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• -ess — a suffix forming distinctively feminine nouns: countess; goddess; lioness. [ME esse < OF < LL issa < Gk] Usage. Since at least the 14th century, English has both borrowed feminine nouns in ESS from French ( esse in French and in some early… …   Universalium

• Last Judgment — judgment (def. 8). [1550 60] * * * ▪ religion  a general, or sometimes individual, judging of the thoughts, words, and deeds of persons by God, the gods, or by the laws of cause and effect. In some religions (e.g., Christianity) the judgment is… …   Universalium