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- A city of northeast Algeria east of Algiers. It was founded by Carthaginians and was the capital and commercial center of Numidia. Destroyed in warfare in AD 311, it was rebuilt by Constantine I and named in his honor.
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- proper noun A male
given name .
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- noun a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I
- noun Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
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Constantine -- giving it thus an antiquity as great and an origin as authoritative as that claimed for the Pope by the false _Donation of Constantine_
Henry VIII. 1908
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Constantine is one of those films that is rich with content, innuendos and symbolism which requires additional viewings to fully understand and appreciate it.
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The Wild fired Kevin Constantine, 51, who coached the Wild's American Hockey League affiliate for three seasons in Houston, April 15.
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A bunch of Captain Constantine's mounted police had been ordered on duty that fair play might rule.
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Do not forget that County Executive Dow Constantine is also from the 34th.
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Carmack and his brothers-in-law staked and "hit the high places" for Forty Mile, where they filed on the claims before Captain Constantine, and renamed the creek Bonanza.
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Yet the ultimatum she gives to Constantine is untenable; and most of her interaction with Skeeter is critical.
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By de-facto partnering with right-wing ranters, Constantine is merely diverting attention from the bloated, inflated salaries of the HUNDREDS of King County employees - most of whom are NON-UNION - earning well over $100K per year in salary and benefits.
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Yet the ultimatum she gives to Constantine is untenable; and most of her interaction with Skeeter is critical.
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April 16, 2011