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(Encyclopedia) Ballou, Adin bălo͞oˈ [key], 1803–90, American Universalist clergyman, b. Cumberland, R.I. He was prominent in the movement that resulted in the Massachusetts Association of Universal Restorationi...

(Encyclopedia) Omar Khayyam kīämˈ [key], fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b. Nishapur. He was called Khayyam [tentmaker] probably because of his father's occupation. The details of his life are mos...

(Encyclopedia) Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

(Encyclopedia) YMCA: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

(Encyclopedia) YWCA: see Young Women's Christian Association. ...

(Encyclopedia) Church of Christ, Scientist: see Christian Science. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tübingen School: see Baur, Ferdinand Christian. ...

(Encyclopedia) Malachy, Saint mălˈəkē [key], 1095–1148, Irish churchman, reformer of the church in Ireland. His Irish name was Máel Máedoc ua Morgair. He was assistant to Cellach (Celsus), bishop of Armagh, ...

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, Saint, c.825–867, pope (858–67), a Roman; successor of Benedict III. He was a vigorous and politically active pope who arbitrated both temporal and religious disputes. His decisions of...

(Encyclopedia) brasses, ornamental. Brass, a copper-zinc alloy produced since imperial Roman times, is closely associated in art with bronze, a copper-tin alloy (see bronze sculpture). Brass was generally fashioned ...