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antonio allegri da correggio

  • noun Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534)
    Correggio.
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auto-da-fe

  • noun the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
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Au"to-da-fé" noun (Also<
  • Auto-da-fe
  • Auto-da-fé
)
Etymology
Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L. actus + da of the + fé faith, fr. L. fides.
Wordforms
plural Autos-da-feminineé
Definitions
  1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
  2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
  3. A session of the court of Inquisition.
Webster 1913

da gamma

  • noun Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
    da Gamma; Gamma.
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da vinci

  • noun Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
    da Vinci; Leonardo.
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das kapital

  • noun a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
    Capital.
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giovanni da verrazano

  • noun Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)
    Verrazzano; Verrazano; Giovanni da Verrazano.
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giovanni da verrazzano

  • noun Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)
    Verrazzano; Verrazano; Giovanni da Verrazano.
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giovanni pierluigi da palestrina

  • noun Italian composer (1526-1594)
    Palestrina.
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la-di-da

  • adjective satellite affectedly genteel
    grandiose; highfalutin; highfaluting; hoity-toity; hifalutin.
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leonardo da vinci

  • noun Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
    da Vinci; Leonardo.
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michelangelo merisi da caravaggio

  • noun Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)
    Caravaggio.
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oboe da caccia

  • noun an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn
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vasco da gamma

  • noun Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
    da Gamma; Gamma.
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Viola da braccio

  • noun a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
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  • It., viol for the arm, the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto.
Webster 1913

Viola da gamba

  • noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
    bass viol; gamba.
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  • It., viol for the leg, an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used.
Webster 1913

Viola da spalla

  • It., viol for the shoulder, an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba.
Webster 1913