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Brewer's: Agnus-castus
A shrub of the Vitex tribe, called agnos (chaste) by the Greeks, because the Athenian ladies, at the feast of Ceres, used to strew their couches with vitex leaves, as a palladium of…Brewer's: Thecla
(St.), styled in Greek martyrologies the proto-martyress, as St. Stephen is the proto-martyr. All that is known of her is from a book called the Periods, or Acts of Paul and Theela,…Brewer's: Thelusson Act
The 39th and 40th George III., cap. 98. An Act to prevent testators from leaving their property to accumulate for more than twenty-one years. So called because it was passed in reference…Stephen, Sir Leslie
(Encyclopedia) Stephen, Sir Leslie, 1832–1904, English author and critic. The first serious critic of the novel, he was also editor of the great Dictionary of National Biography from its beginning in…World Religions: What People Believe and Where
Top of Page Source: iStockHow many religions are there in the world? If you ask ten different religious studies experts, you’ll probably get twenty different answers. The majority of people follow…The Devil's Dictionary: Heathen
by Ambrose Bierce HEATHEAVENHEATHEN -n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel. According to Professor Howison, of the California State…Top World Religions - The Religiously Unaffiliated
Religiously unaffiliated rank third among religious adherents worldwide Related Links Top Eight World Religions Countries with Largest Unaffiliated Populations Median Age of…Darrow, Clarence Seward
(Encyclopedia) Darrow, Clarence Seward, 1857–1938, American lawyer, b. Kinsman, Ohio. He first practiced law in Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1887 he moved to Chicago, where he was corporation counsel for…Brewer's: Lifting
(The). In Scotland means lifting the coffin on the shoulders of the bearers. Certain ceremonies preceded the funeral. “When at the funeral of an ordinary husband-man, one o'clock was named…Brewer's: Gnostics
The knowers, opposed to believers, various sects in the first ages of Christianity, who tried to accommodate Scripture to the speculations of Pythagoras, Plato, and other ancient…Trending
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