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  2. Accoutrements - Wikipedia

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    The forces of various nations have or have had different names for the basic accoutrements issued to most or all soldiers, such as: TA-50 ()DP-1 (Australian Army)In some cases these common or informal names derive from the form number/name that the equipment issue to the individual is recorded on.

  3. Seal of Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Armiger: State of Delaware: Adopted: January 17, 1777: Crest: On a wreath azure and argent, a ship under full sail, proper: Shield: Party per fess, or and argent, the first charged with a garb (wheat sheaf) in bend dexter and an ear of maize (Indian Corn) in bend sinister, both proper; the second charged with an ox statant, ruminating, proper; fess, wavy azure

  4. The Good Liar - Wikipedia

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    [24] Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter added, "An example of the kind of middlebrow, classily accoutered "cinema for adults" that's grown rare in the Age of Marvel, the film may pique the interest of viewers of a certain age; there's a comfy pleasure in watching these two pros patter back and forth in plummy accents, clutching mugs of tea or ...

  5. Accountability - Wikipedia

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    "Accountability" derives from the late Latin accomptare (to account), a prefixed form of computare (to calculate), which in turn is derived from putare (to reckon). [6] While the word itself does not appear in English until its use in 13th century Norman England, [7] the concept of account-giving has ancient roots in record-keeping activities related to governance and money-lending systems ...

  6. Commission of array - Wikipedia

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    A commission of array was a commission given by English sovereigns to officers or gentry in a given territory to muster and array the inhabitants and to see them in a condition for war, or to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service.

  7. Q.E.D. - Wikipedia

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    Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally, it states "what was to be shown". [ 1 ] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in print publications, to indicate that the proof or the argument is ...

  8. Christian burial - Wikipedia

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    The following three stages assume, however, that the full funeral rites are celebrated, including the Funeral (Requiem) Mass, which, since it is a Mass, must be celebrated by a priest. If a Catholic deacon celebrates, the Funeral Mass does not occur, however, a Memorial Mass may be said later for the deceased.

  9. Accusative case - Wikipedia

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    In the sentence The man sees the dog, the dog is the direct object of the verb "to see". In English, which has mostly lost grammatical cases, the definite article and noun – "the dog" – remain the same noun form without number agreement in the noun either as subject or object, though an artifact of it is in the verb and has number agreement, which changes to "sees".