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Look up: Consolation

  1. consolation
    [n] - the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment 2. [n] - the act of consoling
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Consolation
    Con`so·la'tion noun [ Latin consolatio : confer French consolation .] The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit. &#...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/142

  3. consolation
    solace noun the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; `second place was no consolation to him`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. consolation
    comfort noun the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; `his presence was a consolation to her`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Consolation
    • (n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. consolation
    (from the article `Crantor`) Greek academic philosopher whose work On Grief created a new literary genre, the consolation, which was offered on the occasion of a misfortune such ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/130

  7. consolation
    consolation To comfort in time of grief or loss.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Consolation
    --> that formed in 1989. They released three full-length albums through Displeased Records and were called the Dutch "Gods of Grind";--> at their peak, in the late 1990s, they were one of the highest rated metal bands in the Netherlands, according to Dutch metal magazine Aardschok.-...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolation

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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