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eunuch
eunuch [Gr.,=keeper of the couch], castrated human male, particularly a chamberlain of a harem in Asia. The custom of employing eunuchs as servants in wealthy or royal households is very ancient; it reached its epitome at the court of Constantinople under the Byzantine emperors, from whom the Ottom... Read more
Candace
Candace , title for queens in ancient Ethiopia. One of them made war (c.22 BC) on the Roman governor of Egypt, who defeated her and destroyed Napata, her capital. Another Candace is mentioned in the Bible as the queen of the eunuch converted by Philip (Acts 8.27-39). ... Read more
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer 1939-, Australian feminist and writer. She moved to England (1964), earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge, and taught at the Univ. of Warwick (1967-73). Her book The Female Eunuch (1970), an analysis of attitudes toward women and a call for an end to sexual repression, made her a leading s... Read more
Narses
Narses , c.478-c.573, Byzantine official and general, one of the eunuchs of the palace. He assisted in the suppression of the Nika riot (532) by bribing the Blues of the Circus (see Blues and Greens ) to return their allegiance to Justinian I . In 538 he was sent to Italy to cooperate with Belisa... Read more
harem
harem [Arabic], term applied to women's apartments in a Muslim household. In the ancient Arab world women enjoyed a certain amount of freedom. However, with the advent of Islam, the veiling and seclusion of women into harems became more common. The most famous harem, that of the sultans of Turkey, ... Read more
soprano
soprano [Ital.,=above], female voice of highest pitch. The three basic types of solo soprano are coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. The coloratura has a great range and impressive vocal agility; the lyric soprano has a light, pretty voice; and the dramatic soprano has a sustained power suitable for o... Read more
Bornu
Bornu , former Muslim state, mostly in NE Nigeria, extending S and W of Lake Chad. It began its existence as a separate state in the late 14th cent. From the 14th to the 18th cent. Bornu exported slaves, eunuchs, fabrics dyed with saffron, and other goods to N Africa. Bornu reached its peak under th... Read more
Darius III
Darius III (Darius Codomannus) , d. 330 BC, king of ancient Persia (336-330 BC). A cousin of Artaxerxes III, he was raised to the throne by the eunuch Bagoas, who had murdered both Artaxerxes and his son, Arses; Darius in turn murdered Bagoas. His rule was not stable, however. When Alexander the ... Read more
Yung-lo
Yung-lo , 1359-1424, reign title of the 3d emperor (1403-24) of the Chinese Ming dynasty, whose personal name was Chu Ti. He rose to power in N China after being delegated by his father, the Ming founding emperor Hung Wu (reigned 1368-98), to lead the fight against the retreating Mongols. He usurp... Read more
Cheng Ho
Cheng Ho or Zheng He , 1371-c.1433, admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China's Ming dynasty. At 10 he was captured by Chinese troops in Yunnan, castrated, and sent into the army. He rose in the ranks, became an officer, and in 1404 was named Grand Eunuch by Emperor Yung-lo . The following... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "eunuch"

eunuchs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body eunuchs From the Greek...charge of), the word eunuch literally means...was given the name eunuch had necessarily...traditionally associated with eunuchs, which gave them their...different types of eunuch identifiable by the...
eunuch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition eunuch [Gr.,=keeper of the couch...The custom of employing eunuchs as servants in wealthy or...Ottoman sultans adopted it. Eunuchs often rose to high position...the Muslim world the use of eunuchs was far less common than is...
Hijra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Hijra ETHNONYM: Eunuch Orientation Identification...Hijras are generally called eunuchs, and sexual impotence is...ancient Hinduism, where eunuchs are mentioned in a variety...Mahabharata, and in Islam, where eunuchs served in the harems of...
Germaine Greer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...In 1970 the publication of The Female Eunuch made her a public figure in the United...although it was apparent that The Female Eunuch was a significant catalyst in the popularization...a second wave of feminism. The Female Eunuch The Female Eunuch is witty, polemical...
Chang Chüeh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...xFC; eh and others. A large number of eunuchs at the court controlled the Emperor and...but because they had bribed the powerful eunuchs. Government taxes were increasing at...the consort family members, and the eunuchs. Chang Ch ü eh, whose name is...
baldness
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...the more completely you went bald. As proof, history had the example of the eunuch. Eunuchs never went bald, and if they were going bald when they became eunuchs the balding process stopped completely. However, lost hair was never restored...
Yung-lo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...imperial officials in the North and the court eunuchs and began his rebellion shortly after...but he had them counterchecked by the eunuchs, who began to rise in political importance...Beginning in 1405, Yung-lo commanded the eunuch Cheng Ho to head several expeditions to...
virginity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...was associated with absence ( congenital eunuchs ) or removal of the testicles ( castration...cultic functions. In the Greek world, eunuch-priests served the goddess Artemis of...virgins’ by default — eunuchs and sterile men — or chose to...
Endocrine System
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...the testicles of) a servile class of men called eunuchs. It was noted that eunuchs were less aggressive than other men, but the link...castrated chickens were left to become chicken eunuchs. However, what Berthold did with the other two...
Huang Tsung-hsi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...hsien, a powerful and unscrupulous eunuch, who managed to dominate the young emperor...new emperor was enthroned who purged the eunuch faction, and Wei Chung-hsien committed...shih. Huang held that the influence of eunuchs should be greatly diminished and considerably...

