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ephors

(Encyclopedia) ephorsephorsĕfˈərz [key] [Gr.,=overseers], in ancient Greece, magistrates in several Dorian states. In Sparta they comprised an executive, legislative, and judicial board of five…

consul

(Encyclopedia) consul, title of the two chief magistrates of ancient Rome. The institution is supposed to have arisen with the expulsion of the kings, traditionally in 510 b.c., and it was well…

Frederick the Winter King

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (…

Kings, books of the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Kings, books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon. They are called First and Second Kings in modern Bibles, and Third and Fourth Kingdoms in the Greek versions,…

American Association of University Professors

(Encyclopedia) American Association of University Professors (AAUP), organization of college and university teachers. It was founded (1915) for the purpose of defending faculty rights, most notably…

Wise Men of the East

(Encyclopedia) Wise Men of the East,&sp;Magi, or Three Kings, men who came from the East to adore the newborn Jesus. Mat. 2. They were the first to tell Herod of the birth. A star (the Star of…

Utopia: Of Their Magistrates

Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of Their Magistrates "Thirty families choose every year a magistrate, who was anciently called the…

Brewer's: Civil Magistrate

(A). A civic or municipal magistrate, as distinguished from ecclesiastical authority. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Civil Service EstimatesCivil List A B…

Brewer's: Blind Magistrate

(The). Sir John Fielding, knighted in 1761, was born blind. He was in the commission of the Peace for Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, and the liberties of Westminster. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Lady Magistrate

Lady Berkley was made by Queen Mary a justice of the peace for Gloucestershire and appointed to the quorum of Suffolk. Lady Berkley sat on the bench at assizes and sessions, girt with a…