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  • 121A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — Theatrical release poster Directed by Chuck Russell Produced by …

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  • 122Lord Byron — For other holders of the title, see Baron Byron. For other uses, see Byron (disambiguation), Lord Byron (disambiguation) and George Byron (disambiguation). The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips …

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  • 123Iona —    IONA, or Icolmkill, an island of the Hebrides, and also a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Kilfinichen, district of Mull, county of Argyll; containing 1084 inhabitants, of whom 460 are on the island. This place, which is of remote… …

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  • 124consecrate — con|se|crate [ˈkɔnsıkreıt US ˈka:n ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of consecrare, from com ( COM ) + sacrare ( SACRED)] 1.) to officially state in a special religious ceremony that a place or building is holy and can… …

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  • 125consecrate — con|se|crate [ kansə,kreıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to perform a religious ceremony in order to make a place or a thing holy: consecrated ground 2. ) to perform a religious ceremony in order to make someone a priest, BISHOP, king, or queen ╾… …

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  • 126Tregeagle, Jan (John) —    A 17th century Cornish highwayman punished by the DEVIL. The ghost of Jan Tregeagle is known for his howling in protest over his fate. A historical Jan Tregeagle existed; he was an unpopular magistrate in Cornwall, England. Local lore held… …

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  • 127balance of mind disturbed —    British    a temporary insanity    Legal jargon, especially of suicides where people want to bury the corpse in consecrated ground, or merely to reject the probability that someone had been driven to suicide as a rational choice:     The… …

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  • 128Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick — (1746 1828)    Born at Cambridge, the son of John Whalley, doctor of divinity, master and regius professor of divinity of St. Peter s College, Cambridge, he graduated B.A. in 1767 and M.A. in 1774 from St. John s College, Cambridge. About 1770 he …

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