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  2. Queen dowager - Wikipedia

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    Queen Elizabeth, the former queen consort, specifically adopted the appellation queen mother to distinguish herself from her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. She reportedly loathed being referred to as a dowager queen , and felt there would be confusion if she were called simply by her name, as her two immediate predecessors, Queen Mary and Queen ...

  3. List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers - Wikipedia

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    Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...

  4. Great Eleusinian Relief - Wikipedia

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    The relief is made of Pentelic marble, and it is 2,20 m. tall, 1,52 m. wide, and 15 cm thick. [4] It depicts the three most important figures of the Eleusianian Mysteries; the goddess of agriculture and abundance Demeter, her daughter Persephone queen of the Underworld and the Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, the son of Queen Metanira, [3] [4] in what appears to be a rite. [1]

  5. Burney Relief - Wikipedia

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    The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Side view showing depth of the relief

  6. Jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots - Wikipedia

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    'Memoir of the Crown', list of jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots, including the Great H, with others in her possession belonging to the French crown, 1550s, National Records of Scotland, E35/4 Inventory of the jewel coffer in Edinburgh Castle, August 1571, National Records of Scotland E35/9/4 signed by William Maitland of Lethington , Mary Fleming ...

  7. Christmas gift-bringer - Wikipedia

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    Early modern England had Father Christmas, a character initially associated with feasting and good cheer, though he was not originally a gift bringer. [1] [2] From these European traditions, the North American figure of Santa Claus developed, beginning in the 1820s. The American figure in turn had considerable influence on the various European ...

  8. Queen shows ‘relief’ after coronation, new documentary reveals

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  9. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.