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Utrecht, Archdiocese of

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Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of Utrecht, Friesland, Overyssel, Drenthe, Groningen, the larger part of Gelderland, and a small part of North Holland.

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Utraquism

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The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or Hussites.

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Utopia

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A term used to designate a visionary or an ideally perfect state of society first used by Sir Thomas More.

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Utilitarianism

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A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain.

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Uthina

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A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.

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Utah

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The thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its name from an Indian tribe known as the Utes.

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Usury

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Defines the church's view on money lending.

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Usuard, Martyrology of

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A Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prxs, Paris.

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Ushaw College

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A combined college and seminary for the six dioceses that were comprised in the old Northern Vicariate of England.

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Uruguay

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The smallest independent state in South America.

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Urubamba

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This prefecture apostolic was created by a Decree of the Holy See in 1899 at the request of the Peruvian Government.

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Ursus, Saint

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Member of the Theban Legion, martyr, commemorated from very early times.

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Ursulines of Quebec, The

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The oldest institution of learning for women in North America.

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Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint

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Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 by the Venerable Anne de Xainctonge. (1587-1612)

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Ursperger Chronicle

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A history of the world in Latin that begins with the Assyrian King Ninius and extends to the year 1229.

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Urmiah

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A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province of Adherbaidjan, Persia.

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