closely+attached

  • 81Oneida Community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint stock company. * * * Utopian religious …

    Universalium

  • 82Orwell, George — orig. Eric Arthur Blair born 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India died Jan. 21, 1950, London, Eng. British novelist, essayist, and critic. Instead of accepting a scholarship to a university, Orwell went to Burma to serve in the Indian Imperial Police… …

    Universalium

  • 83ear disease — ▪ human Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human ear and hearing.       Impaired hearing (deafness) is, with rare exception, the result of disease or abnormality of the outer, middle, or inner ear. Serious… …

    Universalium

  • 84Montgelas de Garnerin, Maximilian Joseph, Graf von — ▪ Bavarian statesman born Sept. 10, 1759, Munich died June 14, 1838, Munich  German statesman who developed modern Bavaria.       The son of a Savoyard nobleman, Montgelas entered the service of Charles II Augustus, duke of Zweibrücken, and was… …

    Universalium

  • 85Salian Dynasty — ▪ German dynasty       royal and imperial line that came to power with the election of a Salian Frank, Conrad of Swabia, as German king, after the Saxon dynasty of German kings and Holy Roman emperors died out in 1024. Conrad ( Conrad II) was… …

    Universalium

  • 86French Catholics in the United States — • History and statistics of French Canadian immigration to the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. French Catholics in the United States     French Catholics in the United States …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 87Herbert of Bosham — • A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Herbert of Bosham     Herbert of Bosham      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 88Martigny, Joseph-Alexander — • Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d at Belley, 19 August, 1880 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Martigny, Joseph Alexander      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 89Joseph-Alexander Martigny —     Joseph Alexander Martigny     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph Alexander Martigny     Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d at Belley, 19 August, 1880. He studied at the petit séminaireof Belley and became a professor …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 90battery — bat·tery / ba tə rē, trē/ n [Old French batterie beating, from battre to beat, from Latin battuere]: the crime or tort of intentionally or recklessly causing offensive physical contact or bodily harm (as by striking or by administering a poison… …

    Law dictionary