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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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Sir Henry Vane

Language; Encyclopedias

A notability of the Civil War period in England; was a Puritan of the republican type, born in Kent; studied at Oxford; emigrated for a time to New England, but returned, entered ...

Warwickshire

Language; Encyclopedias

Central county of England; is traversed by the Avon, a tributary of the Severn; the north portion, which was at one time covered by the forest of Arden, is now, from its mineral ...

Yale University

Language; Encyclopedias

A well-equipped university at New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., founded in 1701, which derives its name from Elihu Yale, a Boston man, and which was given to it in recognition of his ...

George Wishart

Language; Encyclopedias

A Scottish martyr, born in Forfarshire; began life as a schoolmaster; was charged with heresy for teaching the Greek New Testament; left the country and spent some time on the ...

zymotic diseases

Language; Encyclopedias

Diseases of a contagious nature, presumed to be due to some virus or organism which acts in the system like a ferment.

Westminster

Language; Encyclopedias

A city of Middlesex, on the N. bank of the Thames, and comprising a great part of the West End of London; originally a village, it was raised to the rank of a city when it became ...

Wurzburg

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A Bavarian town in a valley of the Main, 70 m. SB. of Frankfort; its principal buildings are the Royal or Episcopal Palace, the cathedral, and the university, with the Julius ...