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• practice — noun 1 A SKILL a) (U) regular activity that you do in order to improve a skill: It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar. | With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test. b) (C) a period of time you spend training …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• practice — prac|tice W1S2 [ˈpræktıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(a skill)¦ 2 in practice 3¦(something done often)¦ 4¦(doctor/lawyer)¦ 5 be common/standard/normal practice 6 good/best/bad practice 7 put something into practice 8 be out of practice 9 practice makes perfect… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• practice# — practice vb Practice, exercise, drill are comparable when they mean, as verbs, to perform or cause one to perform an act or series of acts repeatedly and, as nouns, such repeated activity or exertion. Practice fundamentally implies doing,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• practice — prac‧tice [ˈprækts] noun 1. [uncountable] the work done by a particular profession, especially lawyers or doctors who are working for themselves rather than a public organization: • Mr. Barr returned to private law practice in the mid 1990s. •… …   Financial and business terms

• Doing the Honours — Episode no. Series 2 Episode 2 Written by Antony Jay Jonathan Lynn Produced by Peter Whitmore …   Wikipedia

• The Edge of Night — Original main title (1956–1967) Also known as Edge of Night Genre Soap opera Created by Irving Vendig …   Wikipedia

• The Antichrist (book) — The Antichrist   Cover of the 2005 Cosimo edition …   Wikipedia

• practice — prac·tice n 1: the form and manner of conducting judicial and quasi judicial proceedings 2 a: the continuous exercise of a profession; also: the performance of services that are considered to require an appropriate license engaged in the… …   Law dictionary

• practice — [prak′tis] vt. practiced, practicing [ME practisen < MFr practiser, altered < practiquer < ML practicare < LL practicus < Gr praktikos, concerning action, practical < prassein, to do] 1. to do or engage in frequently or usually; …   English World dictionary

• The Last Puritan — The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel was written by the American philosopher George Santayana. The novel is set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut; Boston; and England, in and around Oxford. It relates the life …   Wikipedia