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Romamti-ezer

(Encyclopedia) Romamti-ezerRomamti-ezerrōˈmămtī-ēˈzər [key], in the Bible, leader of a group of temple singers.

Roman, town, Romania

(Encyclopedia) Roman, town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief…

Roman architecture

(Encyclopedia) Roman architecture, structures produced by the ancient Romans. Most important among the structures developed by the Romans themselves were basilicas, baths, amphitheaters, and…

Roman art

(Encyclopedia) Roman art, works of art produced in ancient Rome and its far-flung provinces. The continued striving after three-dimensional illusionist effects revealed in the various phases of…

Roman Catholic Church

(Encyclopedia) Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church…

romance

(Encyclopedia) romance [O.Fr.,=something written in the popular language, i.e., a Romance language]. The roman of the Middle Ages was a form of chivalric and romantic literature widely diffused…

Romance languages

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Romance languages, group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Italic languages). Also called Romanic, they are spoken by…

Roman de la Rose, Le

(Encyclopedia) Roman de la Rose, LeRoman de la Rose, Lelə rōmäNˈ də lä rōz [key], French poem of 22,000 lines in eight-syllable couplets. It is in two parts. The first (4,058 lines) was written (c.…

banjo

(Encyclopedia) banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and…