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prodigal

adjective careless, dissipated, dissipative, excessive, extravagant, heedless, immoderate, imprudent, intemperate, lavish, liberal, profligate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unbridled, uneconomical, unrestrained, unthrifty, wanton, wasteful

PRODIGAL, civil law, persons. Prodigals were persons who, though of full age, were incapable of managing their affairs, and of the obligations which attended them, in consequence of their bad conduct, and for whom a curator was therefore appointed.
2. In Pennsylvania, by act of assembly, an habitual drunkard is deprived of the management of his affairs, when he wastes his property, and his estate is placed in the bands of a committee.

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The Pharisees had also defined Jesus in their own judgmental and derogatory terms, calling him "a friend of sinners" because he addressed the concerns of those who were prodigals.

A metacognitive perspective on internal dialogues and rhetoric: derived from the prodigal son's parable

Military musical The Prodigals, which starred leading West End actor Simon Bowman, ran for two weeks from August 30 to September 14; while the RSC's Richard II opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in October before transferring to The Barbican in London.

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The Prodigals BELGRADE THEATRE, COVENTRY REVIEW It is an intensely moving story about war, drugs and the relationship between three men - a Colonel and his two sons.

Army moves are top notch

As the name suggests the musical is a modern version of the Biblical parable of the prodigal son in a military setting - Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons; REVIEWS

She would put out fat for all the various woodpeckers and the Prodigals would be Johnny-on-the-spot, taking opportunity of some of that.

The prodigals: he gives more grace when the burdens grow greater

A third aim, consistently returned to throughout the study, is to dislodge or at least to complicate the portrait of Gascoigne as a Reformed Prodigal.

Gillian Austen. George Gascoigne

Special expectations arise any time Miami City Ballet stages Prodigal Son.

MIAMI CITY BALLET

Richard Helgerson suggests that stories of prodigals embodied the ongoing conflict between the two Renaissance traditions of "civic humanism and courtly romance," in which "Humanism represented paternal expectation, and romance, rebellious desire" (41).

Prodigal sons and daughters: transgression and forgiveness in "The Merchant of Venice." (a play by William Shakespeare)

The Prodigals tells the story of a colonel's unconditional love for his two sons - Mike, an army captain battling to destroy opium poppy fields in Afghanistan; and Kyle, a self-destructive rock star fuelling his band's gigs with heroin.

Musical set to hit the right note; A retired colonel and a former royal military policeman have been working as consultants to the writers, director and cast of The Belgrade Theatre's explosive new musical, The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons, set in modern-day Afghanistan. CATHERINE VONLEDEBUR reports

Latin jazz percussionist Poncho Sanchez, jazz group Spyro Gyra, Celtic-rock band The Prodigals and country groups New West and Pinmonkey are the headline entertainers.

EARLY SHOW EMBLAZONS HILLSIDES WILDFLOWERS ALREADY SURROUNDING VALLEY

Directed by Joe Harmston said: "We are so pleased to be opening The Prodigals at the Belgrade.

Flash dance

The Prodigals BELGRADE THEATRE, COVENTRY FORMER X Factor contestant Sarah Watson, who has been cast in the new Belgrade musical The Prodigals, led a street dance workshop at a city secondary school.