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  • 101PSALMS, THE BOOK OF —    the name given in the Septuagint to a collection of sacred songs in the Hebrew Bible, which are all of a lyrical character, and appear to have been at first collected for liturgical purposes. Their range is co extensive with nearly all divine… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 102SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO —    Italian reformer, born at Ferrara of a noble family; was in his youth of a studious ascetic turn, became at 24 a Dominican monk, was fired with a holy zeal for the purity of the Church, and issued forth from his privacy to denounce the vices… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 103unþearf — adj needless, useless; in phrase unþearfe þing nequaquam in nowise, by no means, not at all; [unþearf] f ( e/ a) damage, disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment, ruin …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 104negation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Denial of truth Nouns negation, negativeness, abnegation, denial, deniability, disavowal, disclaimer, abjuration, contradiction, contravention, repudiation, retraction, refutation, rebuttal, disproof,… …

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  • 105Negation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Negation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 negation negation abnegation Sgm: N 1 denial denial Sgm: N 1 disavowal disavowal disclaimer Sgm: N 1 abjuration abjuration Sgm: N 1 contradiction contradiction …

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  • 106Stentor —    , STENTORIAN    A Grecian herald of the Trojan War, Stentor faced the enemy to dictate terms. In Homer s Iliad, Book V, appears a reference to Stentor that is widely quoted: And when they were now come where the most valiant stood, thronging… …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 107Forthright's Forsoothery — Zounds! Whosoever shall gaze hither may find a trove of long lost words and betimes cry, Heyday! or Gramercy! No, seriously, though: This word list exemplifies forsoothery (sometimes also known as gadzookery ): archaic terms, especially as used… …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 108Helwys, Thomas — (c. 1550–c. 1616)    Polemicist and Denomination Founder.    Helwys was born in Nottinghamshire, England. In 1608 he became a member of the ‘Brownist’ Church in Amsterdam, which had been founded by John smyth in 1606. However, both he and Smyth… …

    Who’s Who in Christianity

  • 109noway — ad.; (also noways) Not at all, in no degree, in no manner, nowise …

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  • 110no — adv 1. not at all, to no extent, not, in no respect, not so, Fr. pas du tout; far from being, far from, anything but, by no means, God forbid; noway, noways, nowise, not in the least, Inf. no how, nothing of the kind or sort; not nearly, nowhere… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder