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51Doctor Mellifluus — Catholicism portal Doctor Mellifluus is an encyclical of Pope Pius XII on the doctor of the Church Bernard of Clairvaux, given at Rome, St. Peter s, on the 24th of May, on the feast of Pentecost, 1953, in the 15th year of his pontificate …
52incantation — incantational, incantatory /in kan teuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. incantator, n. /in kan tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power. 2. the formula employed; a spell or charm. 3. magical ceremonies. 4.… …
53Panglossian — /pan glos ee euhn, glaw see , pang /, adj. characterized by or given to extreme optimism, esp. in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity. [1825 35; after Pangloss, an optimistic character in Voltaire s Candide; cf. Gk panglossía… …
54verbality — /veuhr bal i tee/, n., pl. verbalities for 2. 1. wordiness; verbal diffuseness: a speech full of tedious verbality. 2. a verbal expression of an idea or thought. 3. the quality or character of a verb. [1635 45; VERBAL + ITY] * * * …
55verbiage — /verr bee ij/, n. 1. overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity. 2. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage. [1715 25; < F, equiv. to MF verbi(er) to… …
56verbosity — /veuhr bos i tee/, n. the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness: His speeches were always marred by verbosity. [1535 45; < LL verbositas. See VERBOSE, ITY] Syn. prolixity, redundancy, turgidity. Ant. terseness,… …
57wordage — /werr dij/, n. 1. words collectively. 2. quantity or amount of words: The wordage of the document exceeds a million. 3. verbiage; wordiness. 4. choice of words; wording: His wordage betrayed his lack of knowledge on the subject. [1820 30; WORD +… …
58wordy — wordily, adv. wordiness, n. /werr dee/, adj., wordier, wordiest. 1. characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply. 2. pertaining to or consisting of words; verbal. [bef. 1100; ME; …
59Miracle Plays and Mysteries — • These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among Christian nations at the end of the Middle Ages Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Miracle Plays and Mysteries Miracle Plays a …
60redundancy — noun /ˈriˌdʌndən̩si,ˈrɪdʌndən̩(t)si/ a) The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness …
