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clay pan

(Encyclopedia) clay pan: see hardpan.

Pan-Americanism

(Encyclopedia) Pan-Americanism, movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America. In the early 20th cent., U.…

Pan-Arabism

(Encyclopedia) Pan-Arabism, general term for the modern movement for political unification among the Arab nations of the Middle East. Since the Ottoman Turks rose to power in the 14th cent., there…

Pan-American Union

(Encyclopedia) Pan-American Union, former name for the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS). It was founded (1889–90) at the first of the modern Inter-American Conferences…

Pan, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) PanPanpăn [key], in Greek religion and mythology, pastoral god of fertility. He was worshiped principally in Arcadia, and one legend states that he was the son of Hermes, another…

Silvanus

(Encyclopedia) Silvanus, in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and herds. Like the Greek…

Pan, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) Pan, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XVIII (or S18), Pan is 12.5 mi (20 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance…

1 Peter

1 Peter Ch. 1: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to… Ch. 2: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile… Ch. 3: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own… Ch. 4: Forasmuch then as…

2 Peter

2 Peter Ch. 1: Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus… Ch. 2: But there were false prophets also among… Ch. 3: This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto… Select another book…

1 Peter: 1

1 Peter Chapter 1 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the…