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Uncle Tom’s Cabin vocabulary
13 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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dies irae
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tags: [christianity] [music]
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Definition:Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediæval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)sound file: by Membeth, CC0
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"I don't know. One thing is certain,—that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dies iræ coming on, sooner or later. The same thing is working in Europe, in England, and in this country. My mother used to tell me of a millennium that was coming, when Christ should reign, and all men should be free and happy.
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