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Miniamin

(Encyclopedia)Miniamin mĭnīˈəmĭn [key], in the Bible. 1 Family of priests. An alternate form is Mijiamin. 2 Officer under Hezekiah. 3 Trumpeter at the dedication of the wall. ...

reredos

(Encyclopedia)reredos rērˈdŏs [key], ornamented wall or screen that rises behind the high altar of a church, forming a background for it. It may be placed against the apse wall at the extreme end or directly beh...

Ectoprocta

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Bugula, a moss animal, representative of the phylum Ectoprocta Ectoprocta ĕkˌtəprŏkˈtə [key], phylum of sessile, colonial aquatic animals (commonly known as moss animals or oryonzoans). ...

Dillinger, John

(Encyclopedia)Dillinger, John dĭlˈĭnjər [key], 1902–34, American bank robber, probably b. Indianapolis. Paroled after serving a prison term for attempted robbery, Dillinger organized a gang and terrorized the...

Hashabiah

(Encyclopedia)Hashabiah hăshəbīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief priest. 2 Harpist. 3 Sealer of the Covenant. 4, 5 Levites in the Temple. 6 Worker on the wall. ...

fault

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Types of faults fault, in geology, fracture in the earth's crust in which the rock on one side of the fracture has measurable movement in relation to the rock on the other side. Faults on othe...

Conwy

(Encyclopedia)Conwy, formerly Conway, town , Conwy, N Wales, at the mouth of the Conwy (Conway) River. Conwy is a picturesque tourist town with several notable old st...

Hoshaiah

(Encyclopedia)Hoshaiah hŏshˌāīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 A leader at the dedication of the wall. 2 Father of Jaazaniah. ...

Derbent

(Encyclopedia)Derbent dyĭrbyĕntˈ [key], city, SE European Russia, in Dagestan, on the Caspian Sea. It st...

Bennett, James Gordon, 1795–1872, American newspaper publisher

(Encyclopedia)Bennett, James Gordon, 1795–1872, American newspaper proprietor, b. Keith, Scotland. He came to America in 1819 and won a reputation as Washington correspondent of the New York Enquirer and later (1...