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Apis
Language; Encyclopedias
The sacred live bull of the Egyptians, the incarnation of Osiris; must be black all over the body, have a white triangular spot on the forehead, the figure of an eagle on the back, and under the ...
Aemilius Paulus
Language; Encyclopedias
The Roman Consul who fell at Cannae, 216 B.C.; also his son, surnamed Macedonicus, so called as having defeated Perseus at Pydna, in Macedonia.
Abhorrers
Language; Encyclopedias
The Royalist and High Church party in England under Charles II., so called from their abhorrence of the principles of their opponents.
Abbotsford
Language; Encyclopedias
The residence of Sir Walter Scott, on the Tweed, near Melrose, built by him on the site of a farm called Clarty Hole.
Henrik van Alkmer
Language; Encyclopedias
The reputed author of the first German version of "Reynard the Fox."
Anthropology
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The science of man as he exists or has existed under different physical and social conditions.
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