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Bank of England

(Encyclopedia)Bank of England, central bank and note-issuing institution of Great Britain. Popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, its main office stands on the street of that name in London. The ba...

new objectivity

(Encyclopedia)new objectivity (Ger. Neue Sachlichkeit), German art movement of the 1920s. The chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix, who were sometimes called verists. They created styles of...

England, Church of

(Encyclopedia)England, Church of, the established church of England and the mother church of the Anglican Communion. In the first half of the 19th cent., the Catholic and apostolic character of the Church of Engl...

New Castile

(Encyclopedia)New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

New Galicia

(Encyclopedia)New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.

New Lanark

(Encyclopedia)New Lanark, Scotland: see Lanark.

New Spain

(Encyclopedia)New Spain: see Mexico, country.

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