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Albrecht
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tenable

If the labour office determined that a particular emigration was tenable, it was to be directed overseas to German settlement districts if possible, especially those in South America.
Like the Latin kingdom, the independence of the Mamluk Empire was then neither tolerable nor tenable and by 1273 it had been suppressed, leaving the Nizaris of Syria to look to the imamate in Iran for spiritual guidance.

admonition

Although Antony attracted a number of followers, all of them lived a strictly eremitic (solitary) life, with each monk living on his own, though they did occasionally come together for worship, group teaching, and admonition.
Other bishops pointedly addressed the Merovingians as ‘Catholic kings’, perhaps as a sly admonition of how they were supposed to behave towards the church.

thither

And as he desired nothing more than to be with his two Houses, so he would repair thither as soon as he could possibly do it with his honour and safety.
It is tempting to suggest that when Cogitosus in the mid or late seventh century described Kildare as ‘a monastery city as we call it’, justifying the term city on the grounds of the innumerable people flocking thither, he was innovating.

litany

The council’s documents made no mention of Pius IX’s “Syllabus of Errors”, which, by condemning a litany of errors of the modern world, including freedom of religion and speech, was plainly at odds with the American political system.
By the end of the early medieval period, then, litanies to the saints were common, popular, and used in a variety of settings.

tedious

With its low earnings, tedious working conditions, and long hours, agriculture continued to be the principal source of income for most people.
Despite the tedious text, it signalled, perhaps even created, that most heady moment when God’s covenanted people appeared to speak with a united and passionate voice.

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