William Benjamin Basil King (1859 – 1928) was a Canadian clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were...
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Basil (/ˈbæzəl/ BAZ-əl, US also /ˈbeɪzəl/ BAY-zəl; Ocimum basilicum /ˈɒsɪməm bəˈzɪlɪkəm/ OSS-im-əm bə-ZIL-ik-əm), also called great basil, is a culinary...
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Basil King (born May 30, 1935) is an American painter and writer, associated with Black Mountain College, where he was a student as a teenager. Born Basil...
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Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ...
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Basil Charles King FRSE (1915–1985) was a British geologist and author. He won the Geological Society of London’s Bigsby Medal for 1959. King was educated...
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Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an Anglo-South African actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean...
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During a night out he encounters Louise Laleham, a devotee of occultist Basil King Lamus. Pendragon and Laleham quickly fall in love with each other and...
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all of them are older men, in their 60s and 70s. The only younger man is Basil, an alarms expert who comes by a key to an exterior door of the building...
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Sweet Basil (Justin Time Records) 1989 – Richard Davis: One for Frederick – Live at Sweet Basil (Hep) 1989 – McCoy Tyner: Live at Sweet Basil (King) 1989...
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pre-Hellenic origin, meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk (via Latin) as well as the eponymous herb basil (via Old French) derive...
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