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(Encyclopedia) wife: see husband and wife.

The Preacher's Wife

Director: Penny MarshallWriters: Nat Mauldin and Allan ScottDirector of Photography: Miroslav OndricekEditors:Stephen A. Rotter and George BowersMusic: Hans ZimmerProduction Designer: Bill…

Brewer's: Wife

is from the verb to weave. (Saxon wefan, Danish vaevc, German weben, whence weib, a woman, one who works at the distaff.) Woman is called the…

Poem: The Wife

Poem 42 Poem 44 The Wife She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife. If aught she missed in her new day Of amplitude…

The Astronaut's Wife

Director/Writer:Rand RavichNew Line Cinema; R; 100 minutesRelease:8/99Cast:Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton It's easy to see how this movie got made, since the synopsis is so…

Brewer's: Ale-wife

The landlady of an alehouse or ale-stand. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AlectoAle-stake A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: Alruna-wife

(An) The Alrunes were the lares or penates of the ancient Germans. An Alruna-wife was the household goddess of a German family. An Alruna-maiden is a household maiden goddess. “She (…

The Rich Man's Wife

Director/Writer: Amy Holden Jones Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler Editor: Wendy Grene Bricmont Music: John Frizzell Production Designer: Jeannine Oppewall Producers…

Brewer's: Pilate's Wife

who warned Pilate to have nothing to do with Jesus, is called Procla. (E. Johnson: The Rise of Christendom, p. 416.) Others call her Justitia, evidently an assumed name. Source:…

Brewer's: Potiphar's Wife

According to the Koran her name was Zuleika, but some Arabian writers call her Rail. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PotsPothooks A B C D E F G H I…