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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 835 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PLEIAD (Gr. Meats)

PLEIAD (Gr. Meats) , in See also:

Greek literature, the name given (by See also:

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy from See also:

PLEIADES, below) by the Alexandrian critics to seven tragic poets who flourished during the reign of See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy The word " See also:

PLEDGE

pledge " is adapted from the O. Fr. plege, mod. pleige, See also:

SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security, See also:

HOSTAGE (through Fr. ostage, modern otage, from Late Lat. obsidaticum, the state of being an obses or hostage; Med. Lat. ostaticum, ostagium)

hostage, Med. See also:

LAT

Lat. plivium. This is a formation See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form Med. Lat. plevire or plebire, to undertake or engage for some-one, cf. " See also:

REPLEVIN

replevin "; it is now considered to be a word of See also:

Teutonic origin and connected with Ger. pflegen and " See also:

PLIGHT

plight." Philadelphus (285–247 B.c.). In See also:

French literature, in addition to the Pleiad of See also:

Charlemagne, there were two famous See also:

groups of the See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind. The first, during the reign of See also:

HENRI

Henri III. (1574–1589), the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief member of which was See also:

PIERRE

Pierre de See also:

RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard, sought to improve the French See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature by enthusiastic See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the See also:

CLASSICS

classics; the second, under See also:

Louis XIII. (1610-r643), consisted of authors who excelled in the See also:

composition of Latin See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

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