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  • 31Mississippi — • The state takes its name from the Mississippi River that forms its western boundary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mississippi     Mississippi      …

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  • 32Hinduism in Sri Lanka — Hindus currently make up approximately 15% of the Sri Lankan population, and are almost exclusively Tamils apart from immigrants from India and Pakistan such as the Sindhis, Telugus and Malayalees. In the 1915 census they made up almost 25% of… …

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  • 33Sacrifice — (from a Middle English verb meaning to make sacred , from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacr , sacred + facere , to make ) is commonly known as the practice of offering food, objects (typically valuables), or the lives of animals or people …

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  • 34YESHIVOT — The name yeshivah was applied to institutes of talmudic learning of three distinct kinds: (1) the academies in Ereẓ Israel and Babylonia in which the Mishnah was studied by the amoraim and which produced the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud (see… …

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  • 35humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… …

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  • 36Natural and legal rights — Inalienable redirects here. For the 2008 film, see InAlienable. For the concept of alienation in property law, see Alienation (property law). Rights Theoretical distinctions …

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  • 37Idaho — • Probably from an Arapahoe Indian word, Gem of the Mountains , the name first suggested for the territory of Colorado Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Idaho     Idaho      …

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  • 38Natural religion — Religion Re*li gion (r[ e]*l[i^]j [u^]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. ale gein to heed, have a care. Cf. {Neglect}.] 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a… …

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  • 39Religion — Re*li gion (r[ e]*l[i^]j [u^]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. ale gein to heed, have a care. Cf. {Neglect}.] 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of …

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  • 40Religion of humanity — Religion Re*li gion (r[ e]*l[i^]j [u^]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. ale gein to heed, have a care. Cf. {Neglect}.] 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a… …

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