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Muchar, Albert Anton Von

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An historian, born at Linez, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1781; died at Graz, Styria, 6 June, 1849.

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Mrak, Ignatius

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The second Bishop of Marquette, U. S. A., born 16 October, 1818, in Hotovle, in the Diocese of Laibach (Carinthia), Austria; died at Marquette, 2 Jan., 1901.

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Mozzi, Luigi

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Controversialist, born at Bergamo, 26 May, 1746; died near Milan, 24 June, 1813.

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Mozzetta

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A short, cape-shaped garment, covering the shoulders and reaching only to the elbow, with an open front, which may be fastened by means of a row of small buttons; at the neck it has a very small and purely ornamental hood.

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Mozetena Indians

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A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon the headwaters of the Beni river, Department of Beni, in northwestern Bolivia.

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Mozarabic Rite

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The name "Mozarabic Rite" is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleventh century, and still surviving in the Capilla Muzárabe in Toledo cathedral and in the chapel of San Salvador or Talavera, in the old cathedral of Salamanca.

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Mozambique

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The former official name given to the Portuguese possessions on the eastern coast of Africa opposite the island of Madagascar.

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Moylan, Stephen

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An American patriot and merchant, born in Ireland in 1734; died at Philadelphia, 11 April, 1811.

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Moylan, Francis

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Bishop of Cork, born at Cork, 1739; died in 1815.

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Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von

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A jurist, born 10 August, 1799, at Munich; died 1 August, 1867, at Innsbruck (Tyrol).

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Moxos Indians

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According to one authority, they are named from Musu, their Quichua name; according to others, from the Moxos word, muha, erroneously thought by the Spaniards to be the tribal name.

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Movers, Franz Karl

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Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Koesfeld, Westphalia, 17 July, 1806; d. at Breslau, 28 Sept., 1856.

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Mount Saint Mary's College

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The second oldest among the Catholic collegiate institutions in the United States, is located near Emmitsburg, Maryland, within the limits of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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Mount Carmel, Feast of Our Lady of

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This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386.

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Moufang, Franz Christoph Ignaz

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Theologian, b. at Mainz, 17 Feb., 1817; d. there, 27 Feb., 1890.

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Motu Proprio

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The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause motu proprio (of his own accord) used in the document.

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Motet

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A short piece of music set to Latin words, and sung instead of, or immediately after, the Offertorium, or as a detached number in extra-liturgical functions.

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