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(Encyclopedia)Ed, in the Bible, name of an altar raised on the left bank of the Jordan.

(Encyclopedia)Lucius, in the New Testament. 1 Christian teacher at Antioch, a Cyrenian. 2 Christian at Rome.

(Encyclopedia)Rotterdam, town (1990 pop. 21,228), Schenectady co., E N.Y.; settled c.1670, inc. 1821. It is residential.

(Encyclopedia)Tishbite, in the Bible, epithet of Elijah, referring to Tishbe, his place of origin or his family.

(Encyclopedia)adder's-tongue, name for a fern genus (Ophioglossum). Adder's-tongues are classified in the division Pteridophyta.

(Encyclopedia)Shen, in the Bible, place, perhaps close to Bethel, near which Samuel set up the stone Ebenezer.

(Encyclopedia)Evergreen Park, village (2020 pop. 19,943), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1893.

(Encyclopedia)Parkville, uninc. city (1990 pop. 31,617, including Carney), Baltimore co., N Md., a chiefly residential suburb of Baltimore.

(Encyclopedia)Fleet Street, street in the City of London, England. It was formerly the center of English journalism.

(Encyclopedia)Fountains Abbey, ruined Cistercian abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, N England, near Ripon. It was founded in 1132.