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Windsor, British royal house

(Encyclopedia)Windsor wĭnˈzər [key], name of the royal house of Great Britain. The name Wettin, family name of Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria, as well as Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the name of th...

Chabannes, Antoine de, comte de Dammartin

(Encyclopedia)Chabannes, Antoine de, comte de Dammartin äNtwänˈ də shäbänˈ kôNt də dämmärtăNˈ [key], 1408?–1488, French soldier in the Hundred Years War. He served with Joan of Arc, distinguishing hi...

Linus, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Linus, in the New Testament, Roman Christian. He is often identified with St. Linus. ...

Manaen

(Encyclopedia)Manaen mănˈāĕn [key], in the New Testament, Antiochene Christian, foster brother of Herod the tetrarch. ...

Martha

(Encyclopedia)Martha, in the New Testament, friend of Jesus, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. In Christian literature, Martha has been a symbol of the active, as opposed to the contemplative, life. Feast: Jul...

Claudia

(Encyclopedia)Claudia klôdˈēə [key], Christian who sent greetings to Timothy, as recorded in Paul's Letter to Timothy. ...

Eunice, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Eunice yo͞onīˈsē, yo͞oˈnĭs [key], in the New Testament, Timothy's mother, a Christian. ...

Hymenaeus

(Encyclopedia)Hymenaeus hīmənēˈəs [key], in the New Testament, Christian denounced by Paul for heresy or apostasy. ...

Apphia

(Encyclopedia)Apphia ăfˈēə [key], Christian woman associated with Philemon and mentioned in Paul's Letter to Philemon. ...

Rumor, Mariano

(Encyclopedia)Rumor, Mariano, 1915–90, Italian politician. A Christian Democrat, he was premier (1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74) and foreign minister (1974–76). He was mentioned (1976) in the Lockheed Corp. br...