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21Spiked (Magazin) — Spiked (auch bekannt als spiked oder sp!ked) ist ein britisches Online Magazin mit politischen und kulturellen Themen. Spiked umfasst auch ein Netzwerk von Publizisten, die oft einen linken oder marxistischen Hintergrund haben und sich… …
22John XXIII — (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881 1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958 63. * * * orig. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli born Nov. 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy died June 3, 1963, Rome Pope (1958–63). He studied theology in Rome, was ordained a priest in …
23Marcus Aurelius — /aw ree lee euhs, aw reel yeuhs/, (Marcus Annius Verus) A.D. 121 180, Stoic philosopher and writer: emperor of Rome 161 180. Also called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus /an teuh nuy neuhs/. * * * in full Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus orig.… …
24prig — prig1 priggish, adj. priggishly, adv. priggishness, n. /prig/, n. a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self righteous or irritating manner.… …
25priggism — /prig iz euhm/, n. priggish character or ideas; priggishness. [1735 45; PRIG1 + ISM] * * * …
26Bernard de Clairvaux, Saint — born 1090, probably Fontaine les Dijons, near Dijon, Burgundy died Aug. 20, 1153, Clairvaux, Champagne; canonized 1174; feast day August 20 French Cistercian monk, mystic, and doctor of the church. Born into an aristocratic family near Dijon, he… …
27children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …
28Finley, Martha — ▪ American writer born April 26, 1828, Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S. died Jan. 29, 1909, Elkton, Md. prolific and, in her day, immensely popular American writer of children s books about pious youngsters rewarded for their virtue. In 1853,… …
29priggery — noun a) thievery or roguery b) priggishness …
30MOORHOUSE, James (1826-1915) — anglican bishop of Melbourne, and Manchester was born at Sheffield in 1826. His father, James Moorhouse, a lover of books and a deep thinker, was a manufacturer of cutlery, his mother, Frances Bowman, had great determination and force of… …
