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Brewer's: Alms-house
A house where paupers are supported at the public expense; a poor-house. Also a house set apart for the aged poor free of rent. “Only, alas! the poor who had neither friends nor attendants…Brewer's: Household Gods
Domestic pets, and all those things which help to endear home. The Romans had household gods called pe-na'-tes, who were supposed to preside over their private dwellings. Of these pe-na'-…Brewer's: Catharine
To braid St. Catharine's tresses. To live a virgin. “Thou art too fair to be left to braid St. Catharine's tresses” Longfellow Evangeline. Catharine (Knights of St), 1714. A Russian…Brewer's: Angelus
(The) A Roman Catholic devotion in honour of the Incarnation, instituted by Urban II. It consists of three texts, each said as versicle and response, and followed by the salutation of…Brewer's: Eulalie
(St.). Eulalon is one of the names of Apollo; but in the calendar there is a virgin martyr called Eulalie, born at Merida, in Estramadura. When she was only twelve years old, the great…Kathy Bates
Kathy BatesactressBorn: 6/28/1948Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Academy Award-winning film, stage and television character actress whose films include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean,…Sam Shepard Biography
Sam Shepardplaywright, actor(Samuel Shepard Rogers)Born: 11/5/1943Birthplace: Fort Sheridan, Illinois Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor known for his dramas that combine myth and…Kathy Bates Biography
Kathy BatesactressBorn: 6/28/1948Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Academy Award-winning film, stage and television character actress whose films include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean,…foundation
(Encyclopedia) foundation, institution through which private wealth is contributed and distributed for public purpose. Foundations have existed since Greek and Roman times, when they honored deities…Brewer's: Hexameter Verse
A line of poetry consisting of six measures, the fifth being a dactyl and the sixth either a spondee or a trochee. The other four may be either dactyls or spondees. Homer's two epic poems…Trending
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