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  • 71Cistercians — • Religious of the Order of Cîteaux, a Benedictine reform, established at Cîteaux in 1098 by St. Robert, Abbot of Molesme in the Diocese of Langres, for the purpose of restoring as far as possible the literal observance of the Rule of St.… …

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  • 72Collections — • Article discussing the development which took the form of a contribution in money, corresponding particularly to what is conveyed by the French word quête Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Collections     Collections …

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  • 73Conrad of Marburg — • Confessor of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and papal inquisitor, b. at or near Marburg, Germany, in the second half of the twelfth century; d. 30 July, 1233 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Conrad of Marburg     Conrad …

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  • 74Education — • In the broadest sense, education includes all those experiences by which intelligence is developed, knowledge acquired, and character formed. In a narrower sense, it is the work done by certain agencies and institutions, the home and the school …

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  • 75New Orleans — • Archdiocese in the southern United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New Orleans     New Orleans     † …

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  • 76Aesthetics —     Æsthetics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Æsthetics     Æsthetics may be defined as a systematic training to right thinking and right feeling in matters of art, and is made a part of philosophy by A.G. Baumgarten. Its domain, according to Wolff …

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  • 77Catholic Parochial Missions —     Catholic Parochial Missions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholic Parochial Missions     This term is used to designate certain special exertions of the Church s pastoral agencies, made, for the most part, among Catholics, to instruct them… …

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  • 78The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 79action — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Performance Nouns 1. (act of doing) action, performance, operation, execution, enactment, production; process, procedure, proceeding, transaction; behavior, conduct; work, exertion. See activity. 2.… …

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  • 80Oratory — Or a*to*ry, n. [L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical art.] The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. The oratory of Greece and Rome. Milton …

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