Definitions
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- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one
- adjective being five more than twenty
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Examples
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"It believes in the literal sense of the Bible - it just reduces the Bible to what it can take as literal quotation from Jesus (Ibid., p. xxv.)."
Books 2009
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Farmer's Boy MS, pp. xxiv – xxv, mis-dated 1795 BACK
Letter 8 2009
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That disqualifies the Resurrection from the outset (p. xxv).
Books 2009
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Note 110: Granger, Introduction to Vitruvius's De architectura, 2: xxv. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Instead of seeing law as the stabilizing regulator of culture, they see it as an element in always fluctuating cultural negotiations over possible actions and identities in society (ix-xxv).
Utopianism and Joanna Baillie: A Preface to Converging Revolutions 2008
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See also N. Dupree's introduction to Lal's (1978) book on Dost Mohammad, p. xxv, where it is revealed that some of the bills Lal handled in Kabul were questioned by colonial officials and that Lal faced accusations of over-borrowing on General Pollock's account. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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See the excellent brief biography in Kelly and Baradell, Iredell Papers III, xxv–xlvi, esp. xxv–xxviii.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Note 111: Granger, "Vitruvius and the Craftsmen of Rome," De architectura, 2: xxv. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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See the excellent brief biography in Kelly and Baradell, Iredell Papers III, xxv–xlvi, esp. xxv–xxviii.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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See the excellent brief biography in Kelly and Baradell, Iredell Papers III, xxv–xlvi, esp. xxv–xxviii.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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