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• Conquest
  ...ed uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in S *1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering
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• Palm Sunday
  ...2:3|Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem]], an event mentioned in each of the four canonical [[Gospels]]. ...was often designated by the names of these trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
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• Mesopotamia
  ...s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to translate the Hebrew equivalent ''Naharaim''. ...]. In the ''Anabasis'', Mesopotamia was used to designate the land east of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates] in north Syria.
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• 132:0 The Sojourn at Rome
  ...ne from his [[presence]], the emperor, referring to [[Jesus]], remarked to the aide standing on his right, " If I had that fellow's kingly bearing and [[g ...ence, the [[temple]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo], and the [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] [[libraries]].
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• Feudalism
  ...ope in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] remains the common model of feudal [[society]]. ...hout [[obligation]] to any [[person]], they were exceptions to the rule in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages].
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• 98:5 The Cult of Mithras
  ...y went. And this new [[religious]] [[ritual]] was a great improvement over the earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults]. ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster]'s teachings. It was chiefly through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras#Summary_of_the_cult_myth Mithraic cu
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• 133:8 At Antioch
  ...by themselves. They visited everything about this polyglot [[city]] except the grove of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne Daphne]. Gonod and Ganid vis ...n [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch]; he seldom went about in the [[city]]. After much questioning as to why his [[teacher]] [[manifested]] s
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• 185:1 Pontius Pilate
  ...[[shrine]] of their [[faith]] and held the [[Sanhedrin]] in [[respect]] as the highest [[tribunal]] on [[earth]]. ...berius], and they employed this [[knowledge]] to the great disadvantage of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor] on numerous occasio
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• Public speaking
  *1: the [[act]] or [[process]] of making [[speeches]] in [[public]] *2: the art of effective oral communication with an [[audience]]
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• 163:5 Moving the Camp to Pella
  ...ella] by the river. This was the same site, by the [[spring]], that [[John the Baptist]] had occupied with his camp several years before. ...] in [[Palestine]], and these accommodations were required to take care of the ever-increasing number of [[inquirers]], mostly [[earnest]], who came into
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• Numerology
  *1: the [[study]] of the [[occult]] significance of [[numbers]] ...en a number and one or more coinciding events. It is often associated with the [[paranormal]], alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts.
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• Diaspora
  ...the [[purpose]] of colonization, to [[assimilate]] the territory into the empire. ...; the first mention of a diaspora created as a result of exile is found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint], first in
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• Assassination
  ...was lost forever. Thus ended the reign of one of the most feared sects in the whole world. ...hop_of_Tyre William, Archbishop of Tyre] and others following, popularized the [[names]] and stories in Europe, oblivious to their [[origin]] in factional
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• Breast
  *1 a : the [[human]] chest and especially the front part of the chest <hugged the child to his bosom> *2 a : the chest conceived of as the seat of the [[emotions]] and [[intimate]] [[feelings]] <a story you will take to your b
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• Orient
  ...break, dawn, use as noun - rising, eastern, present participle - to rise < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit to raise, move, vati rises, moves, Ave ...man Empire); now usually understood to mean East Asia, or occas. Europe or the Eastern hemisphere, as opposed to North America.
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• 2012-11-19-If I Had Only Known Who Jesus Was
  ...Obviously, there was nothing remotely “divine” about any of the emperors. The emperor’s followers were “awed” by his achievements, and thus he was ...orian guard in order to assure their protection and commitment, as well as the populace with “bread and games” in order to prevent them from rioting a
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• Migration
  ...ne's region, country, or beyond, and involuntary migration (which includes the [[slave]] trade, Human [[traffic]] in human beings and [[Genocide|ethnic cl ...in [[traditionally]] settled modern populations have opened a window into the historical [[patterns]] of migrations, a [[technique]] pioneered by [https:
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• Adoption
  ...[[parental]] [[responsibilities]]. Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations ...and its [[structure]] moving from a [[recognition]] of continuity between the adopted and kin toward allowing [[relationships]] of lessened [[intensity]]
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• 148:0 Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
  ...]]. The [[sick]] of [[different]] types were [[segregated]] and were under the supervision of a believer [[physician]], a Syrian named Elman. ...ent. The [[funds]] thus received were turned over to the group treasury. [[The twelve]] were [[permitted]] to spend one week out of each month with their
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• Classics
  ...tial field of study in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...dward side of the eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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