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the position of a tone in the musical scale determined according to its number of vibrations per second, irrespective of other tones. The term also de...
book of the New Testament. It is the only 1st-century account of the expansion of Christianity in its earliest period. It was written in Greek anonymo...
( ´ ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and...
( k´´ rn ´n ) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, between the Achelous River and the Ionian Sea. The chief city was Stratos. The Acarnanians sided w...
( b ´d s) (KEY) , ancient city of Egypt, c.50 mi (80 km) NW of Thebes. Associated in religion with Osiris, Abydos became the most venerated place in ...
system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteei...