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21noble — [nō′bəl] adj. nobler, noblest [OFr < L nobilis, lit., well known < base of (g)noscere, to KNOW] 1. having eminence, renown, fame, etc.; illustrious 2. having or showing high moral qualities or ideals, or greatness of character; lofty 3.… …
22baronet — baronetical, adj. /bar euh nit, bar euh net /, n. a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after: Sir John Smith …
23Saxony-Anhalt — Infobox German Bundesland Name = Saxony Anhalt German name = Sachsen Anhalt state coa = Wappen Sachsen Anhalt.svg flag2 = Flag of Saxony Anhalt (state).svg capital = Magdeburg largest city = Halle area = 20445.26 area source = population =… …
24Nian Gengyao — (simplified Chinese: 年羹尧; traditional Chinese: 年羹堯, Styled Lianggong 亮功; 1679 January 13, 1726) (Manchu: niyan geng yoo）was a Chinese military commander of the Qing Dynasty. He was born a member of the Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner and had… …
25caste — [[t]kæst, kɑst[/t]] n. 1) ear any of the hereditary social divisions of traditional Hindu society, as the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra 2) soc an endogamous social group limited to persons of the same hereditary rank, occupation,… …
26Shi Lang — (zh c|c=施琅; 1621 1696) was a Ming Qing admiral who had extensive experience in southeastern China. He was commander in chief of the Manchu fleets which destroyed the power of the Zheng family and conquered Taiwan in 1681. Shi Lang was born to a… …
27Prince Kuni Asahiko — nihongo|Prince Kuni Asahiko|久邇宮 朝彦親王|Kuni no miya Asahiko shinnō (27 February 1824 29 October 1891), was a member of a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family who played a key role in the Meiji Restoration. Prince Asahiko was an adopted… …
28Cultural variations in adoption — Adoption is an arrangement by which a child whose biological parents are unable to care for it is adopted and given the same legal and social status as though he/she were the biological child of the adoptive parents. For example, under a system… …
29Hesse — • The name of a German tribe, and also a district in Germany extending along the Lahn, Eder, Fulda, Werra, and the Lower Main and Rhine Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hesse Hesse …
30baroness — noun the wife or widow of a baron. ↘a woman holding the rank of baron either as a life peerage or as a hereditary rank …
