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  • 31DENISON, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871) — governor of Tasmania and of New South Wales was the son of John Denison, and was born in England in 1804. He was educated at Eton and entered the royal engineers in 1826. After serving for 20 years in various capacities, he was offered the… …

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  • 32FRANCIS, James Goodall (1819-1884) — premier of Victoria was born in London in 1819 and emigrated to Tasmania in 1834. In 1837 he was employed by James Hamilton, a storekeeper at Campbell Town, and three years later was taken into partnership. In October 1840 he visited England to… …

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  • 33STRONG, Charles (1844-1942) — preacher and founder of the Australian church son of the Rev. David Strong, was born at Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, on 26 September 1844. He was educated at the Ayr Academy, Glasgow academy, and Glasgow university. After some experience as a… …

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  • 34LEYS SCHOOL —    the Cambridge school founded in 1875 to supply under unsectarian religious influences a high class education, the founders of it having been chiefly members of the Methodist body …

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  • 35PLATO —    the great philosopher, born in Athens, of noble birth, the year Pericles died, and the second of the Peloponnesian War; at 20 became a disciple of Socrates, and passed eight years in his society; at 30, after the death of Socrates, quitted… …

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  • 36catholic — I. a. 1. Universal, general, world wide. 2. Liberal, tolerant, unbigoted, unsectarian, unexclusive. 3. Roman Catholic, Romish, papal. II. n. Papist, Roman Catholic …

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  • 37catholic — [adj] all embracing, general allinclusive, broad minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large scale, liberal, open minded, planetary, receptive …

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  • 38ecumenic — adjective concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions ecumenical thinking ecumenical activities the ecumenical movement • Syn: ↑oecumenic, ↑ecumenical, ↑oecumenical • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 39interchurch — adjective occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations interchurch aid interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians • Syn: ↑interdenominational • Similar to: ↑nonsectarian, ↑unsectarian * * * …

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  • 40nondenominational — adjective not restricted to a particular religious denomination a nondenominational church • Similar to: ↑nonsectarian, ↑unsectarian …

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