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• Public Authority: Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when ...
• Public Honesty (Decency): A diriment matrimonial impediment consisting in a ...
• Publican: Publican , in the Gospels, is derived from the publicanus of ...
• Pueblo Indians: NAME From the Spanish word meaning "village" or "town". A term ...
• Puget, Pierre: A painter, sculptor, architect, and naval constructor, born ...
• Pugh, George Ellis: A jurist and statesman, born at Cincinnati, Ohio., 28 ...
• Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore: Architect and archeologist, born in London, 1 March, 1812; died ...
• Puiseux, Victor-Alexandre: French mathematician and astronomer, b. 16 April, 1820, at ...
• Pulaski, Casimir: Patriot and soldier, b. at Winiary, Poland, 4 March, 1748; d. ...
• Pulati: (The Diocese of Pulati: Pulatensis or Polatinensis ). ...
• Pulcheria, Saint: Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire, eldest daughter of the ...
• Pulci, Luigi: An Italian poet, born at Florence, 15 Aug., 1432; died at ...
• Pullen, Robert: (POLENIUS, PULLAN, PULLEIN, PULLENUS, PULLY, LA POULE) See ...
• Pullus, Robert: (PULLEN, PULLAN, PULLY.) See also ROBERT PULLEN. Cardinal, ...
• Pulpit: ( Latin pulpitum , a stage or scaffold) An elevated stand ...
• Punishment, Capital: The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a ...
• Puno: DIOCESE OF PUNO (PUNIENSIS) Suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
• Purcell, John Baptist: Archbishop of Cincinnati, born at Mallow, Ireland, 26 Feb., ...
• Purgative Way: The word state is used in various senses by theologians and ...
• Purgatorial Societies: Pious associations or confraternities in the Catholic Church, ...
• Purgatory: The subject is treated under these heads: I. Catholic Doctrine ...
• Purgatory, St. Patrick's: Lough Derg, Ireland. This celebrated sanctuary in Donegal, ...
• Purim: (P HURIM ). The origin of the name is disputed: some ...
• Puritans: One of the chief difficulties in studying the various movements ...
• Pusey and Puseyism: Edward Bouverie Pusey, born at Pusey House, Berkshire, 22 Aug., ...
• Pustet: The name of a family of well-known Catholic publishers. The ...
• Putative Marriage: Putative (Latin, putativus supposed) signifies that which is ...
• Puteanus, Erycius: (ERRIJCK DE PUT) Born at Venloo, in Dutch Limbourg, 4 ...
• Putzer, Joseph: Theologian and canonist, b. at Rodaneck, Tyrol, 4 March, 1836; ...
• Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre: French painter, b. at Lyons, 14 Dec., 1824; d. at Paris, 24 ...
• Puyallup Indians: An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, formerly ...

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