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(Encyclopedia) Blériot, Louis lwē blārēōˈ [key], 1872–1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention and construction of mon...

(Encyclopedia) Sprengel, Christian Konrad krĭsˈtyän kônˈrät shprĕngˈəl [key], 1750–1816, German botanist. Although director of a school at Spandau and tutor in Berlin, he devoted himself chiefly to the st...

(Encyclopedia) Renault, Louis lwē rənōˈ [key], 1843–1918, French jurist, professor of international law at the Univ. of Paris. Renault was one of the founders of the scientific study of international law in Fr...

(Encyclopedia) liturgy, Christian [Gr. leitourgia = public duty or worship] form of public worship, particularly the form of rite or services prescribed by the various Christian churches. In the Western Church the p...

(Encyclopedia) Louis d'Outremer: see Louis IV, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...