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striking(1)(dictionary)
striking(2)(dictionary)
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Striking price(money)
Striking price(finance)
Striking Price Intercal(money)
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striking(1) (iou) and Ladislas I (sh)


striking(1) (iou)



striking ppl adjective. E17.
[from STRIKE verb + -ING2.]
That strikes; spec. (a) (of a clock etc.) that strikes or chimes to indicate the time; (b) that strikes the attention; impressive, remarkable; (c) (of an employee) that is on strike.
A. Lurie She was very striking then, beautiful really. Garden It..provides a striking contrast to the purple summer foliage of a nearby sumach.
strikingly adverb M18.
strikingness noun E19.

Ladislas I (sh)




or Saint Ladislas

born June 27, 1040, Pol.
died July 29, 1095, Nitra, Slvk.; canonized 1192; feast day June 27

King of Hungary (1077-95).

He greatly expanded the boundaries of the kingdom, gaining land in Transylvania and occupying Croatia (1091). In the Investiture Controversy he sided with the pope. Ladislas introduced Roman Catholicism to Croatia and persecuted pagans in his dominions. He also promulgated a legal code that brought order and prosperity to Hungary. He died while preparing for the First Crusade and was canonized in 1192.