ABRAHAM A SANCTA-CLARA
\ˈe͡ɪbɹəhˌam ɐ sˈanktəklˈɑːɹə], \ˈeɪbɹəhˌam ɐ sˈanktəklˈɑːɹə], \ˈeɪ_b_ɹ_ə_h_ˌa_m ɐ s_ˈa_n_k_t_ə_k_l_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\
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A celebrated German pulpit orator and satirist; born at Krahenheinstetten, Baden, July 4, 1644; died in Vienna, Dec. 1, 1709. His family name was Megerle. He was appointed preacher to the imperial court, 1669, and thereafter was one of the celebrities of Vienna. His sermons were characterized by force, broad humor, and impartial denunciation of the follies of all classes, but especially of the courtiers. A good specimen of his manner, both in its elevation of thought and in its grotesqueness, is seen in his "Judas the Arch-Knave" (1686-95).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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