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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Catholic Spiritual Direction: The Ten Commandments of Scrupulosity

Catholic Spiritual Direction: The Ten Commandments of Scrupulosity

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Pithy, adj.

1. Full of strength or vigour; vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial. Now rare (chiefly Sc. in later use).

2. a. Of language or style: full of concentrated meaning; conveying meaning forcibly through brevity of expression; concise, succinct; condensed in style; pointed, terse, aphoristic.

b. Of a person: that speaks or writes pithily; terse, succinct, aphoristic.

3. Of a fruit, plant, etc.: containing much pith; covered in or consisting of pith. Also: resembling pith.

"pithy, adj." OED Online. December 2009. Oxford University Press. 28 Jan. 2009 .

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