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Somnus
Language; Encyclopedias
The god of Sleep, a brother of Death, and a son of Night, represented, he and Death, as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands; near the dwelling of Somnus flowed the river of ...
Tersanctus
Language; Encyclopedias
The ascription of praise, Holy, Holy, Holy, preliminary to the consecrating prayer in Holy Communion.
Robert Stephenson
Language; Encyclopedias
Son of preceding, born at Willington Quay, was well educated at Newcastle, and for a session at Edinburgh University; began in 1823 to assist his father, and from 1824 to 1827 fulfilled an ...
Tenerife
Language; Encyclopedias
The largest of the Canary Islands, of volcanic formation, with cliff-bound coast; richly fruit-bearing; chief exports, cochineal, tobacco, and wine; capital, Santa Cruz; most notable natural feature ...
Sullan Proscriptions
Language; Encyclopedias
Sentences of proscription issued by Sulla against Roman citizens in 81 B.C. under his dictatorship.
The Sopherim
Language; Encyclopedias
The name by which the Scribes are designated in Jewish literature.
