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Thisbe , in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Thisbe, in the Bible, town whence Tobit was carried, N of Jerusalem.theater-in-the-round
(Encyclopedia)theater-in-the-round: see theater. ...theater of the absurd
(Encyclopedia)theater of the absurd: see drama, Western. ...Rehoboth, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Rehoboth rĭhōˈbəth [key] [Heb.,=broad places]. 1 As occurring in the Book of Genesis, well dug by Isaac. 2 City of Assyria, or possibly a part of Nineveh, mentioned in Genesis. 3 In the Bible, a p...queen of the meadow
(Encyclopedia)queen of the meadow or queen of the prairie: see spiraea. ...Rachel, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Rachel rāˈchəl [key], in the Bible, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She is one of the four Jewish matriarchs. An alternate form is Rahel. ...Rama, in the Ramayana
(Encyclopedia)Rama, hero: see Ramayana.Rama, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Rama rāˈmə [key], variant of Ramah. ...Pyrenees, Peace of the
(Encyclopedia)Pyrenees, Peace of the, 1659, treaty ending the warfare between France and Spain that, continuing after the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War, had been complicated by French interv...Rhine, Confederation of the
(Encyclopedia)Rhine, Confederation of the: see Confederation of the Rhine. ...Browse by Subject
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