Mirabilis Liber
The greater part of this book is attributed to Saint Césaire. It is a collection of predictions concerning the saints and the sibyls. It is surprising to find in the Mishna edition of 1522 a prophecy of the French Revolution . The expulsion and abolition of the nobility, the violent death of the king and queen, the persecution of the clergy, the suppression of convents, are all mentioned therein, followed by a further prophecy that the eagle coming from distant lands would re-establish order in France .
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Miracle Plays
a sort of dramatic entertainments common in the Middle Ages, in which the subjects were taken from the lives of saints and the miracles they wrought. They were originally performed in church, but latterly outside, in market places and elsewhere. In H England they were first produced in the 12th century.
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Miramichi
the second river of New Brunswick, entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Miramichi Bay; length 220 miles. MIRAMÓN, MIGUEL, Mexican a military officer; born in the City of Mexico, Sept. 29, 1832; fought at Chapultepec in 1847 and commissioned a Colonel. In 1855 joined insurrection and took Puebla; was captured, escaped, and began guerilla warfare. In 1858 when Zuloaga became president he was made a Brigadier-General; in December, 1858, the government of Zuloaga was overthrown and in January, 1859, Miramón was chosen provisional president of the Conservative government. He was defeated by the forces of the Liberal party at the battle of Calpulálpam on Dec. 22, 1860, and soon afterward fled to Europe. When the regency was installed in 1863 he returned to Mexico, but his services were declined and he was again compelled to flee the country. Later, however, his offer was accepted by Maximilian and he returned in November, 1866. He was placed in command of a division which suffered defeat at the battle of San Jacinto, Feb. 1, 1867. Subsequently he was captured and shot with Maximilian and Mejía in Queretaro, June 19, 1867.
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Miranda
state of Venezuela, bordering N. coast of Caribbean Sea. Mountainous, pastoral, and agricultural. Produce includes coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, maize, cotton, beans, etc. Cattle breeding is on a large scale. Region one of the richest in republic. Capital, Ocumare. Pop. (1917) 175,810.
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Mirbeau
OCTAVE, a French novelist and dramatist; born at Trevières 1850. His first novel, "Jean Marcelin," was published in 1885. "Lettres de la Chaumière" (1886) brought his name into prominence. His other novels are "L'Abbé Jules" (1888); "Sébastien Roch" (1890); "Le Jardin des Supplices" (1899); "Memoires d'une Femme de Chambre" (1901). His other books are "Les Vi Vingt-et-un Jours d'un Neurasthénique" (1902) and "Dans l'Antichambre" (1905). For the stage he wrote "Les Mauvais Bergers" and "Les Affaires sont les Affaires." The latter was produced in New York as "Business is Business" in 1905. Died in 1917.
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Miriam
the sister of Moses and Aaron, probably the one who watched over Moses in the ark of bulrushes (Ex. ii: 4, 5; Num. xxvi: 59; Mic. vi: 4). Died at Kadeshbarnea (Num. xx: 1).
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Mirza
a Persian title, equivalent to "Prince" when it follows the surname, and merely the common title of honor (like "Mr.") when it is prefixed to it.
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Mirzapur
a district in the Northwestern provinces, British India; area 5,223 square miles; pop. about 1,200,000, almost all Hindus. Capital, Mirzapur; situated on the right bank of the Ganges; has manufactures of shellac, carpets, and brasswares; pop. about 35,000.
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Misdemeanor
an offense against the laws of a less heinous nature than a such as assaults, nuisances, noncrime, crime, repair of a highway, and the like. A
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Miseno
a promontory forming the W. side of the Bay of Pozzuoli (Cumæ), 10 miles N. W. of Naples. On it are ruins of the ancient city of Misenum, which Augustus made one of the principal stations of the Roman fleet.
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Miserere
a name given to a psalm in the Roman Catholic service. Also a piece of music composed to the "Miserere" or 51st Psalm. Also a small projection or shelf fixed on brackets in the under side of the seat of a stall or pew in churches.
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Misericordia
or MISERICORDE ("mercy"), a narrow-bladed dagger used by a knight in giving the coup de grâce or finishing stroke to a wounded foe. Also the name of a society (of laymen) in Florence, founded in the 13th century, who tend the poor sick, carry victims of accidents or disease to the hospitals, and the dead to their burial.
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Mishawaka
a city of St. Joseph co., Ind., and the county-seat, situated on the St. Joseph river and the Grand Trunk and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroads. The city is an industrial center with good waterpower, and its products include rubber goods, plows, cement blocks, machine shop products, automobiles and supplies, cigars, and leather goods. It contains an orphans' home, a hospital, a public library, brary, several parks, ks, and a high school. Pop. (1910) 11,886; (1920) 15,195. Vol. VI-Cyc-Q
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Mishna, The
A compilation of Hebrew oral traditions, written about the end of the second century by a certain Rabbi of Galilee. Its doctrines are said by the Jews to be of great antiquity and they believe it to be the oral law delivered by God to Moses, at the same time as he received the written law. It forms the framework of the Talmud . (See Kabala.)
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Misiones
an Argentine territory; lying between the Uruguay and the Paraná; bounded on all sides but the S. W. by Brazil and Paraguay; area 23,932 square miles; pop. (1918) 57,544. The greater portion of the surface is covered with forest, producing building and dye-woods, oranges, medicinal herbs, and the yerba maté. Maize is largely grown and sugar-cane.
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Miskolcz
a city of Hungary, in the county of Borsod. It has many important public buildings and prior to the World War had an extensive trade in wine, agricultural products, and cattle. There were manufactories of flour, shoes, china, etc. Pop. about 52,000.
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Misprision
in law, every such high offense as is under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon. Mis prisions are either negative, which consist in the concealment of something ; or positive, which consist in the commission of somewhich ought to be revealed thing which ought not to be done. Of the first or negative kind, is "misprision of treason," consisting in the bare knowledge and concealment of treason, without any degree of assent thereto, for any assent makes the party a traitor. "Misprision of felony" is also the concealment of a felony which a man knows, but never assented to, for if he assented, this makes him either principal or accessory.
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