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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_118223" /> == | |||
<p> The name of several of the kings of Denmark, and Sweden, and Norway, the most notorious being the son of the noble Swedish king | <p> (n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72761" /> == | |||
<p> The name of several of the kings of Denmark, and Sweden, and Norway, the most notorious being the son of the noble Swedish king Gustavus Vasa ( <i> q. v </i> .), who aspired to the hand of [[Elizabeth]] of [[England]] and challenged his rival [[Leicester]] to a duel; afterwards sought Mary of Scotland, but eventually married a peasant girl who had nursed him out of madness brought on by dissipation; was deposed after a State trial instigated by his own brothers, and ultimately poisoned himself in prison eight years later (1533-1577). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_72761"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eric Eric from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72761"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eric Eric from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name of several of the kings of Denmark, and Sweden, and Norway, the most notorious being the son of the noble Swedish king Gustavus Vasa ( q. v .), who aspired to the hand of Elizabeth of England and challenged his rival Leicester to a duel; afterwards sought Mary of Scotland, but eventually married a peasant girl who had nursed him out of madness brought on by dissipation; was deposed after a State trial instigated by his own brothers, and ultimately poisoned himself in prison eight years later (1533-1577).
