be of distinguished descent
11ASHER BEN JEHIEL — (also known as Asheri and Rosh; c. 1250–1327), talmudist. His first teachers were his father, one of the Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, who was a follower of , and his elder brother. He spent some time in France, apparently in Troyes, and then lived in… …
12ancestry — /an ses tree/ or, esp. Brit., / seuh stree/, n., pl. ancestries. 1. family or ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah. 4. the inception… …
13ancestry — an•ces•try [[t]ˈæn sɛs tri[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] sə stri[/t]] n. pl. tries 1) ancestral descent; lineage 2) honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry[/ex] 3) a series of ancestors 4) the origin of a phenomenon, object, idea …
14ancestry — [an′ses΄trē; ] also [, an′səstrē, an′sistrē] n. pl. ancestries [ME ancestrie < OFr ancesserie < ancestre, ANCESTOR] 1. family descent or lineage 2. ancestors collectively: opposed to POSTERITY 3. noble or distinguished descent …
15Sts. Crispin and Crispinian — Sts. Crispin and Crispinian † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sts. Crispin and Crispinian Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October, 285 or 286. It is… …
16EMDEN, JACOB — (pen name Yaveẓ; derived from Ya akov Ben Ẓevi; 1697–1776), rabbi, halakhic authority, kabbalist, and anti Shabbatean polemicist. Emden was regarded as one of the outstanding scholars of his generation. Emden s teacher was his father Ẓevi Hirsch… …
17JUSTUS OF TIBERIAS — JUSTUS OF TIBERIAS, historian; a contemporary of josephus and his rival in describing the Jewish War (66–70/73 C.E.). The main source of knowledge of Justus – the disparaging polemic directed against him by Josephus in his Life – is of doubtful… …
18List of Portuguese Americans — This is a list of notable Portuguese Americans.ListArt/Architecture* William Pereira, (1909 1985), Architect, Cape Canaveral, CBS Television City Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. cite web| title = William L Pereira at… …
19Portuguese Canadians — Ethnic group caption = Notable Portuguese Canadians: Nelly Furtado • Mario Silva poptime = Portuguese 357,690 Canadians Roughly 1.2% of Canada s population flagicon|Portugal flagicon|Canada group = Portuguese Canadian popplace= Toronto, Ontario:… …
20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
