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- noun Plural form of
ascendant .
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For a detailed description of this magical process, (which is known as "sand-tracing," Kharu 'r reml,) see posl, p. 199, note 2. ] [Footnote 25: i.e. "What it will do in the course of its life"] [Footnote 26: Or "ascendants" (tewali).] [Footnote 27: i.e. "Adornment of the Images."
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp John Payne 1879
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Likewise resolution to apologize must be made by the King of Spain & the royal colonial rulers on their past actions during its occupation Mexico, the Philippines, and other colonized territories; likewise from the Japs (Japanese Imperial Army + Emperor of Japan) to the citizenry and their ascendants.
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But we are also given something new to contemplate in The Bonehunters – the relationship between gods/ascendants and their followers.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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But we are also given something new to contemplate in The Bonehunters – the relationship between gods/ascendants and their followers.
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He shook his head, Those are our descendents … or ascendants, depending on your perspective.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Almost all data about planetary orbs; Dealing with inner-personal relationships the inner-aspects between charts are much more important than supposed harmonious and inharmonious or consecutive signs or trine ascendants and such; Other items will be added to this list as they come to mind.
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They are indeed supposed to be the ascendants of the Extraterrestrials seen in that film.
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So I wonder, if human beings were inevitable, why don't we call our offspring our "ascendants?"
My UbD essential question of the day doyle 2009
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That is not to say there isn't quite a bit of violence of course, the events in this book take their toll among ordinary people, ascendants and gods alike.
Toll of the Hounds - Steven Erikson Val 2009
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Human and Barghast, K'Chain Che'Malle and T'lan Imass, Shake and Jaghut, mortals and ascendants alike find themselves drawn into a convergence outstripping anything before seen in the mortal realm, for the sky is rent in flame and shadow and a long-imprisoned god returns to the mortal realm with Darkness clenched in his hand.
Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson Adam Whitehead 2009
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