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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 650 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CURTANA (a latinized form of the A.-Fr. curtein, from
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Lat. curt us, shortened)
, the pointless sword of mercy, known also as
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Edward the
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Confessor's sword, borne at the coronation of the kings of England between the two pointed swords of temporal and spiritual justice (see REGALIA) .

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