a family of great antiquity
31Brahmic family of scripts — The Brahmic family is a family of syllabaries (writing systems) used in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Central Asia and East Asia, descended from the Brāhmī script of Mauryan India.The individual syllabaries may be called Brahmic… …
32Mystical philosophy of antiquity — Mystical philosophy is an aspect of philosophy that places emphasis on faith and spirituality, rather than the scientific or rationalistic way of thinking exhibited in other aspects of philosophy.ConceptTalking about definitions of mystical… …
33Antiquities — Antiquity An*tiq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit[ e]. See {Antique}.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [1913… …
34Dunsmore — is a name with a separate origin in Scotland and England. Dunsmore as a Scots place name and surname Dunsmore is a surname of Scottish origin predating its first written mention in the Chartulary of the abbey of Lindores in 1198. The 1296 Ragman… …
35Keats (surname) — The family name Keats, a surname of England, is believed to be descended originally from the Anglo Saxon race from old English word cyta or cyte which has been used to describe a worker at the shed, outhouse for animals, hence herdsman. It can… …
36AARON ḤAKIMAN — (14th century), poet; lived in Baghdad. His prolific works include the incomplete divan presently in the Firkovich collection (Catalog der hebraeischen und samaritanischen Handschriften, 2 (1875), no. 72) in St. Petersburg; this contains a kinah… …
37BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
38biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
39History of ancient Tunisia — The present day Republic of Tunisia, al Jumhuriyyah at Tunisiyyah , has over ten million citizens, almost all of Arab Berber descent. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north and east, Libya to the southeast, and Algeria to the west. Tunis is the… …
40Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
