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  • 21Lean — (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank;… …

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  • 22Leaner — Lean Lean (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager;… …

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  • 23Leanest — Lean Lean (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager;… …

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  • 24ASCETICISM — ASCETICISM. Rigorous abstention from any form of self indulgence which is based on the belief that renunciation of the desires of the flesh and self mortification can bring man to a high spiritual state. Asceticism never occupied an important… …

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  • 25Nicholas Nickleby — Nickleby redirects here. For other uses, see Nicholas Nickleby (disambiguation). Nicholas Nickleby   …

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  • 26affluent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flowing; abundant, plentiful; rich, wealthy. See money, prosperity, fluidity.Ant., destitute, poor. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wealthy, prosperous, well to do; see rich 1 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 27BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… …

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  • 28TITHE — General The rendering of tithes of property for sacral purposes was common all over the ancient Near East, though well documented and first hand evidence concerning tithes comes mainly from Mesopotamia (ešrû/eširtu; cf. Dandamaev, in bibl.).… …

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  • 29Moose — For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). Alces redirects here. For other uses, see Alces (disambiguation). Moose …

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