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51Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha — Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha(ਭਾਈ ਕਾਨ੍ਹ ਸਿਂਘ ਨਾਭਾ )(August 30, 1861 November 24, 1938) was a Sikh scholar and encyclopedist, born in a Dhillon Jatt family at the village of Sabaz Banera, in what then used to be the territory of the princely ruler of… …
52Levidis family — Levidis ( el. Λεβίδης) is the name of a family of old Byzantine aristocratic origin, hailing from Constantinople (present day Istanbul) and with a distinguished role in the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, Wallachia, and modern… …
53Pavao Tijan — (born in Senj in 1908 died in Madrid in 1997) was a Croatian encyclopaedist who spent the latter half of his life in Spain. Tijan was born in Senj in 1908. He attended the University of Zagreb where he finished a degree in Croatistis and… …
54cyclopaedia — cy·clo·pae·di·a (sī klə pēʹdē ə) n. Variant of cyclopedia. * * * ▪ English encyclopaedia two volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopaedia compiled and edited by the English encyclopaedist Ephraim Chambers (Chambers, Ephraim) and first… …
55Alexander I — 1. Saint, pope A.D. 106? 115. 2. (Aleksandr Pavlovich) 1777 1825, czar of Russia 1801 25. 3. (Alexander Obrenovich or Aleksandar Obrenovic) 1876 1903, king of Serbia 1889 1903. 4. 1888 1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921 34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).… …
56Aristotelianism — /ar euh steuh teel yeuh niz euhm, tee lee euh , euh ris teuh /, n. 1. the philosophy of Aristotle. 2. emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations. [1835 45; ARISTOTELIAN + ISM] * * *… …
57canon law — canon lawyer. the body of codified ecclesiastical law, esp. of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope. [1300 50; ME] * * * Body of laws established within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy,… …
58deism — /dee iz euhm/, n. 1. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism). 2. belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to …
59encyclopedist — /en suy kleuh pee dist/, n. 1. a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia. 2. (often cap.) one of the collaborators on the French Encyclopedia. Also, encyclopaedist. [1645 55; ENCYCLOPED(IA) + IST] * * * …
60False Decretals — the Pseudo Isidorian documents. * * * Collection of church law from the 9th century, containing some forged documents. They are also called the Decretals of Pseudo Isidore because they were issued under the name St. Isidore of Sevilla. The… …
