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- noun a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
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Examples
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I, for my part, shall be compelled after all, and in spite of obstinate resistance, to use the baths of Aix-la-Chapelle, which is very unpleasant to me.
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I, for my part, shall be compelled after all, and in spite of obstinate resistance, to use the baths of Aix-la-Chapelle, which is very unpleasant to me.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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At this time, indeed, a party existed in most countries, whose aim was to overturn the existing order of things, of which the efforts at revolution in several small states, such as Aix-la-Chapelle and Geneva may be cited as examples.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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In Aachen Aix-la-Chapelle, on the 5th of February 1983, Mr Hoffman noted in his diary an entry entitled Submitting One's Intellect'.
Asad Khan: Islam At the Cross Roads: 'Submitting One's Intellect' Asad Khan 2011
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He had brought them back to Aix-la-Chapelle now Aachen, where he built a chapel, modeled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, to display them.
The Parisian Jewel for the Jerusalem Crown Ina Caro 2011
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There must have been danger of serious abuses in this regard during that century, because a similar step was taken in a synod held at Aix-la-Chapelle in 789.
Proper Names of the Angels Esther G. 2009
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In April 1737 Handel suffered a stroke, and he retired to take the waters at Aix-la-Chapelle in September.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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He sent his brother Druogo, the arch-chaplain, Count Albert, and many others before him to guard the west bank of the Rhine; then he himself followed and celebrated Easter at Aix-la-Chapelle.
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On the same day Lothar began a retreat to his city of Aix-la-Chapelle.
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German — an Austrasian — went from Aix-la-Chapelle to Rome, to strip the Greek Cæsars of the remainder of their possessions in
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