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Huguenot

A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

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Calvinist 76% connected

A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

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Genevan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.

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Aldine adjective · 78% connection

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

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by Englis…

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Brownist noun · 78% connection

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

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Calvinism noun · 78% connection

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

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Camisard noun · 78% connection

One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from…

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Canary bird unknown · 78% connection

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…

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Caravel noun · 78% connection

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

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Carrol noun · 78% connection

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…

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Convulsionist noun · 78% connection

One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under t…

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Cornet noun · 78% connection

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

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Corniferous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…

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Culverin noun · 78% connection

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

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Curate noun · 78% connection

a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

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Della Crusca unknown · 78% connection

A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the…

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Demilancer noun · 78% connection

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

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Divine right noun · 78% connection

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

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Divine right of kings noun · 78% connection

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

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El Dorado unknown · 78% connection

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…

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