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A town in the dep. of Jura, on the Doubs, and the Rhone and Rhine Canal, 28 m. SE. of Dijon, with iron-works, and a trade in wine, grain, etc.
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A gulf in Holland into which the Ems flows, 8 m. long by 7 broad, and formed by inundation of the North Sea.
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A Catholic theologian, born in Bamberg, Bavaria, professor of Church History in the University of Munich; head of the old Catholic party in Germany; was at first a zealous Ultramontanist, but changed his opinions and became quite as zealous in opposing, first, the temporal sovereignty, and then the infallibility of the Pope, to his excommunication from the Church; he was a polemic, and as such wrote extensively on theological and ecclesiastical topics; lived to a great age, and was much honored to the last (1799-1890).
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A rude structure of prehistoric date, consisting of upright unhewn stones supporting one or more heavy slabs; long regarded as altars of sacrifice, but now believed to be sepulchral monuments; found in great numbers in Bretagne especially.
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A limestone mountain range forming the S. of the Eastern Alps, in the Tyrol and N. Italy, famous for the remarkable and fantastic shapes they assume; named after Dolomieu, a French mineralogist, who studied the geology of them.
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(Doom-book), a code of laws compiled by King Alfred from two prior Saxon codes, to which he prefixed the Ten Commandments of Moses, and rules of life from the Christian code of ethics.
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A hall under the ocean where the evil spirits and magicians hold council under their chief and pay him homage.
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