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(Encyclopedia) Stirling, Sir James Frazer, 1924–92, British architect., b. Glasgow, grad. Univ. of Liverpool school of architecture (1950). Settling in London, Stirling worked in partnership (1956–63) with James...

(Encyclopedia) Toland, John tōˈlənd [key], 1670–1722, British deist, b. Ireland. Brought up a Roman Catholic, Toland became a Protestant at 16. He studied at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Leiden and after 1694 lived ...

(Encyclopedia) Machbanai măkˈbənā, măkbāˈnā, măkbānāˈī [key], in the Bible, Gadite ally of David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Obil ōˈbĭl [key], in the Bible, keeper of David's camels. He was an Ishmaelite. ...

(Encyclopedia) Athach āˈthăk [key], in the Bible, place in S ancient Palestine, visited by David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Westcott, Edward Noyes, 1846–98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd, humorous country b...

(Encyclopedia) Hoshama hŏshˈəmə, hōshāˈ– [key], in the Bible, one of the house of David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Elnaam ĕlˈnāăm, ĕlnāˈ– [key], in the Bible, father of two of David's guards. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ezel ēˈzəl [key], in the Bible, rock where David said farewell to Jonathan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zion sīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David, on the southeastern hill of Jerusalem. Z...