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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "פרוסופוגרפיה"
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"word": "prosopografia"
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"roman": "prosopografija",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "просопография"
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografia"
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografie"
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografie"
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{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopographie"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografía"
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{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "Prosopographie"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "פרוסופוגרפיה"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prozopográfia"
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{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografia"
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{
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"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "プロソポグラフィ"
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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prosopografi"
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
"word": "prozopografia"
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
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"sense": "a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships",
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