Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia, Canada Acadie/Acadia A province sighted in 1497 by John Cabot (
c.1450–
c.1499), the Italian‐born explorer, who claimed it for England. It was the French who were the first to settle in the area in 1605 and they adopted the local Micmac name Acadie ‘Acadia’. Also claimed by England, in 1621 King James I
† awarded Acadia to Sir William Alexander (
c.1567–1640), Earl of Stirling, tutor to the king's son, Prince Henry (1594–1612), to found the colony of ‘Nova Scotia or New Scotland’. In 1611 Sir William had established an order of baronets to promote ‘plantation’ in the north of Ireland. This had been so successful that he proposed doing the same in North America; the king agreed, hence the grant. The area changed hands on a number of occasions until it was awarded to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and renamed officially Nova Scotia, the Latin for ‘New Scotland’. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick were detached from Nova Scotia in 1769 and 1784 respectively; and in 1867 Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick merged to form the new Dominion of Canada.
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Peculiar, Mo., officials put off decision on power plant.
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Peculiar game,peculiar half-time show
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/15/2004; ; 700+ words
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Music: A peculiar mix of original thoughts; Vinny makes music that goes pop.(Features)
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Peculiar choice for drug `czar'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/3/2001; ; 700+ words
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Muddy Run park hosts Peculiar services
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 5/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...said. Sizemore is director of Peculiar People Ministries, the group that runs...also will be guest speakers. Peculiar People Ministries was formed three years...for schools and church groups, Peculiar People Ministries takes its name after...
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COLUMN: A peculiar institution
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/8/2003; ; 700+ words
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peculiar people
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
peculiar people. Evangelical sect, also known as ‘Plumstead peculiars’ or ‘Banyardites’, founded...
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Peculiar People
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Peculiar People. A small Free Church denomination taking its title from the description in 1 Peter 2. 9. They were initially called the...
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Peculiar People, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Peculiar People, the, also ‘Plumstead Peculiars’. A small sect of faith-healers, founded in Rochford, near Southend, in 1838. In 1956 they took the name of the Union of Evangelical Churches.
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Primitive Accumulation
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Excerpt from "The War in its Effect Upon Women" (1916, by Helena Swanwick)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...to one or the other sex with peculiar poignancy, but it would be...world's development, the peculiar service of men, let them not...world's development, be the peculiar service of women. After the...going to be met by the whole people — men and women...
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