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(s nd´b ) (KEY) , 1725–1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. Dur...
(s m´ n ) (KEY) , in canon law, buying or selling of any spiritual benefit or office. The name is derived from Simon Magus, who tried to buy the gift...
(s l ´ m) (KEY) , pool, SW corner of Jerusalem in the Kidron valley, mentioned in the Bible. A nearby 1,700-foot-long (518 m) tunnel, dating from the...
(sy ´rä mä ´strä) (KEY) , rugged mountain range, SE Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. Consisting of connecting ranges with local names, the S...
general term for the political and economic theory that advocates a system of collective or government ownership and management of the means of produc...
1930–, Shiite grand ayatollah in Iraq, b. Mashhad, Iran. Educated in religious schools in his native Iran, he went to Shiite holy city of Najaf, Ira...