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61chamber music — music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, esp. for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments. [1780 90] * * * Music composed for small instrumental ensembles and performed without a conductor. Traditionally… …
62India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
63Ivan IV — ( Ivan the Terrible ) 1530 84, first czar of Russia 1547 84. * * * Russian Ivan Vasilyevich known as Ivan the Terrible born Aug. 25, 1530, Kolomenskoye, near Moscow died March 18, 1584, Moscow Grand prince of Moscow (1533–84) and first tsar of… …
64karate — /keuh rah tee/, n. 1. a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker s body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet. Cf. judo, jujitsu. 2. a sport based on this method of self …
65meditation — /med i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of meditating. 2. continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation. 3. See transcendental meditation. 4. devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection. [1175 1225; < L meditation (s. of… …
66paranoia — /par euh noy euh/, n. 1. Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of… …
67Shingon — /shin gon, sheen /, n. Buddhism. a Japanese form of syncretistic Buddhism founded in the 9th century by Kukai (A.D. 774 835) and stressing the oral transmission of mystic formulas from master to disciple. [1895 1900; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to… …
68United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
69Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim — born 1488, Spain died March 24, 1575, Safed, Palestine Spanish born Jewish scholar. When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, he and his parents settled in Turkey. Around 1536 he emigrated to Safed in Palestine, where he studied the Talmud… …
70Pure Land Buddhism — Devotional cult of the buddha Amitabha. It is one of the most popular forms of Mahayana Buddhism in East Asia today. Pure Land schools believe that rebirth in the Western Paradise (the Pure Land) is given to all those who invoke Amitabha s name… …
