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Peter Jasper Akinola
Peter Jasper Akinola 1944-, Nigerian Anglican prelate. He was ordained a deacon in 1978 and a priest in 1979. From 1978 on he built the Anglican church in Abuja, Nigeria, from practically nothing into a flourishing institution. Created a bishop (1989) and an archbishop (1997), he has been primate... Read more |
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paternoster
paternoster (in the Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer, especially in Latin. Also, any of a number of special beads occurring at regular intervals in a rosary, indicating that the Lord's Prayer is to be recited. The name comes from Latin ‘Pater noster [our Father]’, the first... Read more |
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herring-bone
herring-bone. Bricks, stones, tiles, or wood-blocks laid aslant in alternate rows or courses at 45° to the general direction of the course or row, and at 90° to the adjoining courses or rows, thus each course or row slopes in a different direction to those on either side or above and... Read more |
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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, on the Yare estuary in Norfolk, developed in the 11th cent. as a fishing town, especially for North Sea herring. From then until the First World War it was a major port, one of the largest towns in England, with stone defences which largely survive, a huge medieval parish church, and... Read more |
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carpus
carpus The wrist (or corresponding part of the forelimb) in terrestrial vertebrates, consisting of a number of small bones (carpals). The number of carpal bones varies with the species. The rabbit, for example, has two rows of carpals, the first (proximal) row containing three bones and the second... Read more |
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bichir
bichir , common name for African freshwater fishes as of the family Polypteridae, and particularly for those of the genus Polypterus. Bichirs are among the most primitive of the ray-finned fishes, or Actinopterygii, the dominant group of modern fishes. The long, narrow body of Polypterus is 2 to... Read more |
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rowing
rowing the art of propelling a boat by means of oars operated by hand. Boats propelled by oars (e.g., the galley ) were used in ancient times for both war and commerce. Rowing is now generally used only for propelling small boats or for sport. One of the oldest continuous sporting events in the... Read more |
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Madeleine
Madeleine [Fr.,=Magdalen, i.e., Mary Magdalen], large church of Paris, in the Place de la Madeleine. It was originally planned by J. A. Gabriel as a part of his layout for the Place de la Concorde , the location being selected so as to close the vista of the Rue Royale. The building was begun in... Read more |
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Saint Martins School of Art
St Martin's School of Art, London. Art college founded in 1854 in Shelton Street, London, near the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, which initially provided sponsorship. It became independent of the church in 1859. In 1913 it moved to Charing Cross Road, which is still the site of one of its its... Read more |
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Monotheistic, indigenous beliefs find ways to coexist.(Q)
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