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Theban Legion

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The legion raised in the Thebaïs of Egypt, and composed of Christian soldiers, led by St. Maurice. This legion is sometimes called “the Thundering Legion” (q.v.).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Thames
Thammuz
Thamyris
That
That’s the Ticket
Thatch
Thaumaturgus
Theagenes and Chariclea
Theban Bard or Eagle
Theban Legion
Thebes
Thecla (St.)
Theist, Deist, Atheist, Agnostic
Thelusson Act
Thenot
Theocritus
Theodomas
Theodora (in Orlando Furioso)
Theodorick
Theon’s Tooth

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