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  • 1guild — early 13c., yilde (spelling later influenced by O.N. gildi guild, brotherhood ), a semantic fusion of O.E. gegyld guild and gild, gyld payment, tribute, compensation, from P.Gmc. *gelth pay (Cf. O.Fris. geld money, O.S. geld payment, sacrifice,… …

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  • 2Guild — For other uses, see Guild (disambiguation). One of the legacies of the guilds, the elevated Windsor Guildhall was originally a meeting place for guilds, as well as magistrates seat and town hall. A guild (German: Gilde) is an association of… …

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  • 3Guild —    An association of merchants or craftsmen in a medieval or Renaissance city, intended to regulate relations among those who practiced the same occupation and to safeguard the common interests of its members and also (in theory) the general… …

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  • 4Guild — A trade association where craftsmen of the same trade ban together and establish rules of conduct, quality, education and standards. They also maintain and control pricing of crafted items. A guild will often have a set schedule for apprentices… …

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  • 5Saint Anne's Guild — was one of the medieval religious guilds or associations of the City of Dublin, Ireland. It is most noteworthy for the considerable documentary evidence extant and for having survived as a Catholic lay association until the eighteenth century,… …

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  • 6Aston Students Guild — Aston Students Guild, also known as ASG, or just the Guild to students, is the Students Union of Aston University. It is located in the city of Birmingham, UK, in the city centre on the Aston University campus. It is mainly funded by the… …

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  • 7University of Birmingham Guild of Students — The University of Birmingham Guild of Students (informally Birmingham University Guild of Students; BUGS) is the officially recognised body which represents over 30,000 students at the University of Birmingham. The Guild functions as a Student… …

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  • 8Church of Scotland Guild — Logo of the Woman s Guild The Church of Scotland Guild or simply The Guild (formerly known as the Woman s Guild), is a movement within the Church of Scotland. Historically it was, and often in practice it is, an exclusively woman s movement. It… …

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  • 9ROMANIA — ROMANIA, country in East Central and South East Europe, in the Carpatho Danubian region, north of the Balkan Peninsula, partly on the littoral of the Black Sea. The territory comprising Romania was known as Dacia in antiquity; Jewish tombstones,… …

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  • 10Schools — • History and development of education as related to the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schools     Schools     † …

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