FAERY QUEENE
\fˈe͡əɹi kwˈiːn], \fˈeəɹi kwˈiːn], \f_ˈeə_ɹ_i k_w_ˈiː_n]\
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The title of the celebrated poem of Edmund Spenser, the first part of which was presented to Queen Elizabeth in 1590. It contains a double allegory, illustrating the triumph of Holiness over Sin ; and also that of Truth over Falsehood, in the history of the Reformation.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.
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