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Anne, British princess

(Encyclopedia) Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950–, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School. In 1973 she…

Synoptic Gospels

(Encyclopedia) Synoptic GospelsSynoptic Gospelssĭnŏpˈtĭk [key] [Gr. synopsis=view together], the first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), considered as a unit. They bear greater similarity to…

De Voto, Bernard Augustine

(Encyclopedia) De Voto, Bernard AugustineDe Voto, Bernard Augustinedə vōˈtō [key], 1897–1955, American writer and editor, b. Ogden, Utah, grad. Harvard, 1920. He taught at Northwestern Univ. (1922–27…

Ephphatha

(Encyclopedia) EphphathaEphphathaĕfˈəthə [key] [Aramaic,=be opened], in the Gospel of St. Mark, words addressed by Jesus to a deaf-mute as Jesus made him hear and speak. As elsewhere in Mark, the…

End Marks

Use a period after a declarative or imperative statement:I went to the library. Sign your name here.Use a question mark after a direct question or to indicate uncertainty:What is your name?…

Quotation Marks

Use quotation marks:To set off direct quotations: “Let's go to the beach,” she suggested.To set off titles of short stories, articles, chapters, essays, songs, poems, and individual radio…

Brewer's: Mark

God bless the mark! An ejaculation of contempt or scorn. (See Save The Mark.) “To be ruled by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master, who, God bless the mark! is a kind of…

Mark Whitfield

Forever LoveVerve Ever since Whitfield arrived on the jazz scene, he has proven himself a jazz guitar virtuoso. His latest album only confirms his talents as a musician, but it nonetheless…