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(Encyclopedia)Elara ēˈlərə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Sinope
(Encyclopedia)Sinope sĭnōˈpē [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Callirrhoë
(Encyclopedia)Callirrhoë kəlĭrˈōē [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Carme
(Encyclopedia)Carme kärˈmē [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Adrastea
(Encyclopedia)Adrastea ädrəstēˈə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
(Encyclopedia)Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: see Islamic State. ...antiphon, in liturgical music
(Encyclopedia)antiphon ănˈtĭfən [key], in Roman Catholic liturgical music, generally a short text sung before and after a psalm or canticle. The main use is in group singing of the Divine Office in a monastery....sun worship
(Encyclopedia)sun worship. Deification and adoration of the sun occurred primarily in agrarian societies. When man became a farmer, and thus dependent upon daily and seasonal changes of weather, he often turned to ...Brutus, in ancient Rome
(Encyclopedia)Brutus bro͞oˈtəs [key], in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 b.c., was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of L...weights and measures
(Encyclopedia)CE5 weights and measures, units and standards for expressing the amount of some quantity, such as length, capacity, or weight; the science of measurement standards and methods is known as metrology...Browse by Subject
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