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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Thomas de Torquemada

Language; Encyclopedias

A prior of a Dominican monastery who became in 1483, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, head of the Inquisition, a "holy office" he administered with merciless cruelty ...

Toynbee Hall

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An institution in Whitechapel, London, founded in 1885 for the social welfare of the poor in the district, established in memory of Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883), who had come under ...

Transvaal

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Formerly South African Republic (1350), a country of SE. Africa, stretching northwards from the Vaal River, and bounded N. by Matabeleland, E. by Portuguese E. Africa and ...

Warsaw

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Formerly the capital of Poland, now of the province of Russian Poland; stands on the left bank of the Vistula, 700 m. SW. of St. Petersburg; is almost in the heart of Europe, and ...

George Whitefield

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Founder of Calvinistic Methodism, born at Gloucester; was an associate of Wesley at Oxford, and afterwards as preacher of Methodism both in this country and America, commanding ...

Roger Williams

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Founder of the State of Rhode Island, U.S., born in Wales; being a Puritan, fled the country to escape persecution, and settled in New England, where he hoped to enjoy the ...

Madame Tussaud

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Foundress of the famous waxwork show in London, born at Berne, and trained in her art in Paris; patronized by the sister of Louis XVI.; was imprisoned during the Revolution, and ...