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SARLAT , 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:Dordogne, 44 M. E. by N. of See also:Bergerac on the railway to See also:Aurillac. Pop. (1906) town 40x8, See also:commune 6195. The town See also:grew up See also:round a monastery founded in the 8th See also:century and See also:early in the 14th century became the seat of a bishopric which was suppressed in 1790. The former See also:cathedral and See also:abbey-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 preserves interesting See also:architecture of the Romanesque and later periods and remarkable See also:wood-See also:carving of the 15th century. There is also a curious pyramidical structure of the 12th century, which was probably used as a See also:burial-See also:place. The See also:house where See also:Etienne de la Boetie (d. 1563), the moralist, was See also:born, and other houses in the See also:Gothic and See also:Renaissance styles are to be seen. La Boetie has a statue in the town. There is a large See also:trade in See also:cattle. Distilling, the manufacture of See also:tin-boxes, and the preparation of truffles, pates de foie gras and other delicacies and of See also:nut-oil are carried on; there are See also:coal and See also:iron mines and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone-quarries in the vicinity.
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