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Heiligenblut

(Encyclopedia)Heiligenblut hīˌlĭgənblo͞otˈ [key] [Ger.,=holy blood], village, Carinthia prov., SW Austria, at the foot of the Grossglockner. It is a winter sports and mountain-climbing center. Heiligenblut is...

Aubervilliers

(Encyclopedia)Aubervilliers ōbervēlyāˈ [key], town, Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, NE of Paris. It is an important industrial center where chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ...

Halle, town, Belgium

(Encyclopedia)Halle hälˈə [key], Fr. Hal, commune, Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium, on the Charle...

Dambulla

(Encyclopedia)Dambulla dämbo͝olˈə [key], town, central Sri Lanka. A place of Buddhist pilgrimage, it has a well-preserved cave temple complex at Dambulla Rock that dates to the 1st cent. b.c. There is a recumbe...

Charles, William

(Encyclopedia)Charles, William, 1776–1820, American cartoonist, etcher, and engraver, b. Edinburgh, Scotland. He probably came to the United States to avoid prosecution for his satirical drawings. He is best know...

Santiago de Compostela

(Encyclopedia)Santiago de Compostela säntyäˈgō ᵺā kōmpōstāˈlä [key] or Santiago, city (1990 pop. 91,419), capital of Galicia, in A Coruña prov., NW Spain, on the Sar River. The city is one of the chief...

Touba

(Encyclopedia)Touba to͞oˈbä [key], town (1988 pop. 23,751), Diourbel prov., W Senegal. The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing region. Touba is the religious cente...

Adam's Peak

(Encyclopedia)Adam's Peak, Sinhalese Sri Padastanaya and Samanaliya, mountain, 7,360 ft (2,243 m) high, S central Sri Lanka. It is a sacred mountain, famous as a goal of pilgrimage for Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslim...

Calpurnius

(Encyclopedia)Calpurnius (Titus Calpurnius Siculus) kălpûrˈnēəs [key], fl. 1st cent. a.d., Roman poet. His Eclogues (seven pastorals) imitate Vergil with grace and charm. ...

meditation

(Encyclopedia)meditation, religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace, as in the contemplation by Christian mystics of a spiritual th...