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MIRANDE , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Gers, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Grande Baise, 17 M. S.S.W. of See also:Auch by the See also:Southern railway. Pop. (1906), 2368. Mirande is laid out on the See also:uniform See also:plan typical of the See also:bastide. Its 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, built at the beginning of the 15th See also:century, is chiefly remarkable for its See also:porch which bestrides the See also:Rue de 1'Eveche and is surmounted by two flying buttresses supporting a See also:belfry of Flemish See also:appearance. The remains of ramparts are still to be seen and the See also:principal See also:street is bordered by See also:ancient arcades. The town has a sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance. The See also:trade is in live-stock and agricultural products. Tanning and See also:wood-turning are carried on.
Mirande was founded in 1286 by the monks of Berdones and the See also:seneschal of See also:Toulouse acting on behalf of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip IV. During the 14th century it was the capital of the See also:counts of Astarac.
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