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Tawadros II

(Encyclopedia) Tawadros II, 1963–, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (see Copts), 2012–; successor of Shenouda III. Born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman, he studied pharmacy at Alexandria Univ. (grad. 1975…

Canby, Henry Seidel

(Encyclopedia) Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878–1961, American editor and critic, b. Wilmington, Del., grad. Yale, 1899. He taught at Yale for over 20 years, achieving professorial rank in 1922. He…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…

Gospel

(Encyclopedia) Gospel [M.E.,=good news; evangel from Gr.,= good news], a written account of the life of Jesus. Though the Gospels of the New Testament are all anonymous, since the 2d cent. they have…

Amnon

(Encyclopedia) Amnon. In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.

Women's Suffrage and the Constitution: Chapter I

Table of Contents Chapter II. State Constituti... Chapter I Why the Federal Amendment? Woman Suffrage is coming-no intelligent person in the United States or in the world will deny that fact.…

milu

(Encyclopedia) milu: see Père David's deer.

elaphure

(Encyclopedia) elaphure: see Père David's deer.