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Sela
Sela or Selah [Heb.,=rock], in the Bible, unidentified town, S of the Dead Sea. Amaziah captured it and renamed it Joktheel. Some identify Sela with Petra . Sela in the first chapter of Judges seems to be another rock.... Read more |
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chapters and chapter houses
chapters and chapter houses. The chapter house of a monastery, cathedral, or collegiate foundation was second only to the church in importance, and was usually built in close proximity to it. Here the community assembled daily in pre-Reformation times for prayer, for the reading of a chapter in the... Read more |
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Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon or Wisdom, early Jewish book included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not in the Hebrew Bible. The book opens with an exhortation to seek wisdom, followed by a statement on worldly attitudes. Chapter 3 is an eloquent passage on the immortality of the just and the... Read more |
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chapter
chapter2 the main division of a book.chapter and verse an exact reference or authority; originally, the exact reference to a passage of Scripture (the usage is recorded from the early 17th century). Chapter and verse divisions to the scriptures are of comparatively late date; Jewish scholars of the... Read more |
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Wealth
Chapter 8: Wealth in the United States The Components of WealthPoverty in the United StatesWealth DistributionWealth DemographicsAnother Look at Wealth DataWealth Inequality: Is it a Problem? All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the... Read more |
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Genetic Disorders
Chapter 5Genetic Disorders We could wish that Read more |
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nisi prius
nisi prius. The statute of Westminster II, chapter 30, established this system which was an important factor in the growth of the common law. The Court of Common Pleas was established at Westminster palace after Magna Carta (1215), but the disadvantage of bringing cases before the justices there was... Read more |
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chapter house
chapter house a building in which the chapter of the clergy meets. Its plan varies, the simplest being a rectangle. At Worcester, England, the Norman builders created a circular chapter house (c.1100), with vaulting springing from a central pillar. Subsequent examples, adopting this central support... Read more |
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Groundwater
Chapter 4Groundwater A VAST HIDDEN RESOURCE Water lies beneath almost every part of the earth's surface Read more |
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Victims
Chapter 2Victims of Crime THE TRAUMA OF BEING VICTIMIZED Becoming a crime victim can have serious consequences |
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