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31Anthony Munday — (or Monday) (1560? – 10 August 1633) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reader lies in his collaboration with Shakespeare and others on the play Sir Thomas More and his writings on Robin …
32Llangelynnin — For the ancient church of the same name near Fairbourne in the neighbouring county of Gwynedd, see Llangelynnin, Gwynedd. Llangelynnin (Welsh for The church of Celynin ; sometimes spelt with one n ) is a former parish in the Conwy valley, in… …
33Acceptants — • Those Jansenists who accepted the Bull Unigenitus, issued in 1713 against the Jansenist doctrines Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Acceptants Acceptants …
34ARTHUR, Sir George (1784-1854) — fourth governor of Tasmania was born on 21 June 1784, the youngest son of John Arthur and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornish. He joined the army as an ensign in August 1804 and was promoted lieutenant in June 1805. He was on active… …
35Andrew's, St. — 1) ANDREW S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Boarhills, Grange,… …
36Kinghorn — KINGHORN, a royal burgh and a parish, in the district of Kirkcaldy, county of Fife; containing, with the village of West Bridge, and the island of Inch Keith, 2935 inhabitants, of whom 1389 are in the burgh, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Kirkcaldy,… …
37nearness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Proximity without touching Nouns 1. nearness, closeness, proximity, propinquity, apposition, approximation, vicinity, neighborhood, adjacency; approach, convergence; likeness, similarity. See futurity. 2 …
38contiguous — 1610s, from L. contiguus near, touching, bordering upon, from root of contingere to touch upon (see CONTACT (Cf. contact)). Earlier form, now obsolete, was contiguate (mid 15c.) …
39contiguous — [kən tig′yo͞o əs] adj. [L contiguus, bordering upon < base of contingere, to touch upon: see CONTACT] 1. in physical contact; touching along all or most of one side 2. near, next, or adjacent SYN. ADJACENT contiguously adv. contiguousness n …
40HASKALAH — (Heb. הַשְׂכָּלָה), Hebrew term for the Enlightenment movement and ideology which began within Jewish society in the 1770s. An adherent of Haskalah became known as a maskil (pl. maskilim). The movement continued to be influential and spread, with …
