Adrian II

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noun

Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.

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How to use Adrian II in a sentence

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My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
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The Chief who went through World War I and then managed to get back into World War II.
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World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.
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In particular, it applies to immigrants who lost their U.S. citizenship after their involvement in World War II was discovered.
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Its culture however was looked upon with the same disapproval by Charles II.
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We now proceed to learn the eighteen kings intermediate between William II.
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Buckles were first worn as shoe fastenings in the reign of Charles II.
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Leo II, pope, died; an able and resolute pontiff; established the kiss of peace at the mass, and the use of holy water.
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Tchaikovsky was always deeply interested in his countrys past, especially in the period of Catherine II.
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