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Brewer's: Age hoc
“Attend to this.” In sacrifice the Roman crier perpetually repeated these words to arouse attention. In the Common Prayer Book the attention of the congregation is frequently aroused by…Brewer's: The Age of the Popes
The twelfth century. (Hallam: Middle Ages.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Age hocAge of the Bishops A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: The Age of Women
Though many women are mentioned in the Bible, the age of only one (Sarah, Abraham's wife) is recorded, and that to show at her advanced age she would become the mother of Isaac. “…Brewer's: Alexandrine Age
From A.D. 323 to 640, when Alexandria, in Egypt, was the centre of science and literature. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Alexandrine PhilosophyAlexandrian…Brewer's: Augustan Age
The best literary period of a nation; so called from Augustus, the Emperor of Rome, the most palmy time of Latin literature. Horace, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, Virgil, etc., flourished in…Brewer's: Middle Ages
A term of no definite period, but varying a little with almost every nation. In France it was from Clovis to Louis XI. (481 to 1461). In England, from the Heptarchy to the accession of…Brewer's: Light of the Age
Maimonides or Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, of Cordova (1135-1204). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Light of the HaremLight of One's Countenance A B C D E F…Brewer's: Golden Age
The best age; as the golden age of innocence, the golden age of literature. Chronologers divide the time between Creation and the birth of Christ into ages; Hesiod describes five, and Lord…Brewer's: Iron Age
The era between the death of Charlemagne and the close of the Carlovingian dynasty is so called from its almost ceaseless wars. It is sometimes called the leaden age for its worthlessness…Brewer's: Heroic Age
That age of a nation which comes between the purely mythical period and the historic. This is the age when the sons of the gods take unto themselves the daughters of men, and the offspring…Trending
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