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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ben in the Bible, Levite porter under David.

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A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ben ( Benjamin Vautier). See BODY ART.

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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | © A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ben. The common English rendering of Irish and Scottish Gaelic words for mountain, crag, peak, crest, pinnacle, or summit; cf. OIr. benn; ModIr. binn, beann; ScG beinn. See also SLIAB; SLIEVE.

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