Quinquagesima
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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Quinquagesima †period beginning on the Sunday immediately preceding Lent and ending on Easter Eve XIV; (
Q. Sunday) the Sunday itself. XVII. — medL., sb. use of fem. of L.
quinquāgēsimus fiftieth, f.
quinquāgintā fifty; cf.
QUADRAGESIMA.
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Ludlow Seven have bans reduced on appeal.(Sports)
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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TAKING CENTRE STAGE; Christopher on the star trail at Butlins.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 11/9/2006; 700+ words
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 "Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)")
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Hood impresses for North.
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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LOCAL RESULTS.(Stars)
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; ...Karen English; B2, Norman Radway, Richard Lyons; C2, Carolyn Leonard, Bobbie...Nymander; 2) Dorothy Putnam, Mary Nicolls; Monday evening, 1) Dee Harnett...Carolin; Wednesday evening, 1) Richard Arthur, Rogena Maloff; 2) Fred...
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George Meredith's early verse: a new manuscript in his first wife's hand.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Victorian Poetry; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
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Richard Nicolls
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Nicolls, Richard
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Nicolls, Richard (1624–72) first English governor of the province...Netherland, he gave it to his brother, the duke of York, who sent Nicolls to be its governor. Nicolls gradually introduced English laws and institutions. His administration...
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Nicolls' Commission
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
NICOLLS' COMMISSION NICOLLS' COMMISSION. In 1664 King Charles II of England determined to...three hundred soldiers. At the head of this expedition was Colonel Richard Nicolls. In anticipation of success the king also named Nicolls head of...
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Elizabethtown Associates
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...On 30 September 1664, Governor Richard Nicolls consented to a petition from six...October, confirmed by patent from Nicolls on 1 December of that year, the...invoking their Indian titles and the Nicolls's patent. On 8 February 1740...
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Book article from: American Eras
...exercises and plays” on Sunday. 1665 Gov. Richard Nicolls of New York establishes the first organized horse race on Hempstead Plain, Long Island. 1668 Gov. Richard Nicolls awards the winners of the horse races at Hempstead...
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