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  • 21attraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Drawing toward Nouns 1. (act of attracting) attraction, attractiveness; drawing to, pulling toward, adduction, magnetism, gravity, gravitation; affinity. See traction. 2. (something that attracts)… …

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  • 22lure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. entice, decoy, tempt, coax. See attraction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bait, decoy, fake; see camouflage 1 , trick 1 . v. Syn. attract, tempt, entice, allure; see fascinate , seduce , tempt . See… …

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  • 23enticement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of attracting] Syn. allurement, temptation, seduction; see attraction 1 . 2. [That which attracts] Syn. lure, bait, promise; see attraction 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The power or quality of attracting:… …

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  • 24Enticement — En*tice ment, n. [OF. enticement.] 1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions. [1913 Webster] 2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.… …

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  • 25Stanislaus vs the State of Madhya Pradesh — Whether the fundamental right to practice and propagate religion includes the right to convert, was considered by the Supreme Court of India in the case of Rev Stanislaus vs Madhya Pradesh,AIR 1977 SC 908 in which the constitutional validity of… …

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  • 26Idolatry — • Etymologically denotes divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Idolatry     Idolatry …

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  • 27Religious conversions in India — Religious conversions have been a hot issue in India since the invasion of the Islamic rulers. However, in the Colonial period as well there were instances of it like the Raigarh State Conversion Act of 1936 and the Udaipur State Conversion Act… …

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  • 28hǽmedrím — m ( es/ as) the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering; An allurement, enticement; Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress; In partic., of speech, meretricious or nament or allurement [lenocinium] …

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  • 29scocha — m ( n/ n) the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering; an allurement, enticement; Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress; In partic., of speech, meretricious or nament or allurement [lenocinium]; [= scohha] …

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  • 30bait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lure, temptation. v. t. decoy, lure, tempt; tease, torment, badger. See attraction, malevolence, discontent. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lure, inducement, bribe; see attraction 2 . v. 1. [To provide with… …

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