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  1. paradise
    In various religions, a place or state of happiness. Examples are the Garden of Eden and the Messianic kingdom; the Islamic paradise of the Koran is a place of sensual pleasure. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  2. Paradise
    Par'a·dise noun [ Middle English & French paradis , Latin paradisus , from Greek para`deisos park, paradise, from Zend pairidaēza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Greek ...) + diz to throw up, pi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/18

  3. Paradise
    Par'a·dise transitive verb To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [ R.] Marston.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/18

  4. paradise
    To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. ... 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. ... 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. 'To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.' (Luke xxiii. 43) 'It sounds to him like her mother's ...
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  5. Paradise
    noun (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Paradise
    • (n.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. • (v. t.) To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. • (n.) A churchyard or cemetery. • (n.) A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Paradise
    (from the article `African American literature`) ...whiteness as a thematic obsession in American literature. In 1993 Morrison became the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/16

  8. paradise
    in religion, a place of exceptional happiness and delight. The term paradise is often used as a synonym for the Garden of Eden before the expulsion ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/16

  9. Paradise
    Paradise is slang for the upper gallery of a theatre.
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  10. Paradise
    Paradise is slang for the upper gallery of a theatre.
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  11. Paradise
    In architecture a paradise is a small private apartment or study. The term is also applied to an open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, like the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
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  12. Paradise
    Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine communication for Ada programs under Unix. This subsystem gives the user full access to files, pipes, sockets (both Unix and Internet) and pseudo-devices. Paradise has been ported to Sun...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Paradise

  13. paradise
    • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
    • a heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die

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  14. Paradise
    Paradise, uninc. town (1990 pop. 25,406), Butte co., N central Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range. It is mainly residential with a growing population. Cattle are raised and fruits, olives, nuts, wheat, and nursery stock are grown. Gold was discovered nearby in 1859.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A083756

  15. Paradise
    Paradise: see Eden, Garden of; heaven.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  16. paradise
    In various religions, a place or state of happiness. Examples are the Garden of Eden and the Messianic kingdom; the Islamic paradise of the Koran is a place of sensual pleasure
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  17. Paradise
    `Paradise` (Old East Iranian: pairidaeza) is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  18. Paradise
    (The Outer Limits) "`Paradise`" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 16 June 1996, during the second season. Introduction: Dr. Christina Markham and Sheriff Grady Markham have to investigate a spate of strange incidents involving young and ap...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  19. Paradise
    (TV series) `Paradise` (later renamed `Guns of Paradise`) is an American Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from 1988 to 1991. Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter, the series presents the adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister le...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  20. Paradise
    (The Insyderz song) `Paradise` is the third release, by the Christian third-wave ska band, The Insyderz. Released in 1998, paradise is the band`s only CD single. The song "Our Wars" contains numerous references to Star Wars, and "Just What I Needed" is a cover of jo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  21. Paradise
    (novel) `Paradise` is a 1997 novel by Toni Morrison, and her first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. According to the author, it completes a "trilogy" that begins with Beloved and includes Jazz. It was chosen as an Oprah`s Book Club sele...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  22. Paradise
    (disambiguation) `A paradise` is an idealized place. `Paradise` may also refer to: Places: Australia: Canada: New Zealand: United Kingdom: United States: Fictitious places: Entertainment: Art: Film: Games: Literature: Music: ;Albums ;Songs Television: Other: See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  23. Paradise
    (video game) `Paradise` is a 2006 computer adventure game by White Birds Productions, a company formed by Benoît Sokal, who was also responsible for the adventure games Amerzone, Syberia, Syberia II, and Sinking Island. The game is based on a novel by Sok...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise

  24. Paradise
    (Leroy Hutson album) Name = Paradise | Cover = Paradise_Hutson.jpg | Type = Album | Artist = Leroy Hutson | Released = 1982 | Recorded = | Genre = Funk/Soul <br/> Chicago soul/R&B | Length = | Label = Elektra | Producer = Leroy Hutson | Reviews = *5--> --> `Paradise` is the eigh...
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  25. Paradise
    (Kenny G album) `Paradise` is the eighth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 2002, and reached number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 9 on the Billboard 200 and Internet Albums charts and number 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums char...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise



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11 February 2012

This day in history:
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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