clerical mistakes
11Kittman — Also recorded as Kitman, Kittman, Kittiman and Kitteman, this unusual job descriptive name is a variant form of the Old English pre 10th Century cycene which translates as one employed in charge of a monastery kitchen. To this was added at choice …
12nunc pro tunc — /nank prow tank/ Now for then. A phrase applied to acts allowed to be done after the time when they should be done, with a retroactive effect, i.e., with the same effect as if regularly done. Nunc pro tune entry is an entry made now of something… …
13Mistake (contract law) — In contract law, a mistake is an erroneous belief, at contracting, that certain facts are true. It can be argued as a defence, and if raised successfully can lead to the agreement in question being found void ab initio or voidable, or… …
14Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
15Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
16France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
17Opus Dei — For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation). Opus Dei Seal of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei Formation October 2, 1928 (1928 10 02) …
18List of incidents famously considered great blunders — A blunder is a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake a bad decision with a disastrous result. This is a list of what are widely considered to be major, historically significant blunders.To be included in this list an incident must meet two… …
19Crusades — a series of military expeditions between the 11th and 14th centuries, in which armies from the Christian countries of Europe tried to get back the Holy Land (= what is now Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt) from the Muslims. The soldiers who… …
20Thomas Cranmer — Cranmer redirects here. For other people with the surname, see Cranmer (surname). Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Portrait by Gerlach Flicke, 1545[ …
