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31Leopold, Jan Hendrik — ▪ Dutch poet born May 11, 1865, s Hertogenbosch, Neth. died June 21, 1925, Rotterdam poet whose unique expression and masterly technique set him apart from other heirs to the Dutch literary renaissance of the 1880s. His poetry is often… …
32Dolly Lunt Burge: Her Diary — ▪ Primary Source Dolly Lunt Burge, the widow of a Confederate officer and mistress of a plantation near Covington, Ga., met the left wing of Sherman s army four days into their march, on Nov. 19, 1864. Her diary, an extract of which… …
33Iroquois — • A noted confederacy of five, and afterwards six, cognate tribes of Iroquoian stock, and closely cognate languages, formerly occupying central New York, and claiming right of conquest over nearly all the tribes from Hudson Bay to Tennessee River …
34St. Gregory VII — Pope St. Gregory VII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …
35Pope St. Gregory VII — Pope St. Gregory VII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …
36Saint Amandus — St. Amandus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Amandus One of the great apostles of Flanders; born near Nantes, in France, about the end of the sixth century. He was, apparently, of noble extraction. When a youth of twenty, he fled from… …
37St. Gregory of Nazianzus — St. Gregory of Nazianzus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gregory of Nazianzus Doctor of the Church, born at Arianzus, in Asia Minor, c. 325; died at the same place, 389. He was son one of three children of Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus… …
38desolation — noun a) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. b) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess …
39Jesus and Messianic prophecy — Christians commonly believe that many verses of the Hebrew Bible are prophecies of the Messiah and that these were fulfilled in the life of Jesus, with the rest to be fulfilled by his Second Coming. (A minority, called Full Preterists, believe… …
40Benjamin — Son of my right hand. 1) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with… …
