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Durango, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Durango vēktôrˈyä ᵺā [key], city, capital of Durango state, N central Mexico, along the highway ...

Delaware, University of

(Encyclopedia)Delaware, University of dĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], at Newark, Del.; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; founded 1743 in New London, Pa., as a Presbyterian school, moved to Newark 1765, an...

Cossa, Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Cossa, Francesco, or Francesco del Cossa fränchĕsˈkō dĕl kôsˈsä [key], c.1435–1477?, Italian painter. He was a leading representative of the Ferrarese school and was regarded, with Ercole de...

Penitentes

(Encyclopedia)Penitentes pĕnĭtĕnˈtēz [key], secret lay order in the U.S. Southwest, particularly New Mexico, noted for flagellating rites during Holy Week. It arose from the third order of the Franciscans and ...

Chronicles

(Encyclopedia)Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and called First and Seco...

L'Olonnois, François

(Encyclopedia)L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...

Packard Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Packard Foundation: see David and Lucile Packard Foundation. ...

Jeribai

(Encyclopedia)Jeribai jĕrˈĭbā [key], in the Bible, soldier of David. ...

Ibhar

(Encyclopedia)Ibhar ĭbˈhär [key], in the Bible, son of David. ...

Ithream

(Encyclopedia)Ithream ĭthˈrēəm [key], in the Bible, son of David. ...