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98 matches to Ionic Order
Ionic Order. 6C BC. Greek architectural style. Fluted columns with scroll-shaped capital.
Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.
Erechtheum. 5C BC. Ionic temple on Athenian acropolis.
Albertus Magnus, St. c1200-80. Swabian Dominican philosopher influenced Aquinas: independent observation of nature. Alchemist.
Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.
Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.
Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.
Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.
Basilians. 358. Monastic order of St. Basil.
Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.
Billettes. Brothers of Charity, 14C religious order succeeded by Carmelites.
Bridget, St. 1303-73. Swedish visionary, Patron St. F. Brigittine Order.
British Empire, Order of. 1917. Honours service to government.
Bruno, St. c1035-c1101. Founder of German Carthusian Order 1084.
Bucket Shop. Brokerage house that attempted to profit by delaying placing orders. Now illegal.
Campion, Edmund. 1540-81. English Jesuit martyr. Denounced Anglican church.
Capuchin. 1525. Powerful Franciscan mendicant order of monks.
Carthusians. 1084. Strict order of monks founded by St Bruno. Inventors of Chartreuse liqueur.
Cistercians. 1098-. RC monastic order. Rigorous rule. Trappist vows of silence 1664.
Clunaics. 910-12C. Strict Benedictine Order.
Convention of 1818. Established 49th parallel as US-Canada border.
Curzon Line. 1920. Russo-Polish armistice line. Became border, 1945.