patrician+class
51Vendramin — The Vendramin were a rich merchant family of Venice, Italy, who were among the case nuove or new houses who joined the patrician class when the Libro d Oro was opened after the battle of Chioggia (June 1380). Though in 1477 Antonio Feleto was… …
52flamen — /flay meuhn, men/, n., pl. flamens, flamines /flam euh neez /. (in ancient Rome) a priest. [1300 50; < L flamen (perh. earlier *fladmen; akin to OE blotan to sacrifice); r. ME flamin < L flamin (s. of flamen)] * * * One of 15 priests in ancient… …
53patriciate — /peuh trish ee it, ayt /, n. 1. the patrician class. 2. patrician rank. [1650 60; < ML patriciatus equiv. to L patrici(us) (see PATRICIAN) + atus ATE1] * * * …
54Claudius Caecus, Appius — flourished 3rd century BC Roman statesman and legal reformer. Elected censor, Appius extended the rights of the sons of freedmen and the landless. He completed the Aqua Appia, Rome s first aqueduct, and started construction of the Appian Way. He… …
55Johann Gutenberg — Johann Gutenberg † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johann Gutenberg (Henne Gänsfleisch zur Laden, commonly called Gutenberg). Inventor of printing; born about 1400; died 1467 or 1468 at Mainz. Gutenberg was the son of Friele (Friedrich)… …
56Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (consul 503 BC) — Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, sometimes called Menenius Agrippa was a consul of the Roman Republic in 503 BC, with Publius Postumius Tubertus. He conquered the Sabines and was awarded a triumph.[1][2] According to Livy, writing five hundred years… …
57patriciate — pa•tri•ci•ate [[t]pəˈtrɪʃ i ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] n. 1) anh why the patrician class 2) why anh patrician rank • Etymology: 1650–60; < ML patriciātus < L patrici(us) patrician …
58Principalía — This privileged upper class was exempted from forced labor during the colonial regime. It was the town’s aristocracy, which could be roughly comparable to the Patrician class of Ancient Rome or of the Italian city states and towns, and other… …
59ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
60GERMANY — GERMANY, country in north central Europe. The Talmud and the Midrash use Germania (or Germamia ) as a designation for northern European countries, and also refer to the military prowess of these peoples and to the threat they posed to the Roman… …
