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eccleijs_fw-la authent_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la aliâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d ecclesiasti_fw-la â—…oll_n 2._o gen._n 14._o gen._n 28._o â—…erit_fw-la 27._o num._n 18_o council_n matisc._n 2_o can._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d li._n 9_o f._n 192._o council_n carthag_fw-mi 5_o cap._n 6._o contradâ—…_n â—…d_a leg_n 〈◊〉_d l_o pâ—…ecia_fw-la deut._n 7._o mal._n 3._o josua_n â—…_n act._n 5._o carthag_n council_n 4_o c_o 95._o council_n agâ—…then_n c._n 3._o &_o alibi_fw-la liâ—…_n â—…_n de_fw-fr â—…ogibus_fw-la l._n sacrilegâ—…_n l._n &_o sacrilegij_fw-la dâ—…_n leg._n julian_n 〈◊〉_d latuâ—…_n l._n peculatus_fw-la â—…d_n eâ—…d_n tit_n â—…_n sâ—…m_n 1._o 3._o dan._n 1._o dan._n 4._o dan_o â—…_n â—…_n mac._n â—…_n â—…_n mac._n 12._o exod._n 36._o num._n 7._o psal._n 12â—…_n 2._o sam_n 7._o 1._o châ—…o_o 22_o 2._o chro._n 29_o mal._n 3._o ezech._n 36_o