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(Encyclopedia)fundamentalism. 1 In Protestantism, religious movement that arose among conservative members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent., with the object of maintaining traditional int...New Mexico
(Encyclopedia) CE5 New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bord...poet laureate
(Encyclopedia)poet laureate lôˈrēĭt [key], title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval English custom of having...Citadel, The–The Military College of South Carolina
(Encyclopedia)Citadel, The–The Military College of South Carolina sĭtˈədəl, –dĕlˌ [key], at Charleston; state supported; chartered (1842) as The Citadel, opened 1843. From 1882 to 1910 it was named the So...Text of the Constitution of the United States
(Encyclopedia) Text1 of the Constitution of the United States Preamble Article I Article II Article III Article IV Article V Article VI Article VII Amendment I Amendment II Am...Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the
(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...Mountains of the Moon
(Encyclopedia)Mountains of the Moon, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...Moon, Mountains of the
(Encyclopedia)Moon, Mountains of the, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...Massa, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Massa măsˈə [key], in the Bible, seventh son of Ishmael. ...Master of the Housebook
(Encyclopedia)Master of the Housebook (Meister des Hausbuchs), fl. 1475–1500, German graphic artist. The master is named for a series of vigorous and sophisticated drawings of everyday life found in the Hausbuch ...Browse by Subject
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