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Liverpool cathedrals
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Giralda
Giralda , the famous tower adjoining the Cathedral of Seville, Spain. It was built (1163-84) to serve as minaret to the main mosque of Seville, on the site of which the cathedral now stands. In 1568 it was converted into a bell tower by the addition of an ornate Renaissance superstructure on the... Read more |
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Church buildings
churches. See abbeys; cathedrals; parish churches.... Read more |
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Loughborough
Loughborough , town (1991 pop. 44,895), Leicestershire, central England, on the Soar River. It is a market town with engineering works. Manufactures include hosiery, shoes, pharmaceuticals, boilers, and pottery. Bell foundries were built in 1840; the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral in London was... Read more |
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Sergiyev Posad
Sergiyev Posad , formerly Zagorsk , city (1989 pop. 115,000), central European Russia. It is a rail terminus and a handicraft center known for wood carvings and toys. Manufactures include farm machinery, lacquers and paints, textiles, and furniture. The city developed from a settlement around the... Read more |
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Belluno
Belluno , city (1991 pop. 35,572), capital of Belluno prov., Venetia, NE Italy, on the Piave River at the foot of the Dolomites. It is an agricultural and manufacturing center. A Roman town, it later belonged to various lords and was a free commune before voluntarily submitting to Venetian rule... Read more |
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sexton
sexton a person who looks after a church and churchyard, typically acting as bell-ringer and gravedigger; in early use, often the sacristan in a religious house or cathedral, having charge of the vestments, sacred vessels, and relics. The word comes via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin... Read more |
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Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff , 1887-1969, Anglo-American actor, b. Dulwich, England; his original name was William Henry Pratt. A distinguished character actor with a superb speaking voice, Karloff was famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror films, notably Frankenstein (1931). His other movies include ... Read more |
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Lincoln
Lincoln city (1991 pop. 79,980) and district, Lincolnshire, E England, in the Parts of Kesteven, on the Witham River. Located at the junction of the Roman Fosse Way and Ermine Street, the city is a center of road and rail transportation. Manufactures include heavy machinery, light-metal products,... Read more |
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clock
clock instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial , the hourglass , and the clepsydra . See also watch . The Evolution of Mechanical Clocks The operation of a clock depends on a stable mechanical oscillator, such as a swinging pendulum or a mass... Read more |
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