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(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. ...

(Encyclopedia) Americas, University of the, at Cholula, Puebla, Mexico; founded 1940 as Mexico City College. The school achieved university status in 1963. It has faculties of administration, basic sciences, enginee...

(Encyclopedia) Og ŏg [key], in the Bible, giant king of Bashan conquered by the Israelites. ...

(Encyclopedia) Benedict the Black, Saint, d. 1589, Sicilian friar. Born a slave, he became a hermit and later a Franciscan lay brother. Although illiterate, his humility and extraordinary powers as spiritual directo...