Illustrious personage

  • 1Personage — Per son*age (p[ e]r s[u^]n*[als]j: 48), n. [F. personnage.] 1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. In personage stately. Hayward. [1913 Webster] The damsel well… …

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  • 2personage — n. 1. Individual, person. 2. Person of rank, great person, illustrious person. 3. Exterior appearance, stature, air. 4. Character assumed, disguise. 5. Character represented, impersonation …

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  • 3Sophie Germain — This article is about the mathematician Marie Sophie Germain. See also Sophie Germain primes. Infobox Person name = Marie Sophie Germain caption = Marie Sophie Germain birth date = birth date|1776|4|1| birth place = Paris, France death date =… …

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  • 4Moses — • Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century, B. C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moses     Moses    …

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  • 5Caesarea Palaestinae —     Caesarea Palaestinae     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Caesarea Palaestinae     (Caesarea Maritima.) A titular see of Palestine. In Greek antiquity the city was called Pyrgos Stratonos (Straton s Tower), after a Greek adventurer or a Sidonian… …

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  • 6hero — n. 1. Brave man. 2. Principal character. 3. Illustrious personage, great man. 4. (Mythol.) Demigod, man of superhuman achievements …

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  • 7Ecclesiastical Addresses — • Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Addresses     Ecclesiastical Addresses …

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  • 8Style (manner of address) — A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or title, or to the political office itself. An honorific can also be awarded to an individual in a personal capacity. Such… …

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  • 9Hero — He ro, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h[ e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.] 1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules. [1913 Webster] 2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger …

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  • 10Hero worship — Hero He ro, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h[ e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.] 1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules. [1913 Webster] 2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in… …

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