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71Rule of St. Basil — Rule of St. Basil † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Rule of St. Basil I. Under the name of Basilians are included all the religious who follow the Rule of St. Basil. The monasteries of such religious have never possessed the hierarchical… …
72St. Gregory of Tours — St. Gregory of Tours † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gregory of Tours Born in 538 or 539 at Arverni, the modern Clermont Ferrand; died at Tours, 17 Nov., in 593 or 594. He was descended from a distinguished Gallo Roman family, and was… …
73St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles — St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles The life of St. Peter may be conveniently considered under the following heads: I. Until the Ascension of Christ II. St. Peter in… …
74preponderant — adjective Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance …
75preponderation — noun The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons …
76preponderatingly — adverb In a preponderating manner; preponderantly …
77Frankish Papacy — The Donation of Pepin (756): Pepin the Short grants the territories of Ravenna to Pope Stephen II From 756 to 857, the papacy shifted from the orbit of the Byzantine Empire to the that of the kings of the Franks. Pepin the Short (ruled 751–768),… …
78Mithraic mysteries — Double faced Mithraic relief. Rome, 2nd to 3rd century AD. Louvre Museum The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra, adapted into Greek… …
79prevailing — I (current) adjective abundant, accepted, accustomary, accustomed, all embracing, bourgeois, catholic, characteristic, colloquial, common, commonplace, comprehensive, conformable, contemporary, conventional, current, customary, diffuse, dominant …
80Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …
