as in priests
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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as in anticipates
to realize or know about beforehand
it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him
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Just books and plays, and an asceticism associated with the priests Jim would often play.
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His center has specialized in offering spiritual healing for priests troubled by various difficulties.
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One in four facial plastic surgeons now anticipates GLP-1s will continue driving demand for both surgical and nonsurgical treatments.
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Siegel anticipates that the area will see a significant increase in residents within the next three to four years, with the project expected to reach substantial completion within five years.
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Revivalist preachers followed them.
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Comprising more than 300 folktales and legends from northern Norway, including many from the coastal Sámi and the Skolt Sámi of eastern Finland, this anthology shares narratives told by fishers, farmers, reindeer herders, lay preachers and teachers.
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Head coach Mike Vrabel foresees the Patriots making a move to add at the position coming out of minicamp.
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Analyst Wamsi Mohan foresees pricing power for the company to remain strong, as memory shortages due to high demand from the AI buildout linger.
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Funeral ceremonies are expected to begin in Tehran and move to Qom, a stronghold of many senior Shiite clerics, then to Mashhad, Khamenei's birthplace.
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The procession will move to Qom, a stronghold of many senior Shiite clerics, and then to Mashhad, Khamenei’s birthplace.
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But that appeared to change over the weekend as a slew of his cabinet ministers urged him to step aside after Burnham decisively won a parliamentary election to return to Westminster.
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The game attracted not only fans willing to spend upwards of $2,700 on tickets, but also prominent figures from Haiti and its diaspora, including fashion designer Jovana Louis and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who traveled with several government ministers.
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“Divines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divines. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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