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Aberdeen
Language; Encyclopedias
The fourth city in Scotland, on the E. coast, between the mouths of the Dee and Don; built of grey granite, with many fine public edifices, a flourishing university, a large trade, and thriving ...
Francesco Almeida
Language; Encyclopedias
The first Portuguese viceroy of India, a firm and wise governor, superseded by Albuquerque, and killed on his way home by the Kaffirs at the Cape in 1510.—Lorenzo, his son, acting under him, ...
Aegeus
Language; Encyclopedias
The father of Theseus, who threw himself into the Aegean Sea, so called after him, in the mistaken belief that his son, who had been to slay the Minotaur, had been slain by him.
Agnus Dei
Language; Encyclopedias
The figure of a lamb bearing a cross as a symbol of Christ, or a medal with this device; also a prayer in the Mass beginning with the words, "Lamb of God."
St. Alban
Language; Encyclopedias
The first martyr in Britain to the Christian faith in 303; represented in art as carrying his head between his hands, having been beheaded.
