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  2. Eyre (legal term) - Wikipedia

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    An eyre or iter, sometimes called a general eyre, was the name of a circuit travelled by an itinerant royal justice in medieval England (a justice in eyre), or the circuit court over which they presided, [1] or the right of the monarch (or justices acting in their name) to visit and inspect the holdings of any vassal.

  3. Itinerant - Wikipedia

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    An itinerant is a person who travels habitually. Itinerant may refer to: "Travellers" or itinerant groups in Europe; Itinerant preacher, also known as itinerant minister; Travelling salespeople, see door-to-door, hawker, and peddler; Travelling showpeople, see Carny (US), Showmen (UK)

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  5. Itinerant preacher - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age by Edward Eggleston depicting a Methodist circuit rider on horseback. An itinerant preacher (also known as an itinerant minister) is a Christian evangelist who preaches the basic Christian redemption message while traveling around to different groups of people within a relatively short period of time. [1]

  6. Russian puppet theater - Wikipedia

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    Itinerant Slavic minstrels were presenting puppet shows in western Russia by the thirteenth century, arriving in Moscow in the mid-sixteenth century. Although Russian traditions were increasingly influenced by puppeteers from western Europe in the eighteenth century, Petrushka continued to be one of the principal figures.

  7. Itinerant poet - Wikipedia

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    An itinerant poet or strolling minstrel (also known variously as a gleeman, circler, or cantabank) was a wandering minstrel, bard, musician, or other poet common in medieval Europe but extinct today. Itinerant poets were from a lower class than jesters or jongleurs , as they did not have steady work, instead travelling to make a living.

  8. Itinerant groups in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The best known itinerant community are the Romani people (also Romany, Romanies Tzigani, Rromani, and variants). The Romani have Indo-Aryan roots and heritage and first entered Europe via the Middle East around a thousand years ago. They spread further through Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, separating into various subgroups in the ...

  9. Mendicant orders - Wikipedia

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    The order was suppressed by the Second Council of Lyon on the basis of the restrictions in the decree Ne nimium of 1215; the suppression was not fully enforced and was subsequently overturned by Pope Benedict XI in his Bull, Dum levamus, of 11 February 1304. [5] Order of Minims (hermits of St. Francis of Paola) founded 1436. Other Franciscan ...