Changeableness

  • 41changeable — changeability, changeableness, n. changeably, adv. /chayn jeuh beuhl/, adj. 1. liable to change or to be changed; variable. 2. of changing color or appearance: changeable silk. [1200 50; ME; see CHANGE, ABLE] Syn. 1. erratic, inconstant, fickle,… …

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  • 42roller-coaster — /roh leuhr koh steuhr, roh li /, v.i. 1. to go up and down like a roller coaster; rise and fall: a narrow road roller coastering around the mountain; a light boat roller coastering over the waves. 2. to experience a period of prosperity,… …

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  • 43Habit — • Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will… …

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  • 44Matilda of Canossa — • Countess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, and Beatrice, daughter of Frederick of Lorraine, b. 1046; d. 24 July, 1114 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Matilda of Canossa     Matilda …

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  • 45Matter — • Taking the term in its widest sense, matter signifies that out of which anything is made or composed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Matter     Matter      …

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  • 46Church Music —     Ecclesiastical Music     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Music     By this term is meant the music which, by order or with the approbation of ecclesiastical authority, is employed in connexion with Divine service to promote the… …

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  • 47Nature and Attributes of God —     The Nature and Attributes of God     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Nature and Attributes of God     I. As Known Through Natural Reason     A. Infinity of God     B. Unity or Unicity of God     C. Simplicity of God     D. Divine Personality… …

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  • 48St. Maximus of Constantinople —     St. Maximus of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Maximus of Constantinople     Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor, born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in… …

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  • 49changeability — noun The quality of being changeable; changeableness …

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  • 50allochroism — A change or changeableness in color. [allo + G. chroa, color] * * * al·lo·chro·ism (al″o kroґiz əm) [allo + Gr. chroa color + ism] change or variation in color, as in certain minerals. allochroic adj …

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