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  • 111Civilities — Civility Ci*vil i*ty, n.; pl. {Civilities}. [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilit[ e]. See {Civil}.] 1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 112Civility — Ci*vil i*ty, n.; pl. {Civilities}. [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilit[ e]. See {Civil}.] 1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Monarchies have… …

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  • 113Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville — Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC (11 May 1815 ndash; 31 March 1891), was a British Liberal statesman.FamilyThe eldest son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773 1846), by his marriage with Lady Harriet… …

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  • 114Interesting Times — infobox Discworld|id=17th novel ndash; 5th Rincewind story characters=Rincewind Twoflower The Luggage Cohen the Barbarian locations=Agatean Empire motifs=Imperial China, Communism year=1994 publisher=Victor Gollancz ISBNH=ISBN 0 575 05800 5 ISBNP …

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  • 115Lorelai Gilmore — Infobox soap character name = Lorelai Gilmore series = Gilmore Girls portrayer = Lauren Graham Chelsea Brummet (Young Lorelai) first = 5 October, 2000 last = 15 May, 2007 cause = Series finale creator = Amy Sherman Palladino caption1 = Lauren… …

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  • 116Vers de société — a term for social or familiar poetry, which was originally borrowed from the French, and has now come to rank as an English expression. [Fennell, The Stamford Dictionary of Anglicised Words ] HistoryIn FranceThe use of the phrase as an English o …

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  • 117Grisette (French) — The word grisette (sometimes spelled grizette) has referred to a French working class woman from the late 17th century and remained in common use though the Belle Epoque era, albeit with some modifications to its meaning. It derives from gris ,… …

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  • 118Vroedschap — The vroedschap was the name for the city council in the early modern Netherlands; the member of such a council was called a vroedman , literally a wise man . A honorific title of the vroedschap was the vroede vaderen , the wise fathers Most early …

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  • 119Il Parmigiano —     Il Parmigiano     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Il Parmigiano     (THE PARMESAN)     The current name of FRANCESCO MAZZUOLA, MAZZOLA, MAZZUOLI, or MAZZOLI, Italian painter, born at Parma, 1504; died at Casal Maggiore, 1540. He was the son of… …

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  • 120civil — adj 1 *civic, civilian 2 Civil, polite, courteous, courtly, gallant, chivalrous are comparable as applied to persons or their words and acts when in intercourse with others with the meaning observant of the forms required by good breeding. Civil… …

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