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81Royal House of Benares — The Royal House of Benares (or the House of Narayan), was the ruling family of Benares from 1770 to 1835 as Rajas of Benares, Maharajas of Benares from 1835 to 1910 and rulers of the princely state of Benares from 1910 until Indian independence… …
82Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …
83nemesis — /nem euh sis/, n., pl. nemeses / seez /. 1. something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis. 2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 3. (cap.) Class. Myth. the goddess of… …
84Valencia — /veuh len shee euh, sheuh, see euh/; Sp. /bah len syah/ or, for 2, 3, / thyah/, n. 1. Guillermo León /gee yerdd maw le awn /, 1909 71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962 66. 2. a province in E Spain: the region was formerly a… …
85Second Lateran Council — Second Lateran Council (1139) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Second Lateran Council (1139) The death of Pope Honorius II (February, 1130) was followed by a schism. Petrus Leonis (Pierleoni), under the name of Anacletus II, for a long time… …
86Curule seat — Two pairs of bronze legs, belonging to sellae curules, preserved in the museum at Naples (Museo Borbonico, vol. vi. tav. 28); and a sella curulis, copied from the Vatican collection.[1] …
87Council, Royal — All medieval English kings required expert advice and administrative assistance to effectively govern the kingdom. The great nobles of the realm considered themselves the monarch’s natural advisors, and the political conflict of the 1450s… …
88judge — Judges in England and Wales are appointed by the Judicial Appointments Commission, an independent nondepartmental public body set up under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act (2005). All candidates are to be judged on merit alone,… …
89Khama III — (c. 1838–1923) Monarch. Khama III became Chief of the Ngwato tribe of Southern Africa in 1875. He had been converted to Christianity in 1862 and, once Chief, he supported missions among his people and tried to rule his lands by Christian… …
90nemesis — (NEM eh sis) [Greek, from némein: to dispense justice] In classical myth, the goddess of retribution. A person who represents the destruction of a plan or project; something that cannot be overcome or conquered. It seems that 10 straight… …
