Based on his accurate description of towns, cities and islands, as well as correctly naming various official titles, archaeologist Sir William Ramsay wrote that " Luke is a historian of the first rank ; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... should be placed along with the very greatest of historians.

He heard stories of an enormous reptile alleged to live in the jungles, and included a description of the beast in his official report.

Such a description usually makes use of natural or manmade boundaries such as seacoasts, rivers, streams, the crests of ridges, lakeshores, highways, roads, and railroad tracks, and / or purpose-built artificial markers such as cairns, surveyor's posts, fences, official government surveying marks ( such as ones affixed by the U. S. Geodetic Survey ( USGS )), and so forth.

The following description is from the official Ultimate rules established by USA Ultimate:

The organists of York Minster have had several official titles, the job description roughly equates to that of Organist and Master of the Choristers.

Some writers dared to oppose Soviet ideology, like short story writer Varlam Shalamov and Nobel Prize winning novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote about life in the gulag camps, or Vasily Grossman, with his description of World War II events countering the Soviet official historiography.

The initial population of the town was " about 700 " as detailed in the official surveyors description.

In 1710 he was placed in charge of a major government project – the official description of the useful arts and manufactures – which resulted in the establishment of manufactures new to France and the revival of neglected industries.

It became normally used in the United States Navy at the end of 1970s, being the official description of the new McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet.

* Ireland ( 1937 – present ), often known since 1949 by its official description, Republic of Ireland, and sometimes in English as Éire, the word for Ireland in Irish.

In the early years of the state of Israel the term melting pot ( כור היתוך ) ( also known as " Ingathering of the Exiles "-קיבוץ גלויות ) was not a description of a process, but an official governmental doctrine of assimilating the Jewish immigrants that originally came from varying cultures.

The phrase Commonwealth realm, however, is only an informal description ; it is not an official term.

The official blazon, or heraldic description is contained in the Royal Warrant, and reads: For Arms: Argent on a base wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a Black Swan naiant proper.

The College of Arms issued the official exemplification ( artistic rendition ) and blazon ( description ) on 7 November 1928, along with a crest.

Mutt Lange produced " Rat Trap ", which became the first rock song by an Irish band to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the first of any description by an Irish band to top the official chart used by the BBC.

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The main configurations are the borders that it had during the floruit of the Oscan speakers, from about 600 BC to about 290 BC, known historically in the Roman Republic, and the borders as they were defined to be by the emperor Augustus, published in his official manifesto, Discriptio Italiae, lost to moderns, but serving as the basis of Pliny the Elder's description of Italy.

A new constitution, approved overwhelmingly in February 1989, dropped the word " socialist " from the official description of the country ; guaranteed freedoms of expression, association, and meeting ; and withdrew the guarantees of female rights that appeared in the 1976 constitution.

It can be seen from this 2011 official description that the CDS 60 task force designator has been switched from TF 60 to TF 65.

The official armorial description is :-

As a result of their duties within the civilian population, gendarmeries are sometimes described as " para-military " rather than " military " forces ( especially in the English-speaking world where policing is rarely associated with military forces ) although this description rarely corresponds to their official status and capabilities.

At home, Ramesses had his scribes formulate an official description, which has been called " the Bulletin " because it was widely published by inscription.

An appended text purports to be a written report made by Pontius Pilate to Claudius, containing an anti-Semitic description of the crucifixion, as well as an account of the resurrection of Jesus ; both are presented as if in an official report.

* International Naturist Sports Week-documentation 1989 to 2004 ( results of contests, description and galleries ), official website

The epistates ( ἐπιστάτης ), an official selected by lot for a single day from among the currently presiding prytany, chaired that day's meeting of the boule and, if there was one, that day's meeting of the assembly ; he also held the keys to the treasury and the seal to the city, and welcomed foreign ambassadors.

To seal official documents, he will usually use an inked stamp.

The official seal of the CIA, however, may not be copied without permission as required by the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ().

Dartmouth's 1769 royal charter required the creation of a seal for use on official documents and diplomas.

On October 28, 1926, the trustees affirmed the charter's reservation of the seal for official corporate documents alone.

Ivory was also commonly carved into elaborate seals utilized by officials to " sign " documents and decrees by stamping them with their unique official seal.

Indeed, the official Latin title of the kings of France was Rex Francorum, i. e. " king of the Franks " ( until Louis ' grand-father's reign, Philip II whose seal reads Rex Franciae, i. e. " king of France "), and the kings of France were also known by the title " most Christian king " ( Rex Christianissimus ).

** the University of Louisville official seal

** the University of South Carolina official seal

** the University of North Carolina at Greensboro official seal.

The first day cover involving Muralitharan bears an official seal captioned as " The highest wicket taker in Test cricket, MUTHIAH MURALIDARAN, First Day of Issue 03. 12. 2007, Camp Post Office, Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium, Kandy ".

The official seal is your assurance that this product is licensed or manufactured by Nintendo.

The removal of the official seal is punishable by law.

:" taught the Shanyu ( rulers of the Xiongnu ) to write official letters to the Chinese court on a wooden tablet () 31 cm long, and to use a seal and large-sized folder ".

As the country's head of state, in most countries the president is entitled to certain perquisites, and may have a prestigious residence ; often a lavish mansion or palace, sometimes more than one ( e. g. summer and winter residence, country retreat ) – for symbols of office, such as an official uniform, decorations, a presidential seal, coat of arms, flag and other visible accessories ; military honours such as gun salutes, Ruffles and flourishes, and a presidential guard.

" The seal of Jaazaniah carries the insignia of a rooster from the ruins of the biblical Judean kingdom at Mizpah, with the inscription of " belonging to Jaazaniah, servant to the king "., the first known representation of the chicken in Palestine, and from II Kings 25: 23, we know of one Jaazaniah the Maschathit, who was an official under Gedalish at Mizpah.

In the United States, the word " seal " is sometimes assigned to a facsimile of the seal design ( in monochrome or color ), which may be used in a variety of contexts including architectural settings, on flags, or on official letterheads.

Ichadon schemed with the king, convincing him to make a proclamation granting Buddhism official state sanction using the royal seal.

During her youth, Mary I was invested by her father, Henry VIII, with many of the rights and properties traditionally given to the Prince of Wales, including use of the official seal of Wales for correspondence.

As a result of the official charter being granted four years after the official founding of the college, the Amherst seal lists a date of 1825 ( MDCCCXXV ).

The only official explanation of the symbolism of the great seal was given by Charles Thomson upon presenting the final design for adoption by Congress.

Similar to other nations, The United States of America needed an official symbol of sovereignty to formalize and seal ( or sign ) international treaties and transactions.