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(Encyclopedia) UrartuUrartu&oomacr;rärˈt&oomacr; [key], ancient kingdom of Armenia and N Mesopotamia, centered about Lake Van in present-day E Turkey. It was the biblical Ararat. Urartu…Trinity , doctrine in Christianity
(Encyclopedia) Trinity [Lat.,=threefoldness], fundamental doctrine in Christianity, by which God is considered as existing in three persons. While the doctrine is not explicitly taught in the New…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter I
Section IV Regulations for the Treatment of Internees Chapter I General Provisions Article 79 The Parties to the conflict shall not intern protected persons, except in…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter V
Chapter V Religious, Intellectual and Physical Activities Article 93 Internees shall enjoy complete latitude in the exercise of their religious duties, including attendance at…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter X
Chapter X Transfers of Internees Article 127 The transfer of internees shall always be effected humanely. As a general rule, it shall be carried out by rail or other means of…pistil
(Encyclopedia) pistilpistilpĭsˈtĭl [key], one of the four basic parts of a flower, the central structure around which are arranged the stamens, the petals, and the sepals. The pistil is usually…Sebald, W. G.
(Encyclopedia) Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald), 1944–2001, German novelist, grad. Freiburg Univ. (1965). Sebald's novels are dense, elegiac, and meditative. They mingle fiction with…emanation, in philosophy
(Encyclopedia) emanationemanationĕmənāˈshən [key] [Lat.,=flowing from], cosmological concept that explains the creation of the world by a series of radiations, or emanations, originating in the…halakah
(Encyclopedia) halakah or halachahalakahboth: häläˈkhä, häläkhäˈ [key] [Heb.,=law], in Judaism, the body of law regulating all aspects of life, including religious ritual, familial and personal…incest
(Encyclopedia) incest, sexual relations between persons to whom marriage is prohibited by custom or law because of their close kinship. Ideas of kinship, however, vary widely from group to group,…Trending
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