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Deuteronomy

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This term occurs in Deut., xvii, 18 and Jos., viii, 32, and is the title of one of the five books of the Pentateuch.

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Deusdedit, Saint

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First Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 664.

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Deusdedit, Cardinal

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Joined the Benedictine Order and became a zealous promoter of ecclesiastical reforms in the latter half of the eleventh century.

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Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende

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These words form the introductory prayer to every Hour of the Roman, monastic, and Ambrosian Breviaries, except during the last three days of Holy Week, and in the Office of the Dead.

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Detroit

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Diocese established 8 March, 1838. Suffragan of Cincinnati.

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Detraction

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The unjust damaging of another's good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer.

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Determinism

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A name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory which holds, in opposition to the doctrine of free will, that all man's volitions are invariably determined by pre-existing circumstances.

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Desurmont, Achille

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Ascetical writer, b. at Tourcoing, France, 23 Dec., 1828; d. 23 July, 1898.

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Despretz, César-Mansuète

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Chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May, 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May, 1863.

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Despair

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The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end.

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Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean

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A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676.

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Desertion

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Brief explanation of the different situations to which this concept applies in canon law.

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Desert

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The word wilderness, which is more frequently used than desert of the region of the Exodus, more nearly approaches the meaning of the Hebrew.

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Desecration

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The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church.

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Deschamps, Nicolas

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Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (Rhône), France, 1797; died at Aix-en-Provence, 1872.

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Deschamps, Eustache

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Also called Morel, on account of his dark complexion; b. at Vertus in Champagne between 1338 and 1340; d. about 1410.

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Descartes, René

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Philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11 February 1650.

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