Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

Terms from various encyclopedias and reference books.

Industry: Language

Add a new term

Contributors in Encyclopedias

Become a Contributors

Encyclopedias

Sycorax

Language; Encyclopedias

A hag in the "Tempest," the dam of Caliban.

A handsome Government building in London, with a double frontage on the Strand and the Victoria Embankment, built on the site of the palace of the Protector Somerset, and opened in 1786; accommodates ...

St. Thomas's

Language; Encyclopedias

A handsome hospital on the S. side of the Thames, opposite Westminster, founded in 1553, and with an annual revenue of £40,000.

Suttee

Language; Encyclopedias

A Hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband, a term applied to the practice itself. The practice was of very ancient date, but the custom was proclaimed illegal in 1829 ...

Spalato

Language; Encyclopedias

A historic and flourishing town of Dalmatia, finely situated on a promontory on the E. side of the Adriatic, 160 m. SE. of Fiume; a place of considerable antiquity, and one of the great cities of the ...

Thetford

Language; Encyclopedias

A historic old market-town on the Norfolk and Suffolk border, at the confluence of the Thet and Little Ouse, 31 m. SW. of Norwich; a place of importance in Saxon times, and in Edward III.'s reign an ...

Talmud

Language; Encyclopedias

A huge limbo, in chaotic arrangement, consisting of the Mishna, or text, and Gemara, or commentary, of Rabbinical speculations, subtleties, fancies, and traditions connected with the Hebrew Bible, ...