A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Sachsenhausen Appellation ... Sadr Diwani 'Adalat Sachsenhausen Appellation (from the article "Louis IV") Louis hit back with several proclamations of his own, notably the so-called Sachsenhausen Appellation of ... Sachsenspiegel the most important of the medieval compilations of Saxon customary law. Collected in the early ... [1 Related Articles] sack (from the article "dress") ...the waist and a framework petticoat to define the shape of the skirt. In the ... sackbut (from Old French saqueboute: "pull-push"), early trombone, invented in the 15th century, probably in Burgundy. ... sackcloth (from the article "church year") During Lent also, grievous sinners were excluded from Communion and prepared for their restoration. As ... Sackler, Arthur M. American physician, medical publisher, and art collector who made large donations of money and art ... Sacks, Oliver Wolf Consciousness and brain function have been examined through the lens of many disciplines, including philosophy, ... Sackville, George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount, Baron Bolebrooke of Sussex English soldier and politician. He was dismissed from the British army for his failure to ... Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset English statesman, poet, and dramatist, remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance ... [3 Related Articles] Sackville-West, V married name Victoria Mary Nicolson English novelist and poet who wrote chiefly about the Kentish ... [2 Related Articles] Saco city, York county, southwestern Maine, U.S., at the mouth of the Saco River opposite Biddeford. ... [1 Related Articles] Sacoglossa (from the article "gastropod") ...and gill usually present; no parapodia (extensions of foot); sperm groove open; shell prominent, reduced, ... sacra conversazione (from the article "Angelico, Fra") ...manner, revealing the painter's increasingly sure and harmonious pictorial idiom. Angelico's Annalena Altarpiece, also of ... sacra pagina (from the article "Christianity") In medieval terms, sacred doctrine (sacra doctrina) is to be read as ... sacra rappresentazione (Italian: "holy performance"), in theatre, 15th-century Italian ecclesiastical drama similar to the mystery plays of ... sacral curve (from the article "vertebral column") ...in a single arc (the highest portion occurring at the middle of the back), which ... sacral foramen (from the article "sacrum") ...the ilia to complete the pelvic girdle. The sacrum is held in place in this ... sacral nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") ...nerves, each of which receives and furnishes one dorsal and one ventral root. On this ... sacral plexus (from the article "nervous system, human") The ventral rami of L5 and S1-S3 form the sacral plexus, with contributions from L4 ... sacral vertebra (from the article "vertebral column") ...and mammals demonstrate five regions: (1) cervical, in the neck, (2) thoracic, in the chest, ... sacrament religious sign or symbol, especially associated with Christian churches, in which a sacred or spiritual ... [27 Related Articles] sacramental (from the article "Christianity") ...a series of "holy acts" that are not, strictly speaking, sacraments. Though the Roman Catholic ... sacramental order (from the article "Europe, history of") The work of the laity was the business of the world. The clergy, however, considered ... Sacramentarian (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...by the University of Louvain as early as 1520). There was a Lutheran community in ... Sacramento city, capital of California, U.S., and seat (1850) of Sacramento county, in the north-central part ... [1 Related Articles] Sacramento Monarchs (from the article "Basketball") In the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), a new champion was crowned to cap the ... Sacramento Mountains segment of the southern Rockies, extending southward for 160 mi (260 km) from Ancho, in ... Sacramento River river rising in the Klamath Mountains, near Mount Shasta (in Siskiyou county), northern California, U.S. ... [3 Related Articles] Sacramento River Deepwater Ship Canal (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...the Tidewater Ship Canal, a more direct and safer waterway than the Mississippi delta. The ... Sacramento Valley (from the article "Central Valley") ...Valley, are fed mainly by the abundant rains and melting snows of the Sierra Nevada's ... sacred the power, being