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Text of the Constitution of the United States

(Encyclopedia)Text1 of the Constitution of the United States Preamble Article I Article II Article III Article IV Article V Article VI Article VII Amendment I Amendment II Am...

Sodom

(Encyclopedia)Sodom sŏdˈōmə [key], in the Bible, the principal of the Cities of the Plain (the others being Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar, which was spared) destroyed by fire from heaven because of their w...

Citadel, The–The Military College of South Carolina

(Encyclopedia)Citadel, The–The Military College of South Carolina sĭtˈədəl, –dĕlˌ [key], at Charleston; state supported; chartered (1842) as The Citadel, opened 1843. From 1882 to 1910 it was named the So...

Zin

(Encyclopedia)Zin, in the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered, SW of the Dead Sea.

Gettysburg Address

(Encyclopedia)Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and mo...

Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the

(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...

Siddim

(Encyclopedia)Siddim, in the Bible, locale of the battle of the kings, said to mean the valley of the Dead Sea.

Birch, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Birch, Samuel, 1813–85, English Egyptologist. He wrote a dictionary of hieroglyphics and translated the Book of the Dead.

Ziz

(Encyclopedia)Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

requiem

(Encyclopedia)requiem rĕkˈwēəm, rēˈ–, rāˈ– [key] [Lat.,=rest], proper Mass for the souls of the dead, performed on All Souls' Day and at funerals. The reformation of Roman Catholic liturgy following the...