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brutalism

(Encyclopedia)brutalism or new brutalism, architectural style of the late 1950s and 60s that arose in reaction to the lightness, polish, and use of glass and steel that had come to characterize the orthodox Interna...

Smith, Sydney

(Encyclopedia)Smith, Sydney, 1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit, ordained in the Church of England in 1794. In 1798 he went as a tutor to Edinburgh, where he studied medicine, occasionally preached, an...

Gerhardt, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Gerhardt, Paul, 1607–76, German hymn writer and clergyman. Some of his famous texts, such as O Sacred Head Sore Wounded, are much used in English translations. ...

Tychicus

(Encyclopedia)Tychicus tĭkˈĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul. ...

Demas

(Encyclopedia)Demas dēˈmăs [key], in the New Testament, companion who forsook Paul. ...

Aristarchus

(Encyclopedia)Aristarchus ărˌĭstärˈkəs [key], in the New Testament, Macedonian companion of Paul. ...

Epaphras

(Encyclopedia)Epaphras ĕpˈəfrăs [key], in the New Testament, fellow worker of Paul. ...

Trophimus

(Encyclopedia)Trophimus trŏfˈĭməs [key], in the New Testament, Ephesian companion of Paul. ...

Philetus

(Encyclopedia)Philetus fīlēˈtəs [key], in the New Testament, Christian denounced by Paul. ...

Publius

(Encyclopedia)Publius pŭbˈlēəs [key], in the New Testament, Paul's host at Malta. ...
 

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