ample, enough — Ample means more than enough, more than adequate in size, capacity, or scope. Enough means sufficient, in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies. Since ample means what it does, it is silly to attempt to qualify it; barely ample and scarcely… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Church Maintenance — • The proper support of church edifices and church institutions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Church Maintenance Church Maintenance … Catholic encyclopedia
Andrew Jackson: First Annual Message to Congress — ▪ Primary Source The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 marked several important changes in American political life. Traditionally, the President had been a member of a previous President s Cabinet, and what is more a man who had… … Universalium
Aristotle — • Philosopher, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Aristotle Aristotle … Catholic encyclopedia
The Brehon Laws — The Brehon Laws † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… … Catholic encyclopedia
WAR AND WARFARE — TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE The methods of offensive and defensive warfare developed side by side in the Ancient Near East. The development of weapons was dependent upon the supply of raw materials, such as stone, metal, and wood; the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Casas — Bartolomé de las Casas † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bartolomé de las Casas (Originally CASAUS) Born at Seville, probably in 1474; d. at Madrid, 1566. His family was from France and settled at Seville. He called himself Casaus during… … Catholic encyclopedia
Saul Wahl — (1541 1617) was, according to legend, king of Poland for a single day, August 18, 1587. Story Lithuanian Prince Nicholas Radziwill, surnamed Sierotka , desiring to do penance for the many atrocities he had committed while a young man, undertook a … Wikipedia
affluence — n. Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, affluency, ample store, ample means … New dictionary of synonyms
riches — n. pl. Wealth, opulence, affluence, fortune, plenty, abundance, richness, wealthiness, ample means, ample store … New dictionary of synonyms
commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms