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(Encyclopedia) Zenas zēˈnăs [key], in the New Testament, lawyer and follower of Paul. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tertullus tərtŭlˈəs [key], in the New Testament, accuser of Paul before Felix. ...

(Encyclopedia) Phygellus fĭjĕlˈəs [key], in the New Testament, man who turned away from Paul. ...

(Encyclopedia) Crescens krĕsˈənz [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul, a missionary in Galatia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Crispus krĭsˈpəs [key], in the New Testament, prominent Corinthian Jew converted by St. Paul. ...

(Encyclopedia) Peter II, 1923–70, king of Yugoslavia (1934–45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander, was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when P...

(Encyclopedia) Philippians fəlĭpˈēənz [key], letter of the New Testament, written by St. Paul from captivity probably in Rome (c.a.d. 60) to the Christians of Philippi (in Macedonia), the first European city th...

(Encyclopedia) Kenilworth kĕnˈəlwûrthˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 16,782), Warwickshire, central England. A market town and bedroom community, it is famous for the ruins of Kenilworth Castle, celebrated in Sir Walt...

(Encyclopedia) Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley), c.1612–1672, early American poet, b. Northampton, England, considered the first significant woman author in the American colonies. She came to Massachusetts in the Winthro...

(Encyclopedia) Cabochiens käbōshyăNˈ [key], popular faction in Paris in the early 15th cent. Composed largely of small tradespeople and members of the butchers' and skinners' guilds, it was named after one of th...