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Hus

or Huss (hŭs, ho͝os), Jan or John 1372?-1415.

Czech religious reformer who was excommunicated (1410) for attacking the corruption of the clergy. His De Ecclesia questioned the authority and infallibility of the Catholic Church.

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Hus

(Czech hʊs)

(Biography) Jan (jan). the Czech name of John Huss. See Huss

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Hus

(hʊs, hʌs)

n.

Jan (yɑn) 1369?–1415, Czech religious reformer and martyr.

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Hus - Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)

Huss, Jan Hus, John Huss

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We looked for'ard, we looked tull hus room, aye looked tull the engine-room, an' we looked along aft on the lower deck, and there he was, on both sides the cover to the steam-pipe runnun' tull the after-wunches."

The boss humself hod signed ut, an' ot the bottom he wrut un hus own bond: 'The Arrata beat you by four an' a half days.

An' when your father says no, then Jummy says, 'An' how wull he be knowun a' tull find hus way?' An' with thot your father says: 'Verry sumple ut uz, Jummy.

"'I dudna see no lighter,' says I, and wuth thot I steps on hus fut guid an' hard.

"He was the owner of the lighter, an' when he hod told hus story, I says, 'I dudna see ony lighter.'

I wull see the father an' hove the money ready tull hus hond, so uf I'm ot sea he can buy whenever the land offers."

"I wull see the father," he said, "an' hov the money ready tull hus hond so uf I'm ot sea when the land offers he wull no muss the chance tull buy.

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That's the way wages go down and death rates goes up, worse luck for the likes of hus, as has to sell ourselves like pigs in the market."

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A TRNSMT spokeswoman for said: "Unfortunately, J Hus is no longer able to perform at TRNSMT this weekend.

Rapper quits TRNSMT over knife charge

Fudge's collection of essays on Jan Hus is neither a biographical nor a conventional historical study.

Jan Hus Between Time and Eternity: Reconsidering a Medieval Heretic

Innofactor Oyj (HEL:IFA1V), a Nordic provider of digitalisation and cloud solutions, announced on Tuesday that under a tendering process governed by a framework agreement, the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) has selected Innofactor as the provider of architecture work related to cloud services.

Innofactor selected by HUS for implementation of cloud service architecture

In late 2014, Hus emerged on Sound-Cloud, but when he realized that the response to what he shared there was limited to kids in his area, he moved on to freestyle videos.