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Porto-Novo
(Encyclopedia)Porto-Novo pôrˈtō nōˈvō [key], city (1992 pop. 179,138), capital of Benin, S Benin, a port on Porto-Novo lagoon, an arm of the Gulf of Guinea. It is Benin's second largest city and an administra...Hebrews, book of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)Hebrews, an anonymous New Testament homily with closing greetings normally associated with the letter genre, written before c.a.d. 96. It is addressed to Jewish Christians who were being pressured to ...Jude, epistle of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)Jude, epistle of the New Testament, the next to last book of the Bible. The Jude who wrote it has been identified since ancient times with St. Jude the apostle, but most modern scholars deny the ident...James, epistle of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)James, letter of the New Testament, traditionally classified among the Catholic, or General, Epistles. The James of its ascription is traditionally identified with St. James the Less. However, the nam...Pines, Isle of, island, New Caledonia
(Encyclopedia)Pines, Isle of, or Kunié ko͞oˈnyā [key], island (1989 pop. 1,465), c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), South Pacific, a part of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia. Formerly a penal colony, the isl...Peter, epistles of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)Peter, two letters of the New Testament, classified among the Catholic (or General) Epistles. Each opens with a statement of authorship by the apostle St. Peter. First Peter, the longer book, is addre...Philemon, epistle of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)Philemon fĭlēˈmən [key], letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul, probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.a.d. 60). Onesimus, Philemon's fugitive slav...New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...New York School of Social Work
(Encyclopedia)New York School of Social Work: see Columbia Univ. ...Browse by Subject
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