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Zebudah

(Encyclopedia) ZebudahZebudahzēby&oomacr;ˈdə, zĕbˈy&oomacr;– [key], in the Bible, wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim.

Elasah

(Encyclopedia) ElasahElasahĕlˈəsə, ēlāˈsə [key], in the Bible. 1 One of Zedekiah's messengers to Babylon. 2 Priest who married a foreign wife.

Beeri

(Encyclopedia) BeeriBeeribē-ēˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Esau's wife, Judith. 2 Father of Hosea, the prophet.

Sigebert I

(Encyclopedia) Sigebert ISigebert Isĭgˈəbərt [key], d. 575, Frankish king of Austrasia (561–75), son of Clotaire I. He constantly feuded with his brother Chilperic I, who had inherited the western…

separation

(Encyclopedia) separation, in law, either the voluntary agreement of husband and wife to live apart or a partial dissolution of the marriage relation by court order. The marriage bond remains, and…

Poppaea Sabina

(Encyclopedia) Poppaea SabinaPoppaea Sabinapŏpēˈə səbīˈnə [key], d. a.d. 65, Roman empress, wife of Nero. While married to Otho, her second husband, she became mistress of Nero, whom she finally…

dowry

(Encyclopedia) dowrydowrydouˈrē [key], the property that a woman brings to her husband at the time of the marriage. The dowry apparently originated in the giving of a marriage gift by the family of…

Acastus

(Encyclopedia) AcastusAcastusəkăsˈtəs [key], in Greek mythology, son of Pelias, cousin of Jason. He accompanied Jason on the Argonaut expedition, but when Jason and Medea murdered Pelias and usurped…

Mary II, 1662–94, queen of England

(Encyclopedia) Mary II, 1662–94, queen of England, wife of William III. The daughter of James II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, she was brought up a Protestant despite her father's adoption of Roman…

Penelope

(Encyclopedia) PenelopePenelopepənĕlˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology, wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. In Homer's Odyssey she is pictured as a chaste and faithful wife. When Odysseus was…