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Nantes (1 syl.)

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Edict of Nantes. The decree of Henri IV. of France, published from Nantes in 1598, securing freedom of religion to all Protestants. Louis XIV. repealed this edict in 1685.

 

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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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Name-son
Name the Day
Names
Names of the Puritans
Nancy
Nancy of the Vale
Nankeen
Nanna
Nannie
Nantes
Nap
Nap (A)
Naphtha
Napier’s Bones
Napoleon III
Napping
Nappy Ale
Naraka
Narcissa
Narcissus (The)

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