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(Encyclopedia)simile sĭmˈəlē [key] [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem “A Red Red Rose” contains two straightfo...Knights of the Sword
(Encyclopedia)Knights of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...Anan, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Anan āˈnən [key], in the Bible, sealer of the covenant. ...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. ...Brothers of the Sword
(Encyclopedia)Brothers of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...Harsha, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Harsha härˈshə [key], in the Bible, family that returned from the Exile. ...queen of the meadow
(Encyclopedia)queen of the meadow or queen of the prairie: see spiraea. ...Joanna, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. ...Aeneas, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Aeneas ēˈnēəs, ĭnēˈ– [key], palsied man whom Peter cured in the Acts of the Apostles. ...Browse by Subject
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