The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 1Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby, Daniel Coit Gilman Dodd, Mead, 1909 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... King Robert upon a diplomatic mission to Pope Gregory V. , and was killed at the priory of La Réole , Gascony , in an uprising against his reforms in monastic discipline . He wrote an Epitome de Vitis Romanorum Pontificum , Desinens in ...
... King Robert upon a diplomatic mission to Pope Gregory V. , and was killed at the priory of La Réole , Gascony , in an uprising against his reforms in monastic discipline . He wrote an Epitome de Vitis Romanorum Pontificum , Desinens in ...
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... King of the Jews . Inst . ( instante - mense understood ) , In the current ( month ) . I.O.O.F. , Independent Order ... King's Counsel . K.C.B. , Knight Commander of the Bath . K.C.M.G. , Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George ...
... King of the Jews . Inst . ( instante - mense understood ) , In the current ( month ) . I.O.O.F. , Independent Order ... King's Counsel . K.C.B. , Knight Commander of the Bath . K.C.M.G. , Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George ...
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... King or queen . Also , R. = Réaumur . R. or R ( recipe ) , Take . R.A. , Royal Academician ; Royal Artillery ; Royal ... King's Bench ( curia regis , q.v. ) in the Norman It is one of the earliest collections of judicial precedents in ...
... King or queen . Also , R. = Réaumur . R. or R ( recipe ) , Take . R.A. , Royal Academician ; Royal Artillery ; Royal ... King's Bench ( curia regis , q.v. ) in the Norman It is one of the earliest collections of judicial precedents in ...
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... King of Spain , felt himself obliged to give up his crown on February 11 , 1873. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria was compelled in 1886 to relinquish his principality , and three years later King Milan I. of Servia , worried by domes- tic ...
... King of Spain , felt himself obliged to give up his crown on February 11 , 1873. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria was compelled in 1886 to relinquish his principality , and three years later King Milan I. of Servia , worried by domes- tic ...
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... king , by his prerogative , may grant the title to any one of the daughters . Until the king exercises his prerogative , the title , which is thus suspended , is said to be in abeyance . See the authorities referred to under the article ...
... king , by his prerogative , may grant the title to any one of the daughters . Until the king exercises his prerogative , the title , which is thus suspended , is said to be in abeyance . See the authorities referred to under the article ...
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