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... term " Huguenot . " When so eminent an etymologist preserves such a silence , one is apt to ask the question , Is the origin of the word so hopelessly doubtful as this seems to imply ? To my mind , nothing can be more satisfactory than ...
... term " Huguenot . " When so eminent an etymologist preserves such a silence , one is apt to ask the question , Is the origin of the word so hopelessly doubtful as this seems to imply ? To my mind , nothing can be more satisfactory than ...
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... term for a bishop's or abbot's staff , answering to crocia , croce , crutch , meaning a staff . Baculus pastoralis is the technical term used in pontificals , & c . , and crozier the popular phrase , which is still traditionally used by ...
... term for a bishop's or abbot's staff , answering to crocia , croce , crutch , meaning a staff . Baculus pastoralis is the technical term used in pontificals , & c . , and crozier the popular phrase , which is still traditionally used by ...
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... term is so thoroughly local as not to be known beyond this neighbourhood , or that it has passed altogether from the knowledge of those who are likely to read " N. & Q. " In my last communication I am represented as saying that I was ...
... term is so thoroughly local as not to be known beyond this neighbourhood , or that it has passed altogether from the knowledge of those who are likely to read " N. & Q. " In my last communication I am represented as saying that I was ...
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