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Laval, François Xavier de

(Encyclopedia) Laval, François Xavier deLaval, François Xavier defräNswäˈ zävyāˈ də lävälˈ [key], 1623–1708, French prelate in Canada, first bishop of Quebec. Of noble family (his family name in full…

Cromwell, Thomas, earl of Essex

(Encyclopedia) Cromwell, Thomas, earl of Essex, 1485?–1540, English statesman. While a young man he lived abroad as a soldier, accountant, and merchant, and on his return (c.1512) to England he…

Brewer's: Number of the Beast

“It is the number of a man, and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (Rev. xiii. 18). This number has been applied to divers persons previously assumed to be Antichrist; as…

Brewer's: Keys

(See St. Sitha) Keys of stables and cowhouses have not unfrequently, even at the present day, a stone with a hole through it and a piece of horn attached to the handle. This is a relic…