Alphonsine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alphonsine \Al*phon"sine\ ([a^]l*f[o^]n"s[i^]n), a.
     Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile
     (1252-1284).
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     {Alphonsine tables}, astronomical tables prepared under the


        patronage of Alphonso the Wise. --Whewell.
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