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Manna

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The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6-9).

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Mann, Theodore Augustine

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English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, 22 June, 1735; d. at Prague in Bohemia, 23 Feb., 1809.

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Maniple

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An ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm.

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Manila Observatory

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Founded by Father Frederic Faura, S.J., in 1865; constituted officially The Philippine Weather Bureau by decree of the American governor, May, 1901.

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Manila

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This archdiocese comprises the city of Manila, the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, Mindoro, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Rizal, Tarlac, and Zambales; and the Districts of Infanta and Marinduque in the Province of Tayabas.

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Manifestation of Conscience

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A practice in many religious orders and congregations, by which subjects manifest the state of their conscience to the superior, in order that the latter may know them intimately, and thus further their spiritual progress.

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Manichaeism

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A religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century.

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Manharter

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A politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Mangan, James Clarence

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Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, 1849. He was the son of James Mangan, a grocer, and of Catherine Smith.

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Mangalore

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Diocese on the west coast of India, suffragan of Bombay.

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Manfredonia

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The city of Manfredonia is situated in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Central Italy, on the borders of Mount Gargano.

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Mandeville, Jean de

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The author of a book of travels much read in the Middle Ages, died probably in 1372.

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Mandan Indians

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Tribe occupying jointly with the Hidatsa (Minitari or Grosventre) and Arikara (Ree) the Fort Berthold reservation, on both sides of the Missouri, near its conjunction with the Knife River, North Dakota.

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Manchuria

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A north-eastern division of the Chinese Empire and the cradle of the present [1910] imperial dynasty.

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Manchester

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A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston, U.S.A.

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Mance, Jeanne

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Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the first women settlers in Canada, b. at Nogent-le-Roi, Champagne, 1606; d. at Montreal, 19 June, 1673.

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Manasses

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The name of seven persons of the Bible, a tribe of Israel, and one of the apocryphal writings.

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Manahen, Saint

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Or Manaen. Mentioned in Scripture, and traditionally believed to have been one of the first Christians in Antioch.

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Man

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Includes sections on the nature of man, the origin of man, and the end of man.

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Mammon

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Mamona; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual evidence and seems not to occur in printed Bibles till the edition of Elzevir.

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