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La Halle, Adam de
(Encyclopedia)La Halle, Adam de: see Adam de la Halle. ...Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, American politician and clergyman, b. New Haven, Conn. In 1937 he became pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and he soon became known as a m...Smith, Sir George Adam
(Encyclopedia)Smith, Sir George Adam, 1856–1942, Scottish biblical scholar and Hebraist, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. He was professor of Old Testament language, literature, and theology in the United Free C...Adam de la Halle
(Encyclopedia)Adam de la Halle lə bōsüˈ [key], c.1240–1287, French dramatist and poet-musician, one of the great trouvères. Many of his songs and polyphonic motets are preserved, as is the pastoral comedy wi...Bakhchisaray
(Encyclopedia)Bakhchisaray bäkhˌchēsərīˈ [key] [Turk.,=garden palace], city, Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), the city passed to Russian control in 2014 after the occupation and ann...Eve, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit of the ...Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de ädäNˈ fēlēpˈ kôNt də küstēnˈ [key], 1740–93, French general. He served in the Seven Years War and in the American Revolution. Elected to the States-Genera...Meulen, Adam Frans van der
(Encyclopedia)Meulen, Adam Frans van der äˈdäm fräns vän dĕr mölˈən [key], c.1632–1690, Flemish painter of battle scenes and portraits. He was invited to Paris c.1665 and accompanied Louis XIV on militar...Life of Adam and Eve
(Encyclopedia)Life of Adam and Eve: see Adam and Eve, Life of. ...Adam, town, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Adam, in the Bible, town on the upper Jordan.Browse by Subject
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