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Word: wearers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Roman Catholic position: Such a gadget is harmless but not efficacious, in the same class as a prayer ring (which has ten notches so that the wearer may count his prayers). Indulgences (i.e., remissions of temporal punishment for repented sin) will not be granted for any number of push-buttoned prayers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Patent-of-the-Liturgical-Year | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

...types which now find themselves mixed in the June ceremonies are the so-called "old-type," built along the general lines of a females night-gown, with a hot, heavy collar; and the "new-type," which drapes openly over the wearer and is well-suited for sultry weather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dissimilar Gowns Mar Graduation | 3/23/1940 | See Source »

...missionary, Menzies lived his early years in China and Japan where he learned the art of judo. He became so proficient that he is now a wearer of the Balck Belt, which entitles him to instruct others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURSE IN JIU-JITSU IS OFFERED BY GRADUATE | 2/20/1940 | See Source »

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