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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A peak, 2,120 m (6,955 ft) high, in the Alps of central Switzerland south-southwest of Lucerne. According to medieval folklore, the body of Pontius Pilate was thrown into a small lake on the mountain.
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Its final disposition was in a deep and lonely mountain tarn, which, according to later tradition, was on a mountain, still called Pilatus actually pileatus or 'cloud-capped', close to Lucerne.
Archive 2005-03-20 2005
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Its final disposition was in a deep and lonely mountain tarn, which, according to later tradition, was on a mountain, still called Pilatus, close to Lucerne.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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The Department of Homeland Security plane, a Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12 Spectre, was requested on April 9 as the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence task force prepared to launch a series of searches of buildings where investigators suspected marijuana was being grown illegally.
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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The Department of Homeland Security plane, a Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12 Spectre, was requested on April 9 as the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence task force prepared to launch a series of searches of buildings where investigators suspected marijuana was being grown illegally.
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
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Pilatus is an empirical domain, and the feelings evoked are powerful, at least to me at this moment.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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