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  • prescribed — adjective 1. set down as a rule or guide (Freq. 2) • Similar to: ↑nonarbitrary, ↑unarbitrary 2. fixed or established especially by order or command (Freq. 1) at the time appointed (or the appointed time ) • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …   Wikipedia

  • practice — prac·tice n 1: the form and manner of conducting judicial and quasi judicial proceedings 2 a: the continuous exercise of a profession; also: the performance of services that are considered to require an appropriate license engaged in the… …   Law dictionary

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  • ordinance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French ordenance order, disposition, from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinant , ordinans, present participle of ordinare to put in order more at ordain Date:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • observance — (n.) early 13c., act performed in accordance with prescribed usage, especially a religious or ceremonial one, from O.Fr. observance, from L. observantia act of keeping customs, attention, from observantem (nom. observans), prp. of observare (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • book of hours — Usage: sometimes capitalized B&H : a book containing prayers or offices appointed to be said at the canonical hours * * * a book containing the prescribed order of prayers, readings from Scripture, and rites for the canonical hours. Also, Book of …   Useful english dictionary

  • Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism     Baptism …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

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