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... usually bore the figure of an ox , a sheep , or other domestic animal ( pecus ) ; from which it is usually supposed that the Latin word for money , pecunia , is derived . A'SA , son of Abijah , and grandson of Rehoboam , was the third ...
... usually bore the figure of an ox , a sheep , or other domestic animal ( pecus ) ; from which it is usually supposed that the Latin word for money , pecunia , is derived . A'SA , son of Abijah , and grandson of Rehoboam , was the third ...
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... usually detached by con- traction at the base . The sexes are supposed to be distinct only in some of the as- cidians . The ovaries are usually large , and the ova are carried away by the stream which passes through the animal . It is ...
... usually detached by con- traction at the base . The sexes are supposed to be distinct only in some of the as- cidians . The ovaries are usually large , and the ova are carried away by the stream which passes through the animal . It is ...
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... usually , in its geographical sense , used of the re- gion lying between the Altai Mountains and the Persian Gulf , and includes part of Siberia , all Turkestan , Afghanistan , Beloochistan , and part of Persia . An earlier usage that ...
... usually , in its geographical sense , used of the re- gion lying between the Altai Mountains and the Persian Gulf , and includes part of Siberia , all Turkestan , Afghanistan , Beloochistan , and part of Persia . An earlier usage that ...
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... usually applied to the condition resulting from the blood in the body no longer being brought into the proper relations to the atmospheric air by respiration , so as to allow a sufficiently free exchange of carbonic acid for oxygen ...
... usually applied to the condition resulting from the blood in the body no longer being brought into the proper relations to the atmospheric air by respiration , so as to allow a sufficiently free exchange of carbonic acid for oxygen ...
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... usually referred by naturalists to the same genus with the Horse ( q . v . ) , but which it has recently been attempted to make the type of a distinct genus ( Asinus ) , including all the solid - hoofed quadru- peds ( Solidungula or ...
... usually referred by naturalists to the same genus with the Horse ( q . v . ) , but which it has recently been attempted to make the type of a distinct genus ( Asinus ) , including all the solid - hoofed quadru- peds ( Solidungula or ...
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Page 342 - And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power; in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.
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