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111Monza — /mon zeuh/; It. /mawn tsah/, n. a city in N Italy, NNE of Milan. 121,155. * * * ▪ Italy Latin Modicia city, Lombardia ( Lombardy) regione, northern Italy. It lies along the Lambro River, just northeast of Milan. The ancient Modicia, it… …
112piacular — piacularly, adv. piacularness, n. /puy ak yeuh leuhr/, adj. 1. expiatory; atoning; reparatory. 2. requiring expiation; sinful or wicked. [1600 10; < L piacularis atoning, equiv. to piacul(um) a means of atoning (pia(re) to appease, deriv. of pius …
113purgatorial — /perr geuh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. 1. removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites. 2. of, pertaining to, or like purgatory. [1490 1500; PURGATORY + AL1] * * * …
114ritual — ritually, adv. /rich ooh euhl/, n. 1. an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite. 2. a system or collection of religious or other rites. 3. observance of set forms in public worship. 4. a book of rites or ceremonies. 5.… …
115Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
116stained glass — stained glass, adj. glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc. [1785 95] *… …
117Secular Games — (Latin; Ludi saeculares) Celebrations held in ancient Rome at the beginning of a new saeculum, or generation. Similar games were originally held by the Etruscans as offerings to the underworld gods. The Romans initially worshiped the underworld… …
118Thargelia — In Greek religion, a chief Athenian festival of Apollo, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Thargelion (April–May). It was named after the first fruits or the first bread from the new wheat. On the first day, one or two men acting as… …
119Gaudí, Antoni — ▪ Spanish architect Introduction Catalan in full Antoni Gaudí i Cornet , Spanish Antonio Gaudí y Cornet born June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain died June 10, 1926, Barcelona Catalan architect (Western architecture), whose distinctive style is… …
120Haruspices — ▪ Etruscan diviners ancient Etruscan diviners, “entrail observers” whose art consisted primarily in deducing the will of the gods from the appearance presented by the entrails of the sacrificial animal, especially the liver and gallbladder… …
