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Aramaic

(Encyclopedia) AramaicAramaicârəmāˈĭk [key], language belonging to the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). At some…

Brewer's: Pigeon, Pigeons

Pitt says in Mecca no one will kill the blue pigeons, because they are held sacred. The black pigeons of Dodona. Two black pigeons, we are told, took their flight from Thebes, in Egypt;…

Eating Disorders: Therapies

The best therapy combines treatment of mind and body Related Links Eating Disorders: An Overview The Eating Disordered Athlete Eating Disorders: Profile of a…

Brewer's: Chicken

(plural chickens ). It is quite a mistake to suppose “chickens” to be a double plural. The Anglo-Saxon is cicen, plural cicen-u. We have a few plural forms in-en, as ox-en, brack-en,…

Brewer's: Church

The etymology of this word is generally assumed to be from the Greek, Kuriou oikos (house of God); but this is most improbable, as the word existed in all the Celtic dialects long before…

Brewer's: Bible Statistics

The Number of Authors is 50. About 30 books are mentioned in the Bible, but not included in the canon. Old Testament New Testament Total. Books 30 27 66 Chapters 929 260 1,189 Verses 23,…

Czech language

(Encyclopedia) Czech languageCzech languagechĕk [key], in the past sometimes also called Bohemian, member of the West Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (…

Notable Irish Writers

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living. —Samuel Beckettfrom "Three Dialogues"…