Della Crusca: alternatives and connections

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Acade…

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice,…

A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence fl…

A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when o…

The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the…

A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th cent…

The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commande…

A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th centu…

the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.

A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold…