Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... kings . ' But both word and thing are delusions . The true word , Bycocket [ O. Fr. bicoquet , the peak of some kind of ... King of England and of France ) wore at Hedgley Moor two crowns upon his bycocket - but in no sense as part of it ...
... kings . ' But both word and thing are delusions . The true word , Bycocket [ O. Fr. bicoquet , the peak of some kind of ... King of England and of France ) wore at Hedgley Moor two crowns upon his bycocket - but in no sense as part of it ...
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... king , drew one - third of the revenues of their abbeys , as sinecurists . Abbot of Joy . [ Fr. Abbé de Liesse , L. Abbas Latitiæ . ] A master of revels , formerly , in some French towns . Abbot of Misrule . In Med . Hist . , the master ...
... king , drew one - third of the revenues of their abbeys , as sinecurists . Abbot of Joy . [ Fr. Abbé de Liesse , L. Abbas Latitiæ . ] A master of revels , formerly , in some French towns . Abbot of Misrule . In Med . Hist . , the master ...
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... King's College ; B. ès L. is the French Bachelier ès , i .. en les , Lettres ; F.R.S. , properly Frater- nitātis Regiæ Socius , has adapted itself to the Eng . translation , Fellow of the Royal Society ; similarly , F.G.S. , F. L.S. ...
... King's College ; B. ès L. is the French Bachelier ès , i .. en les , Lettres ; F.R.S. , properly Frater- nitātis Regiæ Socius , has adapted itself to the Eng . translation , Fellow of the Royal Society ; similarly , F.G.S. , F. L.S. ...
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... king or the public the granting of certain liberties might be . Ad rem . [ L. , to the thing . ] To the purpose , point . Adscititious , Ascititious . [ L. adscisco , sup . adscitum , I receive , adopt . ] Taken in so as to complete ...
... king or the public the granting of certain liberties might be . Ad rem . [ L. , to the thing . ] To the purpose , point . Adscititious , Ascititious . [ L. adscisco , sup . adscitum , I receive , adopt . ] Taken in so as to complete ...
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... King Athelstan fixed a tariff of fines . pro . , i.e. according to the rank of the wounded or slain ; and in Justinian's Institutes the punishment of an injuria was to be graduated according to the rank and the worthiness of the injured ...
... King Athelstan fixed a tariff of fines . pro . , i.e. according to the rank of the wounded or slain ; and in Justinian's Institutes the punishment of an injuria was to be graduated according to the rank and the worthiness of the injured ...
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