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eunuchs
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...defect was by accident or malevolence, eunuchs were excluded from the Israelite assembly...56: 4–5); indeed the eunuch Ebedmelech the Ethiopian rescued Jeremiah...Jesus said that some might become eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God...
eunuch
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History eunuch A castrated human male. Eunuchs were used as guardians of harems in ancient China and in the Persian...voluntarily by some Christian sects (the most notable Christian eunuch being the theologian Origen); and was used to produce male adult...
education
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...3) was imitated in the Church. For example, when Philip encountered the Ethiopian eunuch , they had a conversation about Isaiah, after which the eunuch proposed baptism in the adjacent stream, which Philip administered without further ado...
Western Asceticism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...permanent imitatio Christi. The basis for the ideal of chastity was in Jesus's saying "And there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake" (Matt. 19:12). Yet this was practiced very rarely (according...
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Daoma Zei (Horse Thief ) 1986 Travelling Players 1988 Rock 'n' Roll Kids 1990 Feifa Shengming 1991 Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch 1993 Lan Fengzheng (The Blue Kite ) Other Film: 1992 Family Portrait (assoc pr) Publications By TIAN: articles—...
Homosexuality
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...particular acts may be condemned, but not the disposition itself, and not all acts), by the ambiguities in the status of eunuchs, and by the uncertainty whether the term covers both males and females. In general, homosexuality is regarded as abnormal...
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...The monophysite national church of Ethiopia. The Church entertains legends of its origin in the preaching of Matthew or the eunuch of Acts 8. 26–39, but the planting of Christianity in the country actually dates from the 4th-cent. work of...
Ethiopia
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...well known in Israel and Judah. The Jewish settlement at Elephantine was on the border of Ethiopia. In the NT an Ethiopian eunuch , probably a ‘God-fearer’, an official in the court of ‘the Candace ’, the queen...
Acts of the Apostles
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...the guidance of the Spirit , ever wider, first to heterodox Judaism ( Samaria , Acts 8: 5), to proselytes (an Ethiopian eunuch , 8: 27), God-fearing Gentiles (a centurion , 10: 2), and finally Gentile pagans (13: 46). From then on, the Christian...
Boastfulness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...S. state; known for his tall tales. [Am. Culture: Misc.] Thraso swaggering but foolish soldier. [Rom. Lit.: The Eunuch ] Vicar of Bray declared that he would retain his office regardless of the reigning king ’ s religion. [Br. Balladry...

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Eunuchs may be licensed in Madhya Pradesh
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...beware of pseudo-eunuchs) reads a line on these...impostors," said elderly eunuch Rani. With disputes between fake and real eunuchs increasingly becoming...doctors. But none of the eunuchs turned up for the test...over real and fake, a eunuch was hacked to death by...
Eunuch power in old Byzantium.(Essay)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...most people have of eunuchs today. To call someone a "eunuch" is to label him...Mitamura's Chinese Eunuchs (1970). The Penzer...popular 1960 book, The Eunuch and the Virgin, by...lifted his account of eunuchs lock, stock, and...
Eunuch teenager's passion for education.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 3/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...mannerisms of the eunuchs, she is yet to be...community. The young eunuch also added that she...initiative of one eunuch Rajni. The eunuchs residing in the temple...initiative of one eunuch Rajni. The eunuchs residing in the temple...
Eunuchs seek cuts in Tamil film 'Appu'
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 5/12/2000; ; 524 words ; ...because he is not a eunuch. Twenty eunuchs from the Madurai...by Meena, a Tamil eunuch working in Mumbai. There are thousands of eunuchs from Tamil Nadu working...a 31-year-old eunuch, who has brought 40 eunuchs together under the...
Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study of Power Relationships.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...evidence of the ubiquitous eunuchs, but rather that modern scholars...with the power accumulated by eunuchs, militarily, socially, and...as the proof of this "pan-eunuch" phenomenon (the Fatimid...example, "was saturated with eunuchs," the author assured us...
The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 12/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...in the subject of eunuchs. Studies have ranged...general overviews of the eunuch in history (P.O. Scholz, Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural...happily accepts him as a eunuch. Moving on to specific...considers religious eunuchs and Chapter Six mostly...
In Bihar eunuchs to be drivers, guards
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/13/2009; 613 words ; ...don't be surprised if you see the eunuchs also educate people about women and child...trying out innovative ways to involve the eunuchs, also called kinnars or hijras, in socially...has successfully used the services of eunuchs to recover taxes from habitual defaulters...
Profile: Eunuch candidate running in the city of Kanpur
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 2/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...00-0000 Profile: Eunuch candidate running in...including more than a dozen eunuchs. Eunuchs are a secretive...problem with the idea of a eunuch running for office...Through Translator) These eunuchs who are contesting are...dismiss Powa and the other eunuch candidates as ...
Locating the Eunuch: Characterization and Narrative Context in Acts 8:26-40
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...indeed to be a physical eunuch, then take the story...5, which promises eunuchs a place in the eschatological...does the event of the eunuch's reception of the...basically settled: a eunuch could not be a full Jew. Jewish disdain for eunuchs during this period is...
The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the History of Sexuality; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...to be completely masculine, some eunuchs did move from staff to command positions...in Italy. In the ninth century the eunuch Theoktistos led a naval expedition...It was in the imperial palace that eunuchs played their distinctive and most...