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Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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John Bird Sumner

Language; Encyclopedias

Archbishop of Canterbury; rose by a succession of preferments to the Primacy, an office which he discharged with discretion and moderation (1780-1862).

John Spottiswoode

Language; Encyclopedias

Archbishop of St. Andrews; accompanied James VI. to London, was zealous for the establishment of Episcopacy in Scotland; was archbishop of Glasgow before he was translated to St. ...

Sostratus

Language; Encyclopedias

Architect of the Pharos of Alexandria, lived in the 3rd century B.C., and was patronized by Ptolemy Philadelphus.

George Edmund Street

Language; Encyclopedias

Architect, born in Essex; was the architect of the New Law Courts in London; had been trained under Gilbert Scott (1824-1881).

stars

Language; Encyclopedias

Are mostly suns, but being, the nearest of them, at a distance from us more than 500,000 times our distance from the sun, are of a size we cannot estimate, but are believed to be ...

The Stagirite

Language; Encyclopedias

Aristotle, so called from his native place Stagira.

Thomas Stothard

Language; Encyclopedias

Artistic designer and book illustrator, as well as painter, born in London, son of an innkeeper; illustrated, among other works, "Pilgrim's Progress," and along with Turner, ...