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Brewer's: Levitical

Belonging to the Levites or priestly tribe of Levi; pertaining to the Jewish priesthood, as the Levitical law, Levitical rites. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Irrelevant

is not to relieve, not to lighten. Irrelevant matter is that which does not help to bear the burden or make it lighter; something not pertinent or not material to the point in question. (…

Brewer's: Green Wax

Estreats delivered to a sheriff out of the Exchequer, under the seal of the court, which is impressed upon green wax, to be levied (7 Henry IV. c. 3). (Wharton: Law Lexicon.) Source:…

Tour de France—2007

(July 7–29, 2007) Cyclist, country Team Behind 1. Alberto Contador, Spain Discovery Channel…

Women's Olympic Cross Country Skiing

Multiple gold medals (including relays): Lyubov Egorova, Marit Bjorgen (6); Larissa Lazutina (5); Galina Kulakova and Raisa Smetanina (4); Claudia Boyarskikh, Olga Danilova and Marja-Liisa…

Baghdad

(Encyclopedia) Baghdad or Bagdad Bagdad both: băgˈdăd, bägdädˈ [key], city (2020 pop.…

October 2016: FCC Fines Comcast $2.3 Million

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of October 2016. 1. Police Kill Black Man in L.A. 2. FBI Announces Arrest of NSA…

Brewer's: Clergy

The men of God's lot or inheritance. In St. Peter's first epistle (ch. v. 3) the Church is called “God's heritage” or lot. In the Old Testament the tribe of Levi is called the “lot or…