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41Biblethumper — Bible thumper n. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a Christian, especially a fundamentalist or evangelical Christian, considered to be overly zealous in haranguing or censuring others. * * * …
42agon — /ag ohn, on, ah gohn /, n., pl. agones /euh goh neez/. 1. (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting. 2. (italics) Greek. (in ancient Greek drama) a… …
43folk rock — folk rocker, n. a style of music combining characteristics of rock n roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock n roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s. Also, folk rock. [1965 70; FOLK + ROCK2] * * *… …
44harangue — /heuh rang /, n., v., harangued, haranguing. n. 1. a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a… …
45ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
46Huxley, T.H. — ▪ British biologist Introduction in full Thomas Henry Huxley born May 4, 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, Eng. died June 29, 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley s vigorous… …
47Newman, John Henry — • Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Newman, John Henry …
48John Henry Newman — John Henry Newman † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Henry Newman (1801 1890) Cardinal Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English… …
49The Vatican — The Vatican † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Introduction; II. Architectural History of the Vatican Palace; III. Description of the Palace; IV. Description of the… …
50declamation — noun a) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. b) A set or harangue;… …
