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Receivership
RECEIVERSHIP A court order whereby all the property subject to dispute in a legal action is placed under the dominion and control of an independent person known as a receiver. Receivership is an extraordinary remedy, the purpose of which is to preserve property during the time needed to prosecute... Read more |
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charnel house
C HARNELH OUSES A charnel houseis a building, chamber, or other area in which bodies or bones are deposited, also known as a mortuary chapel. Charnel houses arose as a result of the limited areas available for cemeteries. When cemetery usage had reached... Read more |
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Aenon
Aenon A place near Shechem in Samaria, though not identified with certainty. When Jesus and his disciples began a ministry of baptism, John moved on to Aenon (John 3: 22–3). John was not yet in prison (3: 24), whereas Mark (1: 14) appears to suggest that Jesus began his teaching only after... Read more |
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Urban renewal
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. Nineteenth-century slum housing in the United States consisted of buildings with warrens of tiny, poorly ventilated rooms that resulted in a high incidence of infant mortality and infectious diseases among the European immigrant population. Reform movements... Read more |
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Samaria
Samaria , city, ancient Palestine, on a hill NW of modern-day Nablus (Shechem). The site is now occupied by a village, Sabastiyah (West Bank). Samaria (named for Shemer, who owned the land) was built by King Omri as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in the early 9th cent. BC The scene... Read more |
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British Museum
British Museum the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. The museum was established by act of Parliament in 1753 when the collection of... Read more |
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Booth Theatre
Booth Theatres (New York). Two beloved theatres named after Edwin Booth have flourished in Manhattan. The first Booth Theatre was built in 1869 on 23rd Street to present Shakespeare productions by the renowned actor it was named after. It was a very advanced theatre, designed by the famous New York... Read more |
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Ostrogoths
Ostrogoths (East Goths), division of the Goths, one of the most important groups of the Germans . According to their own unproven tradition, the ancestors of the Goths were the Gotar of S Sweden . By the 3d cent. AD, the Goths settled in the region N of the Black Sea. They split into two... Read more |
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The American Museum
American Museum, The (New York). Originally opened in Chambers Street in 1810 by John Scudder, it found, even in its early history, that its lecture room was given over frequently to variety performers, and entertainment quickly vied with the regular exhibits for popularity. The idea that it was a... Read more |
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Judaea
Judaea or Judea [Lat. from Judah ], region, Greco-Roman name for S Palestine. It varied in size in different periods. In the time of Jesus it was both part of the province of Syria and a kingdom ruled by the Herods. It was the southernmost of the Roman divisions of Palestine, the others being... Read more |
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