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Event Men's PairsRego / Santos, BRA Herrera / Bosma, ESP Heuscher / Kobel, SUIWomen's PairsMay / Walsh, USA Bede / Behar, BRA McPeak / Youngs, USAInformation Please® Database, © 2007…

Anglo-Saxon literature

(Encyclopedia) Anglo-Saxon literature, the literary writings in Old English (see English language), composed between c.650 and c.1100. See also English literature. Old English literary prose dates…

Brewer's: Alcuith

mentioned by the Venerable Bede, is Dumbarton. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AldabellaAlcofribas A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Eliot

(George). A nom de plume of Marian Evans (Mrs. Cross), author of Adam Bede, etc. (1820-1880). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Eliott's TailorsEliminate A B…

Brewer's: Venerable

The Venerable. Bede, the ecclesiastical historian. (672-735.) The Venerable Doctor. William de Champeaux, founder of realism. (Twelfth century.) Peter, Abbot of Clugny. (1093-1156.)…

Brewer's: Bidding-Prayer

The prayer for the souls of benefactors said before the sermon; a relic of this remains in the prayer used in cathedrals, university churches, etc. Bidding is from bead or bede. (Anglo-…

Brewer's: Cap and Gown

The full academical costume of a university student, tutor, or master, worn at lectures, examinations, and after “hall” (dinner). “Is it a cap and gown affair?” —C. Bede: Verdant Green.…