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Brewer's: Bishop's Mitre
Dean Stanley tells us that the cleft of a bishop's mitre represents the mark of the crease of the mitre, when folded and carried under the arm, like an opera hat. (Christian Institutions,…Brewer's: The Age of the Bishops
The ninth century. (Hallam: Middle Ages.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Age of the PopesAge of Women A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Boy Bishop
St. Nicholas. From his cradle he is said to have manifested marvellous indications of piety, and was therefore selected for the patron saint of boys. (Fourth century.) Boy Bishop. The…Brewer's: Tulcan Bishops
Certain Scotch bishops appointed by James I., with the distinct understanding that they were to hand over a fixed portion of the revenue to the patron. A tulcan is a stuffed calfskin,…Bishop, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911–79, American poet, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1934. During the 1950s and 60s she lived in Brazil, eventually returning to her native New England, where…Bishop, Isabel
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Isabel, 1902–88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive…Bishop Auckland
(Encyclopedia) Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland ôkˈlənd [key], town, Durham, NE England, on the Wear River. It is a…Bishop's University
(Encyclopedia) Bishop's University, provincially supported, English-language university at Lennoxville, Que., Canada; founded 1843 by the Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1853…Fleetwood, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Fleetwood, Charles, 1618?–1692, English parliamentary general. He fought under Oliver Cromwell in many battles of the English civil war and later (1650) in Scotland. He became (1651) a…Downpatrick
(Encyclopedia) Downpatrick Downpatrick dounˌpătˈrĭk [key], town, Down dist., E Northern Ireland, at the southwest…Trending
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