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- Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates ... The word cymbal is derived from the Latin cymbalum, "Cymbalum." ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1930 The Literary Encyclopedia 2004 ... to Sir Edward Stafford, English ambassador at the French court. An ordained priest ...37 KB (5,465 words) - 20:16, 8 December 2022
- scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment ... Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought, he is ...45 KB (6,434 words) - 06:42, 15 April 2024
- engineering discipline that deals with the development of technologies ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- and military officer who participated in both the American and French revolutions ... La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations ... as a synonym for Christianity, despite the fact that it is composed of ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- Gustav von Schmoller (June 24, 1838 – June 27, 1917) was the leader ... Schmoller rejected the analytical and mathematical approaches to economics ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... Saint Thomas Aquinas is held in the Roman Catholic Church to be the ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- A papal conclave is the process by which the Roman Catholic Church elects ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Elizabeth I. Due to his interest in magic and the occult, he also devoted much ... Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as the two disciplines ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that ... Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") ... are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Feofilaktovich ... ) was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal ...55 KB (8,334 words) - 16:48, 29 September 2021
- ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i ... and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
