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  • 91crowned head — noun a nation s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right • Syn: ↑sovereign, ↑monarch • Derivationally related forms: ↑monarchal (for: ↑monarch), ↑monarchic (for: ↑ …

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  • 92monarch — n. 1 a sovereign with the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent. 2 a supreme ruler. 3 a powerful or pre eminent person. 4 a large orange and black butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Derivatives: monarchal adj. monarchic adj.… …

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  • 93royalism — noun adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government • Derivationally related forms: ↑royalist • Hypernyms: ↑attachment, ↑adherence, ↑adhesion …

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  • 94CHRONICLES, BOOK OF — CHRONICLES, BOOK OF, one of the books of the Hagiographa section of the Bible. In the printed Jewish editions of the Bible, it appears last. In Christian Bibles Chronicles follows II Kings and precedes Ezra. book of chronicles contents Book of… …

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  • 95SAUL — (Heb. שָׁאוּל; asked, requested, lent (by the Lord) ), the first king of Israel (c. 1029–1005 B.C.E.); son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin (I Sam. 9:1, 21). Saul s home was in Gibeah (ibid. 10:26), i.e., Gibeath Benjamin, also known as Gibeath …

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