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[ostiˈnaːto]; derived from Italian word for stubborn, compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice...

baptism the person claims to still be a Christian the person publicly and obstinately denies or positively doubts a truth that the Catholic Church regards...

We Are Not Obstinate Islands is an album by The Diplomats, a collective trio consisting of saxophonist Rob Brown, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Harris...

and 1976 at the Grenoble International Film Festival. In 1996, Chile, Obstinate Memory was released and followed Guzmán back to Chile as he screened the...

Napoleon's power in 1812 reached Moscow, but eventually failed as the obstinate resistance in combination with the bitterly cold Russian winter led to...

to sickness or old age", except in the case of those who "persevere obstinately in manifest grave sin". Proximate danger of death, the occasion for the...

predecessor. Sixty-four of them were summoned to Avignon and the most obstinate delivered over to the Inquisition, four of them being burned (1318). Shortly...

those who consider UFOs to be worth studying as "narrow-minded, biased, obstinate, and cruel" while the skeptics brushed off "devotees" as "naïve, ignorant...

persuade them to accompany him. Obstinate and Pliable go after Christian to bring him back, but Christian refuses. Obstinate returns disgusted, but Pliable...

MUHMP-sih-məs) is a "traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be", or "someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or...

weren't always compatible with what we were trying to accomplish. Ed was obstinate at times, playing the song the way he wanted to play it rather than the...

challenge a larger dog. Indulged dachshunds may become snappy or extremely obstinate. A 2008 University of Pennsylvania study of 6,000 dog owners who were...

a footnote, additional small notes, or an additional staff) ostinato Obstinate, persistent (i.e. a short musical pattern that is repeated throughout...

diminished congregations and scanty attendance. People have grown sullen and obstinate, and are becoming disgusted with the faith which condemns them to such...

his success (The New York Times described Bishop von Galen as "the most obstinate opponent of the National Socialist anti-Christian program"), Münster was...

over the winter of 1811–1812 was frustrated by torrential rains and an obstinate defence, marking an end to French operations against the city's outer...

aided the American revolutionaries. King George III is often accused of obstinately trying to keep Great Britain at war with the revolutionaries in America...

and can therefore be opened only from the inside, representing "the obstinately shut mind". The painting was considered by many to be the most important...

BCCI officials which were reprimanded by the Supreme Court for their "obstinate behaviour" in handling the recommendations. In November 2017, allegations...

patient, hardier and longer-lived than horses, and are perceived as less obstinate and more intelligent than donkeys.: 5  A female mule that has oestrus...