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Brewer's: Romanic
or Romance Languages. Those modern languages which are the immediate offspring of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Early French is emphatically so called; hence…Brewer's: Perceforest
(King). A prose romance, printed at Paris in 1528, and said to have been discovered in a cabinet hid in the massive wall of an ancient tower on the banks of the Humber, named Burtimer,…Ming
(Encyclopedia) MingMingmĭng [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644. The first Ming emperor, Chu Yüan-chang (ruled 1368–98), a former Buddhist monk, joined a rebellion in progress,…23rd Lambda Literary Awards
The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards are for books published in 2010. Bisexual Fiction: The Lunatic, the Lover…25th Lambda Literary Awards
The 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were for books published in 2012. Winners were announced during a ceremony on June 3, 2013…26th Lambda Literary Awards
The 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were for books published in 2013. Winners were announced during a ceremony on June 2, 2014…Brewer's: Maugis d'Aygremont
Son of Duke Bevis of Aygremont, stolen in infancy by a female slave. As she rested under a white-thorn a lion and a leopard devoured her, and then killed each other in disputing for the…Brewer's: Law
To give one law. A sporting term, meaning the chance of saving oneself. Thus a hare or a stag is allowed “law” —i.e. a certain start before any bound is permitted to attack it; and a…Brewer's: Sangreal
The vessel from which our Saviour drank at the Last Supper, and which (as it is said) was afterwards filled by Joseph of Arimathe'a with the blood that flowed from His wounds. This blood…Brewer's: Arthur
King of the Silures, a tribe of ancient Britons, was mortally wounded in the battle of Camlan, in Cornwall, raised by the revolt of his nephew, Modred. He was taken to Glastonbury, where…Trending
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