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Brewer's: Authentic Doctor
Gregory of Rimini. (Fourteenth century.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Auto da FeAut Cæsar aut nullus A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Pater Patrum
St. Gregory of Nyssa was so entitled by the Nicaean Council. (332-395.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paternoster RowPater Noster A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Monk Lewis
Matthew Gregory Lewis is so called from his novel entitled The Monk. (1773-1818.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Monk listening to a BirdMonk A B C D E…Brewer's: Propaganda
The name given to the “congregation” de propaganda fide, established at Rome by Gregory XV., in 1622, for propagating throughout the world the Roman Catholic religion. Any institution for…Brewer's: Julian Year
The year regulated by Julius Caesar, which continued to be observed till it was corrected by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Imogine
The lady who broke her vow and was carried off by the ghost of her former lover, in the ballad of Alonzo the Brave, by Matthew Gregory Lewis, generally called Monk Lewis. Alonzo the brave…Brewer's: Gregorian Calendar
One which shows the new and full moon, with the time of Easter and the movable feasts depending thereon. The reformed calendar of the Church of Rome, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. in…Brewer's: Gregorian Chant
So called because it was introduced into the church service by Gregory the Great (600). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gregorian EpochGregorian Calendar A…Brewer's: Gregorian Telescope
The first form of the reflecting telescope, invented by James Gregory, professor of mathematics in the university of St. Andrews. (1663.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…1992 Men's and Women's Olympic Fencing Medalists
Event Foil (Individual, Men) Philippe Omnes, FRA Sergey Golubitski, UT Elvis Gregory, CUB Foil (Team, Men) Germany Cuba Poland Épée (Individual) Eric…Trending
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