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31Quietism — • Doctrine which declares that man s highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
32mask — n. & v. n. 1 a covering for all or part of the face: a worn as a disguise, or to appear grotesque and amuse or terrify. b made of wire, gauze, etc., and worn for protection (e.g. by a fencer) or by a surgeon to prevent infection of a patient. c… …
33obstruct — transitive verb Etymology: Latin obstructus, past participle of obstruere, from ob in the way + struere to build, heap up more at ob , strew Date: 1590 1. to block or close up by an obstacle 2. to hinder from passage, action, or operation ;… …
34stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst …
35halt — I noun abandonment, abeyance, armistice, arrest, block, break, breathing spell, cessation, check, close, closing, deadlock, delay, desistance, detention, deterrent, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, estoppage, estoppel, hesitation,… …
36Minaret controversy in Switzerland — Minaret at the mosque of the local Turkish cultural association in Wangen bei Olten, the initial motivation for the popular initiative. The minaret controversy in Switzerland refers to construction of minarets, which has been subject to legal and …
37inhibit — verb (inhibits, inhibiting, inhibited) 1》 hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process). 2》 make (someone) unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. Derivatives inhibited adjective inhibitive adjective Origin ME: from L. inhibere hinder …
38hold — I. /hoʊld / (say hohld) verb (held, held or, Archaic, holden, holding) –verb (t) 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp. 2. to reserve; retain; set aside. 3. to bear, sustai …
39object — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin objectum, from Latin, neuter of objectus, past participle of obicere to throw in the way, present, hinder, from ob in the way + jacere to throw more at ob , jet Date: 14th century 1. a.… …
40step in — verb 1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force (Freq. 2) Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II? • Syn: ↑intervene, ↑interfere, ↑interpose • Derivationally related forms: ↑interference …
