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Palestriʹna or Pelestrina

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An island nearly south of Venice, noted for its glass-houses.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, called “The Prince of Music.” (1529–1594.)

 

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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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Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale
Pale Faces
Palemon
Palermo Razors
Palēs
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina or Pelestrina
Paletot [pal-e-to]
Palimpsest
Palindrome
Palinode
Palinurus (in English, Palinure)
Palissy Ware
Pall
Pall-bearers
Pall Mall
Pallace