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51French presidential election, 2007 — Infobox Election election name = French presidential election, 2007 country = France type = presidential ongoing = no previous election = French presidential election, 2002 previous year = 2002 next election = French presidential election, 2012… …
52Upper nobility (Kingdom of Hungary) — NOTOC The upper nobility ( hu. főnemesség, la. barones) was the highest stratum of the temporal society in the Kingdom of Hungary until the 20th century. In the course of the 11 15th centuries, only people who held specific high offices in the… …
53convocation — convocational, adj. convocationally, adv. /kon veuh kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of convoking. 2. the state of being convoked. 3. a group of people gathered in answer to a summons; assembly. 4. Anglican Ch. either of the two provincial synods or… …
54convoke — convocative /keuhn vok euh tiv/, adj. convoker /keuhn voh keuhr/, convocant /kon veuh keuhnt/, n. /keuhn vohk /, v.t., convoked, convoking. to call together; summon to meet or assemble. [1590 1600; ( < MF convoquer) < L convocare, equiv. to con… …
55Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
56japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
57Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
58John XXIII — (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881 1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958 63. * * * orig. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli born Nov. 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy died June 3, 1963, Rome Pope (1958–63). He studied theology in Rome, was ordained a priest in …
59Saudi Arabia — a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. 20,087,965; ab. 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Cap.: Riyadh. Cf. Mecca. * * * Saudi Arabia Introduction Saudi Arabia Background: In 1902 Abd al Aziz Ibn SAUD… …
60Ailly, Pierre d' — born 1350, Compiègne, Fr. died Aug. 9, 1420, Avignon French theologian and cardinal. D Ailly worked to end the Western Schism. He advocated the doctrine of conciliarism (see Conciliar Movement), which maintained that supreme authority in the… …
