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John of Brienne

(Encyclopedia)John of Brienne brēĕnˈ [key], c.1170–1237, French crusader. He was a count and in 1210 married Mary, titular queen of Jerusalem. Mary died in 1212, and their daughter, Yolande (1212–28), succee...

Guelphs

(Encyclopedia)Guelphs gwĕlfs [key], European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph III (d. 1055) was made...

Seven Years War

(Encyclopedia)Seven Years War, 1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain,...

McPherson, Aimee Semple

(Encyclopedia)McPherson, Aimee Semple ĕmāˈ, məkfûrˈsən [key], 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, and, in the 1920s and 30s, one of the most famous wom...

Giddalti

(Encyclopedia)Giddalti gĭdălˈtī [key], in the Bible, temple musician. ...

Eliathah

(Encyclopedia)Eliathah ēlīˈəthə [key], in the Bible, temple musician. ...

Mikneiah

(Encyclopedia)Mikneiah mĭknēˈyə [key], in the Bible, temple doorkeeper. ...

Semachiah

(Encyclopedia)Semachiah sĕmˌəkīˈə [key], in the Bible, temple doorkeeper. ...

Joshbekashah

(Encyclopedia)Joshbekashah jôshbĕkˈəshä [key], in the Bible, Hemanite temple musician. ...

Mahazioth

(Encyclopedia)Mahazioth məhāˈzēŏth [key], in the Bible, leader of temple musicians. ...