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Bethlen-Gabor
Language; Encyclopedias
Prince of Transylvania, assumed the title of king of Hungary; assisted Bohemia in the Thirty Years' war (1580-1629).
Bessarabia
Language; Encyclopedias
A government in the SW. of Russia, between the Dniester and the Pruth; a cattle-breeding province; exports cattle, wool, and tallow.
Bethencourt
Language; Encyclopedias
A Norman baron, in 1425 discovered and conquered the Canaries, and held them as a fief of the crown of Castile.
Bethel
Language; Encyclopedias
(House of God), a place 11 m. N. of Jerusalem, scene of Jacob's dream, and famous in the history of the patriarchs.
Bestiary
Language; Encyclopedias
A name given to a class of books treating of animals, viewed allegorically.
Bethany
Language; Encyclopedias
Village on E. of the Mount of Olives, abode of Lazarus and his sisters.
