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Tamar
Tamar , in the Bible. 1 Mother of Judah's twin sons Pharez and Zerah. An alternate spelling is Thamar. 2 Daughter of David and Maachah. She was the victim of her half brother Amnon's passion. 3 Daughter of Absalom.... Read more |
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Amnon
Amnon In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.... Read more |
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Devon
Devon , county (1991 pop. 1,008,300), 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is Exeter . Devon is bounded on the N by the Bristol Channel, on the S by the English Channel, and on the W by Cornwall. It is a land of rolling hills, dominated by Dartmoor and Exmoor , upland areas of... Read more |
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Cornwall
Cornwall county (1991 pop. 469,300), SW England. The county seat is Bodmin , although most administration eminates from Truro. Cornwall is a peninsula bounded seaward by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean and landward by Devon. It terminates in the west with the rugged promontory of ... Read more |
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Absalom
Absalom , in the Bible, son of David. He murdered his half-brother Amnon for the rape of their sister Tamar, and fled. No sooner was he reconciled with his father than he incited a rebellion in which he was killed by Joab and his armor-bearers. David's subsequent lament is recorded in Second Samuel.... Read more |
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Launceston
Launceston , city (1991 pop. 66,747), on Tasmania, SE Australia, where the North Esk and South Esk rivers join to form the Tamar estuary; founded 1806. Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania and the main port for trade with the Australian mainland. The principal exports are dairy... Read more |
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Zerah
Zerah , in the Bible. 1 Younger of the twin sons of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar. The following patronymics are apparently derived from his name: Zarhite, Izrahite, and Ezrahite. 2 Duke of Edom. Gen. 36.13,17; 1 Chron. 1.37. 3 Father of an Edomite king. 4 Same as Zohar 2. 5 ... Read more |
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Battle of Hingston Down
Hingston Down, battle of, 838. For decades the Britons of Cornwall (Dumnonia) had been resisting the growing pressure of Wessex. In 838 they joined with a Viking force, possibly from Ireland, but were defeated at Hingston Down, between Callington and the Tamar, by Egbert. Cornwall was then... Read more |
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Revenge
674. Vengeance Absalom kills half-brother, Amnon, for raping sister, Tamar. [O. T.: II Samuel 13:28–29] Acamas Aeneas’s companion; kills Promachus to avenge brother’s murder. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad ] Acarnan and Amphoterus enabled by Zeus to grow to manhood in single day to... Read more |
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Battle of Sampford Courtenay
Sampford Courtenay, battle of, 1549. The Cornish rebels against the Prayer Book in English in the summer of 1549 declared that they would not accept the new service which was ‘but like a Christmas game’. Later in June they crossed the Tamar and laid siege to Exeter. The protector to... Read more |
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