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limbo

In Christian theology, a region for the souls of those who were not admitted to the divine vision. Limbus infantum was a place where unbaptized infants enjoyed inferior blessedness, and limbus patrum was where the prophets of the Old Testament dwelt. The word was first used in this sense in the 13th century by Thomas Aquinas.

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West Indian dance in which the performer leans backwards from the knees to pass under a pole, which is lowered closer to the ground with each attempt. The world record has been unchanged since 1973 at 15.5 cm/61/8 in, although on roller skates the record is 13.3 cm/51/4 in.



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