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noun
- Any word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- 1904, w:L. Frank Baum, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
- : So good a man as this must surely have a .
- Reputation.
- 1604, w:William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, w:Othello, Othello, III-iii ,
- : Good in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.http://www.bartleby.com/100/138.34.42.html
- 1952, w:Old Testament, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13,
- : And David won a for himself.http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1
- (computing): A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
verb (nam, ing)
- (transitive) To give a name to.
- 1904: w:L. Frank Baum, L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz " I will the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- He named his demands.
- You it!
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- naming the problem
- (transitive) To publicly implicate.
- The painter was named as an accomplice.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
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noun
- (Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
- (context, by extension) Christmas.
| | nature |
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noun
- The essential characteristics
- Albert Camus' book Le Mythe de Sisyphe is of philosophical nature.
- A wild primitive state of being
- The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth
- The environment, the outdoors
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proper noun
- A person from Nazareth.
- (kat' exochen, κα�' �ξ��ήν) Jesus Christ. Usually with 'the'.
- Members of the Church of the Nazarene.
- I have been a for several years, I joined the church in 1946.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
- Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.
- Holiness Today is a magazine.
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noun
- beginner
- novice (recent convert), a new convert or proselyte;
- (Christianity) a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
- (ecology) a plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).
| | Nicene Creed |
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noun Nicene creed, Creed
- The orthodox creed setting out the Catholic church's position on the Holy Trinity.
| | noncanonical |
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adjective
- Not part of canon.
| | Nonconformist |
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noun
- Any person that does not conform.
- (christianity) A member of a Protestant church which does not observe the doctrines of the established church, especially of the Church of England.
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noun
- rejection, Rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws.
- (religion) The refusal to adhere to a state religion.
| | none |
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pronoun
- Not any person: no one, nobody.
- Not any (of previously mentioned things).
- I asked if there were any pieces of fruit left, but he said there were remaining.
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noun
- In the w:Roman calendar, Roman calendar the eighth day (ninth counting inclusively) before the ides of a month. That is the seventh day of March, May, July, October, and the fifth day of the other months.
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noun - (in the Roman Catholic church) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession
| | novitiate |
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noun
- the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- the place where a novice lives and studies
- a novice
| | nun |
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noun
- A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit.
| | nunnery |
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noun (nunner, ies)
- (archaic) a place of residence for nuns
- 1601: w:Shakespeare, Shakespeare, w:Hamlet, Hamlet III.i
- :Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
- (slang) (obsolete) a brothel
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