The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... chief town of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland , is situated at the foot of the Jura mountains , on the right bank of the river Aar , 41 miles N.E. of Bern . It is well built , and contains a town - hall , barracks , several small ...
... chief town of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland , is situated at the foot of the Jura mountains , on the right bank of the river Aar , 41 miles N.E. of Bern . It is well built , and contains a town - hall , barracks , several small ...
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... chief monastery , under the presidency of an Archimandrite ( " the chief of the fold , " from μávdpa , a fold ) , and at the last meeting gave in reports of their administration for the year . The coenobia of Syria belonged to the ...
... chief monastery , under the presidency of an Archimandrite ( " the chief of the fold , " from μávdpa , a fold ) , and at the last meeting gave in reports of their administration for the year . The coenobia of Syria belonged to the ...
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... chief feature . It consists of a vast nave of eleven bays , entered by a narthex , with a transept and short apsidal choir . ( It may be remarked that the eastern limb in all unaltered Cistercian churches is remarkably short , and ...
... chief feature . It consists of a vast nave of eleven bays , entered by a narthex , with a transept and short apsidal choir . ( It may be remarked that the eastern limb in all unaltered Cistercian churches is remarkably short , and ...
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... chief or archimandrites exercising jurisdiction over a large number of communities , each of which had its own abbot . Thus , Cassian speaks of an abbot in the Thebaid who had 500 monks under him , a number exceeded in other cases . In ...
... chief or archimandrites exercising jurisdiction over a large number of communities , each of which had its own abbot . Thus , Cassian speaks of an abbot in the Thebaid who had 500 monks under him , a number exceeded in other cases . In ...
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... chief chaplain of the king , Abbas Curiæ , or military chaplain of the em- peror , Abbas Castrensis . It even came to be adopted by purely secular officials . Thus the chief magistrate of the republic at Genoa was called Abbas Populi ...
... chief chaplain of the king , Abbas Curiæ , or military chaplain of the em- peror , Abbas Castrensis . It even came to be adopted by purely secular officials . Thus the chief magistrate of the republic at Genoa was called Abbas Populi ...
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