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Look up: precious

  1. precious
    [adj] - of high worth or cost 2. [adv] - (intensifier) extremely
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Precious
    Pre'cious adjective [ Old French precious , precius , precios , French précieux , Latin pretiosus , from pretium price, worth, value. See Price .] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/144

  3. Precious
    Pre'cious adjective Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Confer Précieuse , Preciosity . « Lest that precious folk be with me wroth.» Chaucer. « Elaborate embroidery of precious language.» Saintsbury.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/144

  4. precious
    adjective of high worth or cost; `diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. precious
    preciously adverb extremely; `there is precious little time left`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Precious
    • (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Precieuse, Preciosity. • (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. • (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. • (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Precious
    Precious is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Precious, Dear` Where is it used? The name Precious is mainly used In English. Precious appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 604.. 1996 was a `top year` for the name Precious. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Prec

  8. Precious
    Precious is derogatory British slang for someone thorough, extreme.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Precious
    Precious is derogatory British slang for someone thorough, extreme.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Precious
    (band) `Precious` were a British female group, comprising Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK`s entry for the date=June 2011--> by friends Sophie McDonnell and Jenny Frost. A set of auditions saw the remaining m...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  11. Precious
    (Depeche Mode song) "`Precious`" is Depeche Mode`s forty-first single, and the first single from the album Playing the Angel. It was released on October 3, 2005 in the UK by Mute Records and October 11, 2005 in the US by Sire/Reprise. The single reached #4 in the UK, #71 on t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  12. Precious
    (Yuna Ito song) "`Precious`" is the third single by Yuna Ito. It is the theme song to the movie Limit of Love: Umizaru (starring Hideaki Ito and Ai Kato) and was released on May 3, 2006. Both "I`m Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs then "Precious&quo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  13. Precious
    (Boukenger) are fictional artifacts that are the focus for each Task (episode) of the Japanese tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Within the fiction of the show, these artifacts are defined as a "Precious" if it is physically or technologically superior to any current hu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  14. Precious
    (Chanté Moore album) `Precious` is the debut studio album by American singer Chanté Moore, released by MCA Records on September 29, 1992 in the United States. The album featured production from Simon Law, Bebe Winans, George Duke, among others. Precious spawned four single...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  15. Precious
    (The Jam song) `"Precious"` was a song composed by Paul Weller and performed by the British band The Jam. It appears on The Jam`s 1982 album The Gift and also as a double A-Side single along with "Town Called Malice". It reached number one in the British music chart...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  16. Precious
    (Ours album) Name = Precious | Type = Album | Artist = Ours | Cover = oursprecious.jpg | Released = November 5, 2002 | Recorded = | Genre = Alternative rock | Length = | Label = DreamWorks | Producer = Ethan Johns | Reviews = * 5--> Last album = Distorted Lullabies<br />(2001) | Thi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  17. Precious
    (Cubic U album) | Name = Precious | Type = studio | single 1 = Close to You | single 1 date = January 28, 1997 --> --> `Precious` is the debut English album by Cubic U (Hikaru Utada`s stage name before her debut in Japan), which was recorded at Sony Music Studio in New York in 1996. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  18. Precious
    (Annie Lennox song) "`Precious`" is a song by Annie Lennox. It was released as the second single from her debut solo album, Diva, in 1992 and peaked at number 23 in the UK. The B-side, Step by Step, was later covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of her 1996 film, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  19. Precious
    (Precious album) `Precious` is the self-titled debut by UK Girl group Precious (band), it spawned four singles "Say It Again", Rewind, "It`s Gonna Be My Way", and "New Beginning". It was released November 20, 2000 Track listing: #"Rewind" #"New Beg...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  20. Precious
    (film) `Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire`, often shortened as `Precious`, is a 2009 American drama film directed by Lee Daniels. Precious is an adaptation by Geoffrey S. Fletcher of the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo`Ni...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  21. Precious
    (soundtrack) `Precious: Soundtrack`, was released, first as a digital download, prior to the release of the film of the same name on November 3, 2009. Nearly three weeks later, the soundtrack was released to stores on November 23.<ref name="reutersalbum"/> The soundtrack c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious

  22. Precious
    (Vivid song) --> `"Precious"` is the Fourth single released on July 7, 2010 by the Japanese band Vivid. This was released in three different versions: a limited CD+DVD edition, a limited CD only edition, and a regular CD only edition. Track listing:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious



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13 February 2012

This day in history:
The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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