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Richelieu

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Ri·che·lieu  (rsh-l)
A river of southern Quebec, Canada, flowing about 121 km (75 mi) north from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River. Discovered by Samuel de Champlain in 1609, it was an important waterway for early explorers.
Ri·che·lieu  (rsh-l, r-sh-ly), Duc de. Title of Armand Jean du Plessis. 1585-1642.
French prelate and politician. As chief minister of Louis XIII he worked to strengthen the authority of the monarchy and directed France during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
Richelieu [ˈrɪʃəˌljɜː (French) riʃəljø]
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(Biographies / Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642) M, French, POLITICS: statesman, RELIGION: cardinal) Armand Jean du Plessis (armɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi). 1585-1642, French statesman and cardinal, principal minister to Louis XIII and virtual ruler of France (1624-42). He destroyed the power of the Huguenots and strengthened the crown in France and the role of France in Europe
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Noun1.RichelieuRichelieu - French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu


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Any one who happened at that moment to contemplate that red simar -- the gorgeous robe of office -- and the rich lace, or who gazed on that pale brow, bent in anxious meditation, might, in the solitude of that apartment, combined with the silence of the ante-chambers and the measured paces of the guards upon the landing-place, have fancied that the shade of Cardinal Richelieu lingered still in his accustomed haunt.
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Richelieu founded Odessa-- watched over it with paternal care--labored with a fertile brain and a wise understanding for its best interests--spent his fortune freely to the same end--endowed it with a sound prosperity, and one which will yet make it one of the great cities of the Old World--built this noble stairway with money from his own private purse--and--.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Besides," added he, in a low voice, "that would be a resolution, and no resolutions have been formed since Monsieur le Cardinal de Richelieu died.
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