a gentile name

  • 1GENTILE — GENTILE, non Jew. It was only during the later Second Temple period that a sharp distinction and a barrier of separation was erected between the Jew and the gentile. The prohibition of marriage, which in the Bible was limited to the seven… …

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  • 2Gentile (surname) — Gentile is an Italian surname and given name. As an Italian surname or given name, it may refer to:urname* Anthony J. Gentile * Claudio Gentile * Dominic Salvatore Gentile (1920 1951), US American Air Force officer * Edera Gentile * Emilio… …

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  • 3Gentile da Fabriano — • Italian painter; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. probably 1427 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gentile Da Fabriano     Gentile da Fabriano …

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  • 4Gentile da Fabriano — (c. 1370 ndash; c. 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style. Gentile was born in or near Fabriano, in the Marche. His mother died some time before 1380 and his father, Niccolò di Giovanni Massi,… …

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  • 5Gentile — Gen tile (j[e^]n t[imac]l), n. [L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to {Roman}, a foreigner; in opposition to {Jew} or {Christian}, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, a.] 1. One neither a Jew …

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  • 6Gentilé — Le gentilé, ou l’ethnonyme, est le nom des habitants d’un lieu, d’une région, d’une province, d’un pays, d’un continent, ou une identité nationale ou ethnique, etc. Est un gentilé un terme désignant les habitants par référence au lieu où ils… …

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  • 7Gentile da Fabriano — orig. Gentile di Niccolò di Massio born с 1370, Fabriano, Papal States died 1427, Rome Italian painter. He was probably trained in the Lombardy region. In 1409 he was commissioned to decorate the Doges Palace in Venice with historical frescoes,… …

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  • 8Gentile — This name derives from the Medieval English or Old French gentil meaning courteous or well born and was originally given as a nickname to one noble in conduct. The surname is first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century, (see below). In… …

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  • 9name — namer, n. /naym/, n., v., named, naming, adj. n. 1. a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. 2. mere designation, as distinguished from fact:… …

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  • 10Name — Namen sind, nach der aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Forschung, ein verbaler Zugriffsindex auf eine Informationsmenge über ein Individuum.[1] Sie sind somit einer Person, einem Gegenstand, einer organisatorischen Einheit (z. B. einem Betrieb) oder… …

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