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in the Bible. 1 One of the Maccabees. 2 or Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint. 3 See Simon, Saint. 4 Kinsman of Jesus. 5 Leper of Bethany in whose house a ...
(all: y ´äkh m d pät n r´) (KEY) , d. 1524, Flemish landscape and religious painter. He probably studied with Gerard David in Bruges. In 1515 he ...
( lä´ s, ´l röm´ r) (KEY) , 1644–1710, Danish astronomer. He is noted for his discovery that light travels at a definite speed and does not m...
uninc. city (1990 pop. 76,046), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C. It is a major suburban office center and has a...
(s l´k bôr´´) (KEY) , city (1992 pop. 35,027), Århus co., central Denmark, on the Gudenå River. It is a tourist and health resort surrounded by ...
(bäsh v´ s) (KEY) , 1904–91, American novelist and short-story writer in the Yiddish language, younger brother of I. J. Singer, b. Leoncin, Poland...