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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Cicisbeo
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Ital.; of uncertain origin; perhaps an inversion of bel cece, "beautiful chick (pea)," or from Fr. chiche beau, with same meaning), the term in Italy from the 17th century onwards for a dangler about women. The cicisbeo was the professed gallant of a married woman, who attended her at all public entertainments, it being considered unfashionable for the husband to be escort.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cicisbeo'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cicisbeo.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cicisbeo'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cicisbeo.html. 1910.