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Brewer's: Stilo Novo
New-fangled notions. When the calendar was reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. (1582), letters used to be dated stilo novo, which grew in time to be a cant phrase for any innovation. “And so I…Fields Medal Winners
The Fields Medal, considered the Nobel Prize of math, has been awarded quadrennially since 1936 by the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematics…Brewer's: Lollards
The early German reformers and the followers of Wickliffe were so called. An ingenious derivation is given by Bailey, who suggests the Latin word lolium (darnel), because these reformers…Brewer's: Seven Sleepers
Seven noble youths of Ephesos, who fled in the Decian persecution to a cave in Mount Celion. After 230 years they awoke, but soon died, and their bodies were taken to Marseilles in a large…Brewer's: Wake
(1 syl.). To keep vigils. (Anglo-Saxon, waeccan.) A vigil celebrated with junketing and dancing. “It may, therefore, be permitted them [the…NLCS Composite Box Score: Score by Innings
123 456 78910 RHESan Diego 202 039 0341–24531Atlanta 002 202 6510–18478 DP: San Diego 6, Atlanta 6. LOB: San Diego 52, Atlanta 46. 2B:. San Diego— Hernandez (2), Rivera (2), Finley, Gwynn,…Brewer's: Altar
(An), in Christian art. St. Stephen (the Pope), and Thomas Becket are represented as immolated before an altar. St. Canute is represented as lying before an altar. St. Charles Borromeo is…Brewer's: Ash Wednesday
The first Wednesday in Lent, so called from an ancient Roman Catholic custom of sprinkling ashes on the heads of those condemned to do penance on this day. The ashes were those of the…Brewer's: Inquisition
A court instituted to inquire into offences against the Roman Catholic religion. Fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. It was most active in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Those…Brewer's: Duty
means what is due or owing, a debt which should be paid. Thus obedience is the debt of citizens to rulers for protection, and service is the debt of persons employed for wages received. “…Trending
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