(Encyclopedia) Creighton, MandellCreighton, Mandellmănˈdəl krīˈtən [key], 1843–1901, British historian and churchman. He was professor of ecclesiastical history at Cambridge from 1884 until his…
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[Amu-al-Bulud]. Balkh is so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of PearlMother of Books A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
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A fund created out of the firstfruits and tenths, which were part of the papal exactions before the Reformation. The firstfruits are the whole first year's profits of a clerical living,…
Alexandria was so called from its library, which was the largest ever collected before the invention of printing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of…
A hard, strong-minded, rigid woman, without one soft point or effeminate weakness. Always in the right, and maintaining her right with the fortitude of a martyr. Source: Dictionary of…
The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve molluses, especially that of the pearl oyster. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of the…
lived in the reign of Henry VIII., and was famous for her prophecies, in which she foretold the death of Wolsey, Lord Percy, etc., and many wonderful events of future times. All her “…
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