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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
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One should have seen with what naive admiration these fat deputies, enervated with good fortune, listened to this ascetic, this man of another age, like some Saint-Jerome who had left his Thebaid to overwhelm with his vigorous eloquence, in a full assembly of the
The Nabob Alphonse Daudet 1868
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But in the narrow minds of the national security regulator's critics, protecting the interests of investors and issuers in Canmore or Saint-Jerome is a purely local responsibility.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BARRIE McKENNA 2011
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The cans were in a shipment destined for a legitimate food importer in Saint-Jerome, Quebec.
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Among the pictures obtained by the Descoings and inherited by Rouget, was a Holy Family by Albano, a Saint-Jerome of Demenichino, a Head of
The Two Brothers Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Among the pictures obtained by the Descoings and inherited by Rouget, was a Holy Family by Albano, a Saint-Jerome of Demenichino, a Head of
The Celibates Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Joliette, Quebec and Saint-Jerome who want copies of the guide so they could launch similar initiatives.
Macleans.ca 2008
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