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• States of the Church — • Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754 1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. States of the Church     States of the Church …   Catholic encyclopedia

• founding father — founding fathers 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it. [LITERARY] Syn: founder 2) N PROPER PLURAL The Founding Fathers of the United States were… …   English dictionary

• Founding Fathers — Founding Fa|thers, the the group of men including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin who helped to start the US as a country and to establish its government. They wrote the US s most important political documents,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Founding Fathers of the United States — The Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Congress on June 28, 1776. Painting by John Trumbull. Trumbull s painting can also be found on the back of the U.S. $2 bill.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * ▪ United States history Introduction  the most prominent statesmen of America s Revolutionary… …   Universalium

• Founding of Rome — The founding of Rome is reported by many legends, which in recent times are beginning to be supplemented by more scientific reconstructions.Virgil s Aeneid is an important source for information about those early times or, at least, the myth… …   Wikipedia

• Founding fathers of the European Union — The Founding Fathers of the European Union are a number of men who have been recognised as making a major contribution to the development of European unity and what is now the European Union. There is no official list of founding fathers or a… …   Wikipedia

• States of Germany — Germany (Deutschland) is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as Länder (singular Land ). Since Land is the literal German word for country , the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland ) is commonly… …   Wikipedia

• states' rights — the rights belonging to the various states, esp. with reference to the strict interpretation of the Constitution, by which all rights not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government belong to the states. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * *… …   Universalium

• Founding of modern Singapore — The founding of modern Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles paved the way for Singapore to become a modern port and established its status as a gateway between the Western and Eastern markets. This was distinct from its earlier probable use… …   Wikipedia

• Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * Founding Fathers, U.S. History. the leaders in the struggle to free the original 13 American… …   Useful english dictionary