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Constantine II, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia)Constantine II, 1940–2023, king of the Hellenes; also known as Constantine XIII. He was appointed regent in 1964 and succeeded to the throne the same ...Cajetan, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...spinning
(Encyclopedia)spinning, the drawing out, twisting, and winding of fibers into a continuous thread or yarn. From antiquity until the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a household industry. The roughly carded fiber...watercolor painting
(Encyclopedia)watercolor painting, in its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process; it includes fresco and tempera as well as aqua...Paulus Diaconus
(Encyclopedia)Paulus Diaconus: see Paul the Deacon. ...Aegineta, Paulus
(Encyclopedia)Aegineta, Paulus: see Paul of Aegina. ...Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Paul Émile
(Encyclopedia)Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Paul Émile: see Boisbaudran. ...Chaillu, Paul Belloni du
(Encyclopedia)Chaillu, Paul Belloni du: see Du Chaillu. ...Passionists
(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...Bowles, Jane Auer
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