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121stiff-necked — stiffneckedly /stif nek id lee, nekt lee/, adv. stiffneckedness, n. /stif nekt /, adj. 1. having a stiff neck; having torticollis. 2. haughty and obstinate; refractory. [1520 30] Syn. 2. stubborn, obstinate, intractable, willful, pigheaded. * * * …
122Belgium — • Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belgium Belgium † …
123Contumacy (in Canon Law) — • Contumacy, or contempt of court, is an obstinate disobedience of the lawful orders of a court Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (in …
124Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
125Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany Germany † …
126Gregory IX — • Reigned 1227 1241 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gregory IX Pope Gregory IX …
127Jansenius and Jansenism — • The subject of this article lived three quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
128New Jersey — • One of the original thirteen states of the American Union. . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New Jersey New Jersey † …
