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Abishag

(Encyclopedia)Abishag ăbˈəshăg [key], in the Bible, Shunammite woman, David's attendant in his old age and the indirect cause of Adonijah's murder. ...

confirmation

(Encyclopedia)confirmation, Christian rite in which the initiation into the church that takes place by baptism is confirmed. In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches, it is a sacrament by which a Christi...

Iberians

(Encyclopedia)Iberians, ancient people of Spain. Some scholars have argued that they migrated from Africa in the Neolithic period and again at the end of the Bronze Age, while the archaeological evidence has been i...

Ma, Yo-Yo

(Encyclopedia)Ma, Yo-Yo mä [key], 1955–, American cellist, b. Paris. The son of musicologist Hiao-Tsun Ma, who left China in the 1930s, he was a musical prodigy, giving a public recital in Paris at the age of si...

Bonington, Richard Parkes

(Encyclopedia)Bonington, Richard Parkes bŏnˈĭngtən [key], 1802–28, English painter. Moving to Calais at the age of 15, his first art study was with Louis Francia, who taught him watercolor and lithography. Bo...

Bet Shean

(Encyclopedia)Bet Shean bāt shĭänˈ [key], town, NE Israel, in the Jordan River valley, c.300 ft (90 m) below ...

nickel

(Encyclopedia)nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.6934; m.p. about 1,453℃; b.p. about 2,732℃; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25℃; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. Nickel is a hard, malleable, ...

Irvine, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Irvine ûrˈvĭn [key], town, North Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Irvine River estuary. Indus...

Himeji

(Encyclopedia)Himeji hēmāˈjē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A railroad and market cen...

Jiquié

(Encyclopedia)Jiquié or Jequié both: zhəko͞oēĕˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 144,772), Bahia state, E Brazil, on the Contas River. Iron deposits are nearby. Tobacco, cacao, sugar, coffee, and livestock are shipped...