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jube
jube, jubé 1. 1.Pulpitum, or screen at the west end of the choir in a French church.2. Rood-loft or gallery in the same position, often forming part of the screen. One of the finest surviving jubés is in the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris (c.1545), with its twin spiral stairs... Read more |
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Beeroth
Beeroth A Benjaminite city (Josh. 9: 17) where the murderers of Ishbaal, son of Saul, lived (2 Sam. 4: 2–3), probably about 15 km. (9 miles) north of Jerusalem.... Read more |
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Sherman Minton
Minton, Sherman (b. Georgetown, Ind., 20 Oct. 1890; d. New Albany, Ind., 9 Apr. 1965; interred Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany), associate justice, 1949–1956. President Harry S. Truman on 15 September 1949 nominated Minton to be associate justice to replace Wiley B. Rutledge, who had... Read more |
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Abishai
Abishai A loyal soldier in David's band who had to be restrained from killing Saul when he was resting from the pursuit of his young rival (1 Sam. 26: 9). Abishai was later implicated with Joab (2 Sam. 3: 30) in the tit-for-tat murder of Abner, who had killed their brother Asahel (2 Sam. 2: 23);... Read more |
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Chateau-Thierry
Château‐Thierry, Picardy/France Égalité‐sur‐Marne ‘Thierry's Castle’. Named after the castle built in 718 by Charles Martel (c.688–741), the Frankish ruler (715–41), for Thierry (or Theodoric) IV (713–37), the puppet... Read more |
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Dessie
Déisi, Old Irish for tenants or vassals, was the name of a number of communities in early Ireland. These included Déisi Temro (of Tara), otherwise Déisi Breg, who were located in the modern barony of Deece in Meath, the Déisi of Waterford, and the Déisi of Limerick, one... Read more |
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John Strype
John Strype , 1643-1737, English ecclesiastical historian and biographer. A graduate of Cambridge, he took holy orders. Much of his early life was spent in collecting old charters, letters, and various documents, mostly of the Tudor period. Later he used these in his cumbersome but valuable works.... Read more |
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Triglav
Triglav , peak, 9,392 ft (2,863 m) high, Slovenia, in the Julian Alps, near the Italian and Austrian borders. It is the Julian Alps' highest peak.... Read more |
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Firkin
Firkin a measure of quantity; half a kilderkin, 1465; as a small cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc. Examples: firkin of ale [8 gallons], 1465; of beer [9 gallons], 1600; of butter [9 gallons], 1745; of eels [10 1/2 gallons], 1600; of herrings [8 gallons], 1600; of marlvoisie [‘malmsey... Read more |
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Azriel
Azriel . In the Bible, he is the father of Seraiah 9.... Read more |
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