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71LEIDESDORFER — LEIDESDORFER, Viennese family prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The family had two branches; the older line, from eisenstadt , was founded by ISAAC LEIDESDORFER (d. 1748), army purveyor and agent of samuel oppenheimer . He was permitted… …
72MINTMASTERS AND MONEYERS — In the Middle Ages rulers tended to lease the right of minting coins to mintmasters or to grant and sell the right to their territorial vassals, who themselves employed such mintmasters. Jews carried out this prestigious and profitable enterprise …
73STRASBOURG — (Ger. Strassburg), capital of the department of Bas Rhin, Alsace, E. France. The earliest conclusive evidence on the presence of Jews in Strasbourg dates from 1188. During the anti Jewish persecutions connected with the Third Crusade, the Jews… …
74UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
75Achatour — A*cha*tour , n. [See {Cater}.] Purveyor; acater. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
76Cater — Ca ter, n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. {Acater}, {Capacious}.] A provider; a purveyor; a… …
77Foregoer — Fore*go er, n. 1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor. [1913 Webster] 2. A purveyor of the king; so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
78Manciple — Man ci*ple, n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See {Mancipate}.] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
79Memories — Memory Mem o*ry, n.; pl. {Memories}. [OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. m[ e]moire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. {Demur}, {Martyr}, {Memoir}, {Remember}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the …
80Memory — Mem o*ry, n.; pl. {Memories}. [OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. m[ e]moire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. {Demur}, {Martyr}, {Memoir}, {Remember}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the… …
