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HERISAU , the largest See also:town in the entire Swiss See also:canton of See also:Appenzell, built on the Glatt torrent, and by See also:light railway 7 M. See also:south-See also:west of St See also:Gall or 131 m. See also:north of Appenzell. In 2900 it had 13,497 inhabitants, mainly See also:Protestant and See also:German-speaking. The See also:lower portion of the massive See also:tower of the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (Protestant) See also:dates from the 11th See also:century or even earlier. It is a prosperous little See also:industrial town in the Ausser Rhoden See also:half of the canton, especially busied with the manufacture of See also:embroidery by machinery, and of muslins. Near it is the goats' whey cure See also:establishment of Heinrichsbad, and the two castles of Rosenberg and Rosenburg, ruined in 1403 when the See also:land See also:rose against its See also:lord, the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of St Gall. About 5 M. to the south-See also:east is Hundwil, a See also:village of 1523 inhabitants, where the Landsgemeinde of Ausser Rhoden meets in the See also:odd years (in other years at See also:Trogen) on the last See also:Sunday in See also:April.
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