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  • A monarch is a head of state for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority...
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    Mourning is the expression of an experience that is the consequence of an event in life involving loss, causing grief, occurring as a result of someone's...
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  • A marriage license (or marriage licence in Commonwealth spelling) is a document issued, either by a religious organization or state authority, authorizing...
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    Earl of Craven, in the County of York, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
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  • The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured England in the 1985 season and played seven first-class matches, mostly against county teams. The Zimbabweans...
    790 bytes (39 words) - 01:44, 25 April 2022
  • Year 1429 (MCDXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. February 12 – Battle of Rouvray...
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    Lika-Krbava County (Croatian: Ličko-krbavska županija; Serbian: Личко-крбавска жупанија; Hungarian: Lika-Korbava vármegye) was a historic administrative...
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    A sāqiyah or saqiya (Arabic: ساقية), also spelled sakia or saqia) is a mechanical water lifting device. It is also called a Persian wheel, tablia, rehat...
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  • The Gildonic War (Latin: Bellum Gildonicum) was a rebellion in the year 398 led by Comes Gildo against Roman emperor Honorius. The revolt was subdued by...
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  • Best Model of Turkey is a female or male beauty competition. From 1988 to 1993, only Turkey's best female model was chosen in the competition. Since 1993...
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  • Francis Sempill (c. 1616 – March 1682) was a Scottish poet, the son of Robert Sempill the younger. No details of his education are known. His fidelity...
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  • Gabriel Girard (1677 in Montferrand – 4 February 1748, in Montferrand) was a French churchman and grammarian, notable as the author of the first work on...
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  • Kadmiel: before God; i.e., his servant, one of the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel from the Babylonian captivity (Nehemiah 9:4, 10:9, 12:8).  This...
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    The heart scarab is an oval scarab artifact dating from ancient Egypt. Mostly an amulet, it was also used as jewelry, a memorializing artifact, or a grave...
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    Otto von Kerpen (died 1208) was the second Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. Otto came from the Lords of Kerpen, a noble Rhenish ministerial family...
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  • A commentary of a philosophical text is an analysis of a philosophical text that is undertaken from different angles and points of view, and that enables...
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  • Hyrst (or Hirst) Priory was a priory just south of the town of Crowle in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England. It was dedicated to St. Mary. The...
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  • Donnington Friary was a friary of crouched friars at Donnington in the English county of Berkshire. At the time of suppression the establishment was recorded...
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  • In Greek mythology, Lipara (Ancient Greek: Λιπάρα means "oily, shiny with oil") was one of the Hesperides and sister to Asterope, Chrysothemis, Hygieia...
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  • The Ir nidachat (Hebrew: עיר נידחת; the "city led astray") is a biblical command on idolatry in Deuteronomy 13:13-19. If the inhabitants of an Israelite...
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