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(Encyclopedia) meditation, religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace, as in the contemplation by Christian mystics…Philoxenus
(Encyclopedia) PhiloxenusPhiloxenusfĭlŏkˈsənəs [key], c.436–c.380 b.c., Greek dithyrambic poet, b. Cythera. Having fallen out of grace with the emperor Dionysius, he was imprisoned in Syracuse. There…Grétry, André Ernest Modeste
(Encyclopedia) Grétry, André Ernest ModesteGrétry, André Ernest ModesteäNdrāˈ ĕrnĕstˈ môdĕstˈ grātrēˈ [key], 1741–1813, French operatic composer. Enormously prolific and successful in his lifetime,…Malbone, Edward Greene
(Encyclopedia) Malbone, Edward GreeneMalbone, Edward Greenemălbōnˈ [key], 1777–1807, American portrait painter and miniaturist, b. Newport, R.I. After painting portraits in Providence and Boston, he…Arminius, Jacobus
(Encyclopedia) Arminius, JacobusArminius, Jacobusjəkōˈbəs [key]Arminius, Jacobus ärmĭnˈēəs [key], 1560–1609, Dutch Reformed theologian, whose original name was Jacob Harmensen. He studied at Leiden,…sacramental
(Encyclopedia) sacramental, in the Roman Catholic Church, aid to devotion that is not a sacrament. Sacramentals are commonly divided into six classes: prayer, anointing, eating, confession, giving,…Lowry, Malcolm
(Encyclopedia) Lowry, Malcolm (Clarence Malcolm Lowry)Lowry, Malcolmlouˈrē [key], 1909–57, English novelist, b. New Brighton, Wirral. Lowry is widely recognized as an important writer who effectively…Remonstrants
(Encyclopedia) RemonstrantsRemonstrantsrĕmŏnˈstrənts [key], Dutch Protestants, adherents to the ideas of Jacobus Arminius, whose doctrines after his death (1609) were called Arminianism. They were…Grace F. NAPOLITANO, Congress, CA (1936)
NAPOLITANO, Grace F., a Representative from California; born in Brownsville, Cameron County, Tex., December 4, 1936; graduated from Brownsville High School, Brownsville, Tex.; attended…Grace Fallow Norton: Love is a Terrible Thing
Love is a Terrible ThingGrace Fallow NortonI went out to the farthest meadow, I lay down in the deepest shadow;And I said unto the earth, "Hold me," And unto the night, "O enfold me,"And unto…Trending
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