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Melatiah

(Encyclopedia)Melatiah mĕlˌətīˈə [key], in the Bible, worker on the wall of Jerusalem. ...

Palal

(Encyclopedia)Palal pāˈlăl [key], in the Bible, worker on the wall of Jerusalem. ...

New Jerusalem, Church of the

(Encyclopedia)New Jerusalem, Church of the, or New Church, religious body instituted by the followers of Emanuel Swedenborg, who are generally called Swedenborgians. Knowledge of Swedenborg's teachings was spread i...

Alexander III, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Alexander III, 1241–86, king of Scotland (1249–86), son and successor of Alexander II. He married a daughter of Henry III of England and quarreled with Henry, and later Henry's son Edward I, over ...

Milalai

(Encyclopedia)Milalai mĭlˌəlāˈī, mĭlāˈlāī [key], in the Bible, musician in the dedication of the wall. ...

Jezrahiah

(Encyclopedia)Jezrahiah jĕzrəhīˈə [key], in the Bible, singer at the dedication of the wall. ...

Arundel, Thomas Howard, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Arundel, Thomas Howard, earl of, 1585–1646, first great English art collector and patron of arts. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he married a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth and was always c...

stoa

(Encyclopedia)stoa stōˈə [key], in ancient Greek architecture, an extended, roofed colonnade on a street or square. Early examples consisted of a simple open-fronted shed or porch with a roof sloping from the ba...

Hashabniah

(Encyclopedia)Hashabniah hăshˌăbnīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of a repairer of the wall of Jerusalem. 2 Signer of the covenant. ...

Norman architecture

(Encyclopedia)Norman architecture, term applied to the buildings erected by the Normans in all lands that fell under their dominion. It is used not only in England and N France, but also in S Italy (Apulia) and in ...