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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 05 March 2007 - Volume 08</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_rhondshoven@yahoo.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Roger Hondshoven <<a href="mailto:rhondshoven@yahoo.com">rhondshoven@yahoo.com
</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "What does it mean?" 2007.03.04 (08) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2">'Oorkonde' is a rather archaic word meaning "deed,document".</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2">'Bevestiging' = "confirmation". Both words together then mean something like a "deed confirming (....)"</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2">'Patronaatsrecht' = "the right to recommend, nominate members of the clergy for the office of priesthood".</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2">'Abdij
van Tongerlo' = " the Abbey of Tongerlo", a village in the province of
Antwerp, somewhat halfway between Diest and Herentals. Not to be
confounded with Tongeren, a town in East-Limburg.</font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Regards,</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </div>
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Roger Hondshoven</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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