a family of Italian extraction

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• extraction — [[t]ɪkstræ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: with supp If you say, for example, that someone is of French extraction, you mean that they or their family originally came from France. [FORMAL] Her real father was of Italian extraction... He married a young… …   English dictionary

• extraction — ex|trac|tion [ıkˈstrækʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the process of removing or obtaining something from something else extraction of ▪ the extraction of salt from seawater ▪ the extraction of information from appropriate reference sources mineral/oil etc… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• extraction — noun 1 (C, U) the process of removing an object or substance from inside something else (+ of): the extraction of uranium from uranium ore 2 be of French/Russian/Italian etc extraction to be from a French, Russian etc family even though you were… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Chigi-Albani family — See the Albani article for other uses of that name Chigi Albani is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts of Ardenghesca, which possessed castles in the Maremma, southern Tuscany. The earliest authentic mention of …   Wikipedia

• Pierleoni family — The family of the Pierleoni, meaning sons of Peter Leo , was a great Roman patrician clan of the Middle Ages, headquartered in a tower house in the Jewish quarter, Trastevere. The heads of the family often bore the title consul Romanorum , or… …   Wikipedia

• Morosini family — Risen Christ with St. Andrew and members of the Morosini family (Vincenzo, his sons Andrea and Barbon, and wife Cecilia Pisani) by Tintoretto (1518 1594), on display in the Morosini family chapel in San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice …   Wikipedia

• ex·trac·tion — /ıkˈstrækʃən/ noun, pl tions 1 : the act or process of getting something by pulling it out, forcing it out, etc. : the act of extracting something [count] tooth extractions and other dental procedures [noncount] the extraction of teeth by… …   Useful english dictionary

• Jean Jouvenet —     Jean Jouvenet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Jouvenet     Surnamed THE GREAT.     French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717. In his family, of Italian extraction, the painting instinct was hereditary. Noel Jouvenet,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of Sephardic Jews — The following is a list of Sephardic Jews. See also List of Iberian Jews.A list of Jews of Sephardic ancestry:: This is an , which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome. A * Abravanel …   Wikipedia

• Oriundo — Oriundi redirects here. For the 1999 film starring Anthony Quinn, see Oriundi (film). The term oriundo is an Italian and Spanish noun describing an immigrant of native ancestry. It comes from the Latin verb oriri (orior), be born , and is related …   Wikipedia

• PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in …   Encyclopedia of Judaism