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• patronage, political — n. The (generally improper) use of a political office to provide friends and relatives with government jobs or protection. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1711 — The Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1711 or Patronage Act is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (10 Ann. C A P. XII). The long title of the act is An Act to restore the Patrons to their ancient Rights of presenting Ministers to the… …   Wikipedia

• Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts — made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. Catherine was inspired by the example of her father in law, King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–1547), who had hosted the leading artists of Europe at his court. As a young woman, she… …   Wikipedia

• japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

• Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd Baronet — Infobox Military Person name= Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley lived= 26 December, 1804 ndash; 13 February, 1884 placeofbirth= placeofdeath= Moorhill, Southampton, Hampshire nickname= allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears= 1817… …   Wikipedia

• Heilbronn League — The Heilbronn League was an alliance between Sweden, France, and the Protestant princes of Western Germany against the Catholic League during the Thirty Years War. The treaty forming the League was signed at Heilbronn in Germany on April 23, 1633 …   Wikipedia

• Duchesse d'Aiguillon — Marie Madeleine de Vignerot du Pont de Courlay, Duchesse d Aiguillon (1604 – 17 April 1675) was the daughter of Cardinal Richelieu s sister, Françoise du Plessis and her husband René Vignerot. In 1620 she married a nephew of the constable de… …   Wikipedia

• Hagerstown and Frederick Railway — Infobox SG rail railroad name = Hagerstown Frederick Railway logo filename = logo size = system map size = map caption = old gauge = marks = locale = Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland start year = 1896 end year = 1961 hq city = Frederick,… …   Wikipedia

• Parr, Katherine — (c. 1513 1548)    sixth wife of Henry VIII and Protestant convert    Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, played an important role in the development of Protestantism in England. Katherine s mother was a lady in waiting to Catherine of… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium