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Euroclydon
(Encyclopedia)Euroclydon yûrˌəklīˈdŏn [key], in the New Testament, east or northeast storm wind that caused Paul's shipwreck on Malta. ...Eutychus
(Encyclopedia)Eutychus yo͞oˈtĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, young man whom Paul raised from the dead. ...Inver Grove Heights
(Encyclopedia)Inver Grove Heights, city (2020 pop. 36,092), Dakota co., SE Minn. A suburb of St. Paul, its manufactures include motor-vehicle and aircraft parts, asph...Euodias
(Encyclopedia)Euodias yo͞oōˈdēəs [key], in the New Testament, Philippian Christian urged by Paul to be reconciled with Syntyche. ...Lydia, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Lydia lĭdˈēə [key], in the New Testament, Christian convert at whose house in Philippi Paul stayed. She was from Thyatira. ...Claudius Lysias
(Encyclopedia)Claudius Lysias lĭsˈēəs [key], in the Acts of the Apostles, official at Jerusalem who saved Paul from the mob. ...Adramyttium
(Encyclopedia)Adramyttium ădˌrəmĭtˈēəm [key], place, the modern Edremit, NW Turkey. According to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul's ship was built here. ...Ramsey, Norman Foster, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Ramsey, Norman Foster, Jr., 1915–2011, American physicist, b. Washington, D.C., Ph.D. Columbia, 1940. A member of the faculty at Harvard from 1947 and the Higgins professor of physics from 1966 (eme...Rostopchin, Feodor Vasilyevich, Count
(Encyclopedia)Rostopchin, Feodor Vasilyevich, Count fyôˈdər vəsēˈlyəvĭch, rəstəpchēnˈ [key], 1763–1826, Russian general and statesman. He rose rapidly under Czar Paul I, serving as foreign minister fr...Mark, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Mark, Saint [Lat. Marcus], Christian apostle, traditional author of the 2d Gospel (see Mark, Gospel according to). His full name was John Mark. His mother, named Mary, had a house in Jerusalem, which ...Browse by Subject
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