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Gregory the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Gregory the Great, Saint: see Gregory I, Saint. ...Gregory the Illuminator, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Gregory the Illuminator, Saint, d. c.330, churchman, called the Apostle of Armenia. He was the first metropolitan of Armenia and is revered as founder of the Armenian Church. Feast: Sept. 30. ...Bel and the Dragon
(Encyclopedia)Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a response to Gentile ...U , letter of the alphabet
(Encyclopedia)U, 21st letter of the alphabet, corresponding to the Greek upsilon [Gr.,=u without the aspirate]. Until the late Middle Ages the capital was V, the minuscule u, no distinction being made between the c...Brothers of the Sword
(Encyclopedia)Brothers of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...Agar, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Agar āˈgər [key], the same as Hagar. ...Bruno the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Bruno the Great, Saint: see Bruno, Saint (d. 965). ...Bulge, Battle of the
(Encyclopedia)Bulge, Battle of the: see Battle of the Bulge. ...Tartan, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Tartan tärˈtăn [key], in the Bible, official title of two Assyrians sent to Hezekiah by Sennacherib and Sargon. ...theater-in-the-round
(Encyclopedia)theater-in-the-round: see theater. ...Browse by Subject
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