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Brewer's: Chair of St. Peter
(The). The office of the Pope of Rome, said to be founded by St. Peter, the apostle; but St. Peter's Chair means the Catholic festival held in commemoration of the two episcopates founded…Brewer's: City of St. Michael
(The). Dumfries, of which city St. Michael is the patron saint. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894City of SaintsCity of Refuge A B C D E F G H I J K…St. Louis Rams (14-2)
St. Louis Rams (14-2)at PhiladelphiaW, 20-17*at San Fran.W, 30-26MiamiW, 42-10at DetroitW, 35-0NY GiantsW, 15-14at NY JetsW, 34-14New OrleansL, 31-34OPEN—CarolinaW, 48-14at N. EnglandW, 24-…St. Louis Rams (10-6)
St. Louis Rams (10-6)DenverW, 41-36at SeattleW, 37-34San Fran.W, 41-24at AtlantaW, 41-20San DiegoW, 57-31OPEN—AtlantaW, 45-29at Kansas CityL, 34-54at San Fran.W, 34-24CarolinaL, 24-27at NY…Brewer's: Well of St. Keyne
[Cornwall ]. The reputed virtue of this well is that whichever of a married pair first drinks its waters will be the paramount power of the house.…New York City Ballet
(Encyclopedia) New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in…De profundis
(Encyclopedia) De profundisDe profundisdā prōf&oomacr;nˈdēs [key] [Lat.,=from the depths], the opening words of Psalm 130, one of the penitential Psalms, in Jerome's Latin version (see Vulgate);…Müller, Johannes von
(Encyclopedia) Müller, Johannes vonMüller, Johannes vonyōhäˈnəs fən mülˈər [key], 1752–1809, Swiss historian. He spent much of his life in Germany, where he held political posts under the elector of…Lalemant, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Lalemant, CharlesLalemant, Charlesshärl lälmäNˈ [key], 1587–1674, French Jesuit missionary in North America; brother of Jérôme Lalemant and uncle of Gabriel Lalemant. He arrived in…Scaliger, Julius Caesar
(Encyclopedia) Scaliger, Julius Caesar, 1484–1558, Italian philologist and physician in France. Scaliger studied medicine and settled in France (1526), where he worked as a physician. A scholar of…Trending
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