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121capitulary — /keuh pich euh ler ee/, adj., n., pl. capitularies. adj. 1. pertaining to a chapter, esp. to an ecclesiastical one. n. 2. a member of a chapter, esp. of an ecclesiastical one. 3. Often, capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.… …
122churchwarden — /cherrch wawr dn/, n. 1. Anglican Ch. a lay officer who looks after the secular affairs of the church, and who, in England, is the legal representative of the parish. 2. Episc. Ch. a lay church officer who, with other members of the vestry, is in …
123Clement V — (Bertrand de Got) 1264 1314, French ecclesiastic: pope 1305 14. * * * orig. Bertrand de Got born с 1260, Bordelais region, France died April 20, 1314, Roquemaure, Provence Pope (1305–14), the first to reside at Avignon, France. He became… …
124episcopacy — /i pis keuh peuh see/, n., pl. episcopacies. 1. government of the church by bishops; church government in which there are three distinct orders of ministers, namely bishops, priests or presbyters, and deacons. 2. episcopate. [1640 50;… …
125Maria Theresa — /meuh ree euh teuh ray seuh, zeuh/ 1717 80, archduchess of Austria; queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 80 (wife of Francis II; mother of Joseph II, Leopold II, Marie Antoinette). German, Maria Theresia /mah rddee ah te rdday zee ah/. * * * German… …
126Otto III — A.D. 980 1002, king of Germany 983 1002; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 996 1002 (son of Otto II). * * * born July 980 died Jan. 23, 1002, near Viterbo, Italy German king (983–1002) and emperor (996–1002). He was elected German king at age 3,… …
127Nāsir al-Dīn Shah — or Nāser od Dīn Shah born (b. July 17, 1831, Tehrān, Iran died May 1, 1896, Tehrān Qājār dynasty shah of Iran (1848–96) who began his reign as a reformer but became increasingly conservative. Domestically, he curbed the power of the clergy in… …
128Páez, José Antonio — ▪ Venezuelan general born June 13, 1790, Curpa, near Acarigua, New Granada [now in Venezuela] died May 6, 1873, New York, N.Y., U.S. Venezuelan soldier and politician, a leader in the country s independence movement and its first president. In… …
