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Look up: fortitude

  1. fortitude
    [n] - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Fortitude
    For'ti·tude noun [ Latin fortitudo , from fortis strong. See Fort .] 1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [ Obsolete] « The fortitude of the place is best known to you.» Shak. 2.<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/66

  3. fortitude
    noun strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. fortitude
    (for´tĭ-tldbomacd) in bioethics, a virtue consisting of a firm, sustained, moral courage or patient endurance of misfortune, pain, or other difficulties. As in all the virtues, the emphasis is on sustainability, not on individual acts.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  5. Fortitude
    • (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring troubl...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Fortitude
    (from the article `Botticelli, Sandro`) ...The Return of Judith) and Holofernes (The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes), both 1470, and in his first dated work, Fortitude (1470), which ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/49

  7. Fortitude
    (play) Fortitude was written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1968. The brief 19 page play relates to the issues of robotics and the accessdate=2010-06-05-->--> The story was also featured in the 1991 made-for-cable-TV anthology Monkey House. Synopsis : The story follows Dr. Elbert Little on a visit to Dr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortitude

  8. Fortitude
    (King) `Fortitude` is a public artwork by artist American James King, located at Howard University in Washington, D.C., United States. "Fortitude" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian`s Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.<ref name="SOS">--> Description...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortitude

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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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