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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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• 121:5 The Gentile Religions
  ...d little [[satisfaction]] for the [[individual]] [[spiritual]] longings of the [[average]] [[person]]. 121:5.2 In the times of [[Jesus]] the [[religions]] of the [[Occident]] included:
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• Bonfire
  *1: a large [[fire]] built in the open [[air]] ...''bonfires'' are typically designed to burn quickly and may be very large. The name "bonfire" is from "bone-fire".
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• 162:1 The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem
  ...#Chapter_7] Now, to their [[protests]] of [[fear]] he answered only, " But the hour has come. " ...see him enter the [[city]] at this [[Timing|time]], knowing full well that the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] were bent on bringing about his [[death]].
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• 71:1 The Embryonic State
  ...[[state]] is a territorial [[social]] [[regulative]] [[organization]], and the strongest, most [[efficient]], and [[enduring]] [[state]] is [[composed]] o 71:1.2 The early states were small and were all the result of [[conquest]]. They did not [[originate]] in [[voluntary]] [[assoc
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• Pantheism
  *1: a [[doctrine]] that [[equates]] [[God]] with the [[forces]] and laws of the [[universe]] ...certain periods of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire Roman empire])
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• Collapse
  ...bruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened [[mass]] through the [[force]] of external [[pressure]] <a blood vessel that collapsed> *3: to cave or fall in or give way <the bridge collapsed>
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• David Crystal
  '''David Crystal''', Order of the British Empire (born 1941 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom is a [[linguistics| ...yle, [[Shakespeare]], indexing, and [[lexicography]]. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IA
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• Celt
  ...ia ISBN 978-1851094400) The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the modern descendants of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Cel ...s had expanded over a wide range of lands: as far west as [[Ireland]] and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], as far east as Galatia (central [[Anatolia]]), and a
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• New Testament
  ...metimes called the '''Greek New Testament''' or '''Greek Scriptures''', or the ''New Covenant''. ...ek because that was the [[lingua franca]] of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
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• 130:0 On the Way to Rome
  ...wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf] on the tenth day of December the following year, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_AD A.D. 23]. ...nt to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capua Capua], whence they traveled by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Appian Way] to [[Rome]].
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