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NAME THAT ENCYCLICAL Clue No. 2!

October is Theological Libraries Month! In celebration we are having a Trivia Contest called:
“Name That Encyclical”
Today’s Clue:
Boycott
From: Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Withdraw from commercial or social relations with someone as a punishment or protest. Refuse to buy or handle goods for this reason. ORIGIN: from the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott, an Irish land agent so treated in 1880 in an attempt to get rents reduced.
Send your best guess to Jan Malcheski, Ireland Library.
j9malcheski@sttthomas.edu
Yesterdays’s clue
This 19th century Papal encyclical was famous for warning off Catholics from a new form of economic protest, which had arisen in response to tenant evictions.
No Idea?
Look for another clue tomorrow!

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