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Old 07-23-2011, 04:32 PM
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Re: Convictions
The word origin means guilty

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin convictiōn- (stem of convictiō ) proof (of guilt). See convict, -ion

The modern use of the word can be used to mean a belief
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