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• Seekers
  ...any of them subsequently merged. Seekers considered all organised churches of their day to be corrupt, and preferred to wait for [[God]]'s [[revelation]] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Seekers]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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• Spectacle
  ...earch=spectacle&searchmode=none] The term "spectacle" has also been a term of art in [[theater]] dating from the 17th century in [[English language|Engli ...[[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to sol
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• Cathedral
  *1: of, relating to, or containing a ''cathedra'' (a bishop's [[throne]]) *2: [[emanating]] from a chair of [[authority]]
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• Somersault
  The word 'flip' is synonymous with somersault in a number of countries including the USA. However this is not used in trampolining in so Many sports (not just gymnastics) have added to the confusion of named somersaults. For instance in sports such as BMX, FMX, [https://en.wik
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• Campaign
  ...English. in the 17th c., and at first occasionally used in all the senses of the earlier CHAMPAIGN, but was at length differentiated, and restricted to ...ected]] [[series]] of [[military]] operations forming a distinct [[phase]] of a [[war]]
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• Childhood
  ...ldhood''' (being a child) is a broad term usually applied to the [[phase]] of [[development]] in [[humans]] between infancy and adulthood. ==Age definition of a child==
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• Rogue
  ...upport]] these conjectures, and an etymological connection with the family of classical [[Latin]] ''rogāre'' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogatio ...erson]] who [[rejects]] [[conventional]] rules of [[society]] in [[favor]] of following their own [[personal]] goals and [[values]].
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• Curriculum
  ...henomenon]] of [[plurality]] that is inherent in the new [[paradigm]] view of curriculum. (<u>Curricula</u> is the plural form) <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Curriculum''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• Palm Sunday
  ...[172:3|Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem]], an event mentioned in each of the four canonical [[Gospels]]. ...box, yew, willow, and olive. The Sunday was often designated by the names of these trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
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• Marooned
  *2: to place or leave in [[isolation]] or without [[hope]] of ready [[escape]] ...maroon'', a [[word]] for a fugitive [[slave]], which could be a corruption of Spanish ''cimarrón'', [[meaning]] a household animal (or slave) who has ru
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• John Donne
  ...ll as [[erotic]] and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits. ...aul%27s Dean of St Paul's Cathedral] in London. He also served as a member of parliament in 1601 and in 1614.
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• Opera
  *1: a [[drama]] set to [[music]] and made up of vocal pieces with [[orchestral]] accompaniment and orchestral overtures and *2: the score of a musical [[drama]]
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• Great Awakening
  ...affected, an increase in evangelical church membership, and the formation of [[new religious movements]] and denominations. ...iladelphia to New York, and back to the South."[2] In 1740, he visited New England, and "at every place he visited, the consequences were large and tumultuous
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• Edwin Arnold
  ...most known for his work, [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8920 ''The Light of Asia''] ...t which he held for seven years, which includes a period during the mutiny of 1857, when he was able to render services for which he was publicly thanked
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• Apocrypha
  Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, neuter plural of ''apocryphus'' [[secret]], not canonical, from Greek ''apokryphos'' obscure *1: [[writings]] or [[statements]] of dubious authenticity
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• Rebellion
  ...edience]] or order [1]. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of [[behaviors]] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience civil ....org/wiki/American_Civil_War American Civil War]. It also includes members of paramilitary forces who take up arms against an established government.
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• Richard Maurice Bucke
  ...best known work – ''Cosmic Consciousness'', a classic in the modern study of [[mysticism|mystical]] [[experience]]. ...st to California, working manually at odd jobs along the way. He was part of a traveling party who had to fight for their lives under attack from the [[
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• William Blake
  [[Image:WilliamBlakebyThomasPhillips.jpg|right|frame|<center>Portrait of Wm. Blake by Thomas Phillips</center>]] ...lically]] rich oeuvre, which [[embraced]] the [[imagination]] as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
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• Transcendentalism
  ...es called ''American Transcendentalism'' to distinguish it from other uses of the word ''[[transcendental]]''. ...ized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
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• Autumn
  ...(Southern Hemisphere) or September (Northern Hemisphere) when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier. ...d the autumnal equinox as "mid-autumn" whilst others treat it as the start of autumn.
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