Φιλόσοφος …

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  • 103allocution — /al euh kyooh sheuhn/, n. 1. a formal speech, esp. one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature. 2. a pronouncement delivered by the pope to a secret consistory, esp. on a matter of policy or of general importance. [1605 15; < L allocution (s.&#8230; …

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  • 104bar mitzvah — /bahr mits veuh / or, Ashk. Heb. /bahrdd/; Seph. Heb. /bahrdd meets vah /, (often caps.) Judaism. 1. a solemn ceremony held in the synagogue, usually on Saturday morning, to admit as an adult member of the Jewish community a Jewish boy 13 years&#8230; …

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  • 105Deuteronomy — /dooh teuh ron euh mee, dyooh /, n. the fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing a second statement of the Mosaic law. Abbr.: Deut. [ < LL Deuteronomium < Gk Deuteronómion (see DEUTERO , NOMY); earlier Deutronome, ME Deutronomie < LL] * * * ▪&#8230; …

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  • 106hadith — /hah deeth /, n., pl. hadith, hadiths. 1. Islam. a traditional account of things said or done by Muhammad or his companions. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the entire body of such accounts. [1810 20; < Ar hadith] * * * In Islam, the tradition or&#8230; …

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  • 107harangue — /heuh rang /, n., v., harangued, haranguing. n. 1. a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a&#8230; …

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  • 108hortative — hortatively, adv. /hawr teuh tiv/, adj. hortatory. [1600 10; < L hortativus, equiv. to hortat(us), ptp. of hortari to incite to action, freq. of horiri to encourage (akin to YEARN) + ivus IVE] * * * …

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  • 109international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political&#8230; …

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  • 110Plato — /play toh/, n. 1. 427 347 B.C., Greek philosopher. 2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon, having a dark floor: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter. * * * orig. Aristocles born 428/427, Athens, or Aegina, Greece died&#8230; …

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