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cock-of-the-rock

(Encyclopedia)cock-of-the-rock: see cotinga.

Fathers of the Church

(Encyclopedia)Fathers of the Church, collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. G...

Isles of the Blest

(Encyclopedia)Isles of the Blest: see Fortunate Isles. ...

Imitation of Christ, The

(Encyclopedia)Imitation of Christ, The, Christian devotional book, of great popularity. It originated among the Brothers of the Common Life in the Netherlands and was written probably c.1425. Tradition (since c.144...

Annunciation of the Virgin

(Encyclopedia)Annunciation of the Virgin: see Mary. ...

anointing of the sick

(Encyclopedia)anointing of the sick, sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips...

Herrings, Battle of the

(Encyclopedia)Herrings, Battle of the, 1429, episode in the siege of Orléans by the English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by Sir John Fastolf....

hardening of the arteries

(Encyclopedia)hardening of the arteries: see arteriosclerosis. ...

freedom of the press

(Encyclopedia)freedom of the press: see press, freedom of the. ...

freedom of the seas

(Encyclopedia)freedom of the seas: see seas, freedom of the. ...