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(Encyclopedia) Henry V, 1387–1422, king of England (1413–22), son and successor of Henry IV. Henry abandoned his early recklessness (celebrated and probably exaggerated by Shakespeare) and ruled with justice...

(Encyclopedia) Adrammelech ədrămˈəlĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 God of a Samaritan cult. 2 One of the two men named as murderers of their father, Sennacherib; Sharezer was the other. Babylonian sources mention one...

(Encyclopedia) Dodo dōˈdō [key], in the Bible, father of the mighty man Eleazar. An alternate form is Dodai. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ebed ēˈbĕd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Gaal. 2 One who returned with Ezra. ...

(Encyclopedia) Alcinoüs ălsĭnˈōəs [key], in Greek mythology, king of Phaeacia, father of Nausicaä. He aided Odysseus in his journey back to Ithaca. In the story of Jason, he protects Jason and Medea from the ...

(Encyclopedia) Crawford, Ruth, 1901–53, American composer, b. East Liverpool, Ohio. Crawford attended music schools in Jacksonville, Fla., and Chicago. Her most frequently performed composition is a string quartet...

(Encyclopedia) Jehohanan jēhōhāˈnăn [key], in the Bible. 1 Officer of Jehoshaphat. 2 Father of an officer of Jehoiada. 3 Korahite porter. 4 Husband of a foreign wife. 5, 6 Postexilic priests. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hammath hămˈăth [key], in the Bible. 1 Fortified Naphtalite city. It is probably the Hammon mentioned in First Chronicles and Joshua. 2 Father of the founder of the house of Rechab. ...

(Encyclopedia) Harumaph hāryo͞oˈmăf, hāˈ– [key], in the Bible, father of Jedaiah (2.) ...

(Encyclopedia) Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. Its mission is to encourage ...