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  • 71Francois Fenelon —     François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon     A celebrated French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7… …

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  • 72Ottmar Luscinius —     Ottmar Luscinius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ottmar Luscinius     (NACHTGALL)     An Alsatian Humanist, b. at Strasburg, 1487; d. at Freiburg, 1537. After receiving instruction at Strasburg from Jacob Wimppheling, he went in 1508 to Paris,… …

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  • 73chicanery — noun /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɹ.i,ʃɪˈkeɪ.nə.ɹi/ a) Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge. b) A slick performance by a lawyer. Syn: dishonesty, fraud, trickery …

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  • 74quibblingly — adverb In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness …

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  • 75amphibological — adjective of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling. Consequently it must be recognised that the rather amphibological expression soulless psychology implies no negation of the existence of the soul …

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  • 76quibble — 1. noun A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument. I have a quibble with the management practice of declaring everything urgent. 2. verb To complain or argue in a trivi …

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  • 77quibbly — adjective a) Fussy; quibbling. considering the docility of the high bred Arab horse and the intractableness of the quibly, roughly broken praire or Pampas horse b) Involving quibbles. We give notice that thousands of our most complacently… …

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  • 78pilpul — noun Sophistry, hair splitting, quibbling …

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  • 79Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute — Date opened 1974 Location Front Royal, Virginia, USA Land area 3,200 acres (13 km2) Coordinates …

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  • 80David Hinton — is an American poet, and translator. Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works 3.1 Translations 3.2 Edito …

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