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  • 21Pedro de Almada Pereira — (Odemira, Vila Nova de Milfontes, [Baptised in Odemira, Vila Nova de Milfontes, on October 14, 1835.] ndash; Lisbon, May 24, 1911), was an Alentejan landowner, schoolmaster in Messejana and Aljustrel and journalist, Founder of the periodic O… …

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  • 22sponsor — sponsorial /spon sawr ee euhl, sohr /, adj. sponsorship, n. /spon seuhr/, n. 1. a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing. 2. a person, firm, organization, etc., that finances and buys the time to broadcast a radio or… …

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  • 23Poor Laws — • Those legal enactments which have been made at various periods of the world s history in many countries for the relief of various forms of distress and sickness prevailing amongst the destitute. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor… …

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  • 24vang — 1. verb To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to. 2. noun a) A boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore and aft rigged sailboat …

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  • 25fang — 1. verb /fæŋ/ a) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of. b) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation …

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  • 26godparent — noun a) The person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism b) A godfather or godmother …

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  • 27gossip — noun 1》 casual conversation or unsubstantiated reports about other people. 2》 chiefly derogatory a person who likes talking about other people s private lives. verb (gossips, gossiping, gossiped) engage in gossip. Derivatives gossiper noun… …

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  • 28sponsor — n. 1. Surety. 2. Godfather or godmother …

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  • 29godparent — god•par•ent [[t]ˈgɒdˌpɛər ənt, ˌpær [/t]] n. a godfather or godmother …

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  • 30godparent — /ˈgɒdpɛərənt / (say godpairruhnt) noun a godfather or godmother …