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(Encyclopedia)reliquary rĕlˌəkwĕrˈē [key], receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that reflected the nature of...Cerinthus
(Encyclopedia)Cerinthus sĭrĭnˈthəs [key], fl. c.a.d. 100?, Jewish-Christian religious leader, b. Ephesus. He held tenets influenced by Gnosticism and similar to those of the Ebionites. He taught that the Christ...Disciples of Christ
(Encyclopedia)Disciples of Christ: see Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). ...Hel
(Encyclopedia)Hel hĕl [key], in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there. In early Germanic mythology, Hel was the goddess who ruled the majestic abode for the de...Slavic religion
(Encyclopedia)Slavic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe. There is only fragmentary and scattered information about the myths and legends of the pagan Slavs, and it is not ...Corinthians
(Encyclopedia)Corinthians kərĭnˈthēənz [key], two letters of the New Testament. They were written to the church at Corinth by Paul whose stay in Corinth is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. First Corinthia...Sorø
(Encyclopedia)Sorø sôˈrö [key], town (1992 pop. 6,454), Vestsjælland co., E Denmark. It is a cultural and resort center. There is an academy founded by Christian IV in 1623 and other educational institutions e...Campbell, Thomas, American clergyman
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Thomas, 1763–1854, American clergyman, a founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). See Campbell, Alexander, his more famous son. ...Williams, Sir George
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Sir George, 1821–1905, English merchant. A vigorous advocate of temperance and an opponent of gambling and tobacco, Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in 1844. In 1894 ...Asturias
(Encyclopedia)Asturias ästo͞oˈryäs [key], autonomous community and coextensive prov., 4,093 sq mi (10,602 sq km), and former kingdom, NW Spain, S of the Bay of Biscay and E of Galic...Browse by Subject
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