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Coryphaeus
Language; Encyclopedias
Originally the leader of the chorus in a Greek drama, now a leader in any dramatic company, or indeed in any art.
Corybantes
Language; Encyclopedias
Priests of Cybele, whose religious rites were accompanied with wild dances and the clashing of cymbals.
Crescentius
Language; Encyclopedias
A patrician of Rome who, in the 10th century, sought to destroy the imperial power and restore the republic; on this he was defeated by Otho III., to whom he surrendered on promise of safety, but who ...
Crémieux
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A French advocate and politician, born at Nimes, of Jewish birth; a member of the Provisional Government of 1848, and of the National Defence in 1870; took a deep interest in the destiny of his race ...
