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Knights of the Sword

(Encyclopedia)Knights of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...

Mountains of the Moon

(Encyclopedia)Mountains of the Moon, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...

Annunciation of the Virgin

(Encyclopedia)Annunciation of the Virgin: see Mary. ...

anointing of the sick

(Encyclopedia)anointing of the sick, sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips...

Herrings, Battle of the

(Encyclopedia)Herrings, Battle of the, 1429, episode in the siege of Orléans by the English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by Sir John Fastolf....

hardening of the arteries

(Encyclopedia)hardening of the arteries: see arteriosclerosis. ...

freedom of the press

(Encyclopedia)freedom of the press: see press, freedom of the. ...

freedom of the seas

(Encyclopedia)freedom of the seas: see seas, freedom of the. ...

Americas, University of the

(Encyclopedia)Americas, University of the, at Cholula, Puebla, Mexico; founded 1940 as Mexico City College. The school achieved university status in 1963. It has faculties of administration, basic sciences, enginee...

Gamelyn, The Tale of

(Encyclopedia)Gamelyn, The Tale of gămˈəlĭn [key], a romance in verse, written c.1350, containing about 900 lines. It tells of the tribulations of a young man abused by his older brothers. The tale survives in ...