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Bender
Language; Encyclopedias
A town in Bessarabia, remarkable for the siege which Charles XII. of Sweden sustained there after his defeat at Pultowa.
Benedictus
Language; Encyclopedias
Part of the musical service at Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; has been introduced into the morning service of the English Church.
Benefit of Clergy
Language; Encyclopedias
Exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge.
Bencoolen
Language; Encyclopedias
A town and a Dutch residency in SW. of Sumatra; exports pepper and camphor.
Bessy Bell
Language; Encyclopedias
And Mary Gray, the "twa bonnie lassies" of a Scotch ballad, daughters of two Perthshire gentlemen, who in 1666 built themselves a bower in a spot retired from a plague then raging; supplied with food ...
Bethlehem
Language; Encyclopedias
A village 6 m. S. of Jerusalem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ and King David, with a convent containing the Church of the Nativity; near it is the grotto where St. Jerome translated the Bible into ...
Bessus
Language; Encyclopedias
A satrap of Bactria under Darius, who assassinated his master after the battle of Arbela, but was delivered over by Alexander to Darius's brother, by whom he was put to death, 328 B.C.
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