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Lazarus Denison SHOEMAKER, Congress, PA (1819-1893)
SHOEMAKER Lazarus Denison , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pa., November 5, 1819; attended Nazareth Hall, Nazareth, Pa., and Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio;…Salome
(Encyclopedia) SalomeSalomesəlōˈmē [key], in the New Testament. 1 Daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias. She is generally supposed to be the daughter who danced to obtain the head of John the Baptist…Arrabal, Fernando
(Encyclopedia) Arrabal, FernandoArrabal, Fernandofārnänˈdō äräbälˈ [key], 1932–, French playwright, b. Melilla, Morocco. He studied law in Madrid before moving to Paris in 1954. His plays, which…purification
(Encyclopedia) purification, in religion, the ceremonial removal of what the religion deems unclean. The usual agents of purification are water (as in baptism), bodily alteration (as in circumcision…Inge, William Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Inge, William RalphInge, William Ralphĭng [key], 1860–1954, Anglican prelate and author. He was fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1886–88), fellow and tutor of Hertford College,…Judaea
(Encyclopedia) Judaea or JudeaJudeaboth: j&oomacr;dēˈə [key] [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…Palm Sunday
(Encyclopedia) Palm Sunday, in the Christian calendar, the Sunday before Easter, sixth and last Sunday in Lent, and the first day of Holy Week. It recalls the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding…Maceió
(Encyclopedia) MaceióMaceióməsāôˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 629,041), capital of Alagoas state, E Brazil, on a narrow strip of land between a lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. Its port is at Jaraguá.…Hall, Granville Stanley
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Granville Stanley, 1844–1924, American psychologist and educator, b. Ashfield, Mass., grad. Williams, 1867. G. Stanley Hall taught at Antioch and Harvard, studied experimental…predella
(Encyclopedia) predellapredellaprĕdĕlˈlä [key], Italian term for a painted panel, usually small, belonging to a series of panels at the bottom of an altarpiece. The form was used mainly in Italy from…Trending
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