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(Encyclopedia) Lacombe, AlbertLacombe, Albertälbĕrˈ läkôNbˈ [key], 1827–1916, French Canadian Roman Catholic missionary. He studied at Assomption College in Quebec prov. before he joined the Oblate…
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