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51recurrent — Synonyms and related words: alternate, articulated, automatic, beaten, beating, catenated, ceaseless, circling, common, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, cyclic, cyclical, direct, endless, epochal,… …
52frequent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. regular (see frequency). v. t. haunt, hang around or out [at] (inf.). See habit. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. recurrent, repeated, recurring, many, numerous, common, habitual, usual, regular,… …
53usual — adj 1. habitual, accustomed, customary, routine, normal; established, set, prescribed, time honored, traditional; regulation, formal, stock, standard; conventional, general, prevailing, prevalent, common, frequent; popular, favorite, natural,… …
54better to wear out than to rust out — It is better to remain active than to succumb to idleness: used particularly with reference to elderly people. Frequently attributed in its current form to Bishop Richard Cumberland (d. 1718). Cf. 1557 R. EDGEWORTH Sermons A1v Better it is to… …
55GENESIS, BOOK OF — GENESIS, BOOK OF, the first book of the Pentateuch. The English title refers to the opening theme of the book and is derived, via the Latin transliteration, from the tradition of the Alexandrian Jews as reflected in the Septuagint Greek: genesis …
56JEWISH IDENTITY — Through the ages Jewish identity has been determined by two forces: the consensus of thinking or feeling within the existing Jewish community in each age and the force of outside, often anti Jewish, pressure, which continued to define and to… …
57MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY — MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY, a vast complex of disputed cultural, religious, and social problems, focusing around several central themes. Some of the elements of this controversy considerably antedate maimonides (1135–1204); and of the questions… …
58PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… …
59climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
60St. Benedict of Nursia — St. Benedict of Nursia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Benedict of Nursia Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543. The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second… …
