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Clare (St.)

A religious order of women, the second that St. Francis instituted. It was founded in 1213, and took its name from its first abbess.

 

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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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Clak-ho-haryah
Clam
Clan-na-Gael (The)
Clap-trap
Clapper
Clapperclaw
Clapper-dudgeons
Clapping the Prayer Books
Claque; Claqueurs
Claras (Stock Exchange term)
Clare (St.)
Clarenceux King-of-Arms
Clarendon
Clarendon Type
Claret
Claret
Claret Cup
Claret Jug (One’s)
Classic Races (The)
Classics
Claude Lorraine (i.e. of Lorraine)

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