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THOMAR , a See also:town of central See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Santarem; on the See also:river Nabao, a tributary of the Zezere, m, from Paialvo railway station, which is go m N.E. of See also:Lisbon
by the See also:main See also:line to See also:Oporto. Pop. (1900), 6888. Thomar contains examples of the best Portuguese See also:architecture from the 12th See also:century to the 17th. The ruined See also:castle of the Knights Templar, given to that See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order in 1159, is said to occupy the site of the See also:ancient Nabantia. On the suppression of the See also:Templars, who had done See also:good service against the See also:Moors, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Diniz of Portugal founded the Order of See also:Christ in 1314. The See also:convent See also:palace of the Knights of Christ includes a 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 and See also:cloister dating from the 12th century, two cloisters and a See also:chapter-See also:house added in the 15th century by See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the Navigator, a very See also:fine 16th century church built in the Manoellian or Manueline See also:style by Joao de See also:Castilho, to which the older church served as a See also:chancel, and other buildings erected later. The convent contains Flemish and Portuguese paintings of the 16th century, of the so-called " Grao Vasco " school. Its See also:aqueduct, 3 M. See also:long, was built 1595-1615. Other interesting buildings are the churches of See also:Santa Maria do Olival, rebuilt in the See also:Gothic style in 1450 on the site of an older Templar See also:foundation; Sao Joao Baptista, also Gothic, built in 1490, but with Manoellian additions; Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, See also:Renaissance of 1579; and the palace of Prince Henry the Navigator, restored in the 16th century by See also:Queen See also:Catherine, widow of See also:John III.
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