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  • 41Hellenistic — Hellenistically, adv. /hel euh nis tik/, adj. 1. pertaining to Hellenists. 2. following or resembling Greek usage. 3. of or pertaining to the Greeks or their language, culture, etc., after the time of Alexander the Great, when Greek… …

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  • 42Gérôme, Jean-Léon — born May 11, 1824, Vesoul, Fr. died Jan. 10, 1904, Paris French painter, sculptor, and teacher. Son of a goldsmith, he studied in Paris and painted melodramatic and often erotic historical and mythological compositions, excelling as a draftsman… …

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  • 43Bouguereau, William-Adolphe — ▪ French painter born Nov. 30, 1825, La Rochelle, Fr. died Aug. 19, 1905, La Rochelle       French painter, a dominant figure in his nation s academic painting during the second half of the 19th century.       Bouguereau entered the École des… …

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  • 44background — ack ground , n. [Back, a. + ground.] [1913 Webster] 1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the {foreground}, or the ground in front. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait… …

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  • 45Cabinet — Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …

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  • 46Cabinet council — Cabinet Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 47Cabinet councilor — Cabinet Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 48Cabinet photograph — Cabinet Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 49Cabinet picture — Cabinet Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 50dancing girls — Opera Op er*a ([o^]p [ e]r*[.a]), n. [It., fr. opera work, composition, opposed to an improvisation, fr. L. opera pains, work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor: cf. F. op[ e]ra. See {Operate}.] 1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music… …

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