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Haversian
Pertaining to or discovered by Clopton Havers an English physician of the seventeenth century...
Huyghenian
Pertaining to or invented by Christian Huyghens a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century as the Huyghenian telescope...
Maurist
A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur an offshoot of the Benedictines originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature...
Q
the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet has but one sound that of k and is always followed by u the two letters together being sounded like kw except in some words in which the u is silent See Guide to Pronunciation sect 249 Q is not found in Anglo Saxon cw being used instead of qu as in cwic quick cwen queen The name kumacr is from the French ku which is from the Latin name of the same letter its form is from the Latin which derived it through a Greek alphabet from the Phoelignician the ultimate origin being Egyptian...
Quietist
One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos a Spanish priest living in Rome See Quietism...
Schneiderian
Discovered or described by C V Schneider a German anatomist of the seventeenth century...
Seventeenth
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Divine Right
Divine Right, the title whereby, particularly in the seventeenth century, English sovereigns claimed to reign. See NON-RESISTANCE....
Lloyd's
Lloyd's. in the second half of the seventeenth century a number of merchants, ship-owners, and insurance brokers were accustomed to meet in Lloyd's Coffee House in the City of London. From these meetings arose the present association of underwriters, which is famous throughout the world as a centre of marine insurance. Shipping intelligence of all kinds is collected by Lloyd's agents all over the world and forwarded to London. Signal stations have been established under the provisions of (English) Lloyd's Signal Station Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 29). Derelict ships have to be reported to Lloyd's (Derelict Vessels (Report) Act,1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 12)). 'Lloyd's List' thus forms a record of shipping news of great importance to the commercial community. Lloyd's Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. xxi.), incorporates and regulates Lloyd's. Besides marine insurance, almost any risk can be covered there, and by the Assurance Companies Act,1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 49), ss. 28 and 33, members of Lloyd'...
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