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  • 121pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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  • 122Church Property —     Property Ecclesiastical     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Property Ecclesiastical     Abstract Right of Ownership     That the Church has the right to acquire and possess temporal goods is a proposition which may now probably be considered an… …

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  • 123furniture — noun /ˈfəːnɪtʃə,ˈfəɹnɪtʃəɹ/ a) The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal. We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble, [...] and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing,… …

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  • 124Colony of Tasmania — This article is about the former British Colony known as Tasmania that existed from 1856 until 1901. For other uses of the name Tasmania , see Tasmania (disambiguation). Colony of Tasmania British colony …

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  • 125Bard — 1) Armour for a knight s horse, covering both breast and flanks; sometimes mail was used; also the decorative material, often velvet, covering the same parts of the animal s body. (By the 18c the term had been reduced to meaning a strip of bacon… …

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  • 126rǽde — 1. adj 1 prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse); mounted (on a horse); skilled, simple; 2. n ( es/ u) gerǽde trappings, armor, accoutrements, ornaments; 3. f ( an/ an) a reading, lesson; 4. ? ( ?/ ?) design, device? …

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  • 127Casiostega —   Gk cases, horse’s trappings; stegos, roof. The inflorescence is partly protected by a sheathing leaf, which enfolds it as does livery a horse …

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  • 128harness — 1. noun a horse s harness Syn: tack, tackle, equipment; trappings; yoke; archaic equipage 2. verb 1) he harnessed his horse Syn: hitch up, put in harness, yoke, couple 2) attempts to harness solar energy …

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