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(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...

(Encyclopedia) Anan āˈnən [key], in the Bible, sealer of the covenant. ...

(Encyclopedia) freedom of the press: see press, freedom of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) freedom of the seas: see seas, freedom of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Harsha härˈshə [key], in the Bible, family that returned from the Exile. ...

(Encyclopedia) Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) queen of the meadow or queen of the prairie: see spiraea. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aeneas ēˈnēəs, ĭnēˈ– [key], palsied man whom Peter cured in the Acts of the Apostles. ...

(Encyclopedia) Amon āˈmŏn [key] [Heb.,=trustworthy]. 1 King of Judah (642–640 b.c.), son and successor of Manasseh. According to Chronicles, he was inattentive to the worship of God, and the accounts accordingl...

(Encyclopedia) Ava āˈvə [key], in the Bible, an unidentified city of Mesopotamia, perhaps the same as Ivah. Its inhabitants are called Avites. ...