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• Fifth-monarchy-man — noun a member of a 17th century sect expecting the immediate second coming of Christ and repudiating all other government. Origin from Fifth Monarchy, denoting the last of the five great empires prophesied by Daniel (Dan. 2:44) …   English new terms dictionary

• fifth monarchy man — noun Usage: usually capitalized F & both Ms : a member of a fanatical sect in England at the time of the Commonwealth who believed that the fifth monarchy during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years was near at hand and that they… …   Useful english dictionary

• fifth — c.1200, fift, from O.E. fifta, from fif five (see FIVE (Cf. five)) + ta (see TH (Cf. th)). Altered 14c. by influence of fourth. Cf. O.Fris. fifta, O.S. fifto, O.N. fimmti, Du. vijfde, O.H.G …   Etymology dictionary

• fifth — n. & adj. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence 1 5. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the fifth person etc. in a race or competition. 4 any of five equal parts of a thing. 5 Mus. a an interval …   Useful english dictionary

• Man’yōshū — (“Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves,” “Collection for Ten Thousand Generations”) (eighth century)    The Man’yōshū is the oldest and, according to most critics, the greatest anthology of Japanese poetry. The ambiguous title may mean either… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Austro-Hungarian Monarchy —     The Austro Hungarian Monarchy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Austro Hungarian Monarchy     By this name is designated the European monarchy whose dominions have for their main life distributing artery the River Danube, in its course from… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen — Not to be confused with Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1793. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France, 26 August 1789. The Declaration of the Rights of… …   Wikipedia

• July Monarchy — Kingdom of France Royaume de France ← …   Wikipedia

• French Fifth Republic — French Republic République française …   Wikipedia

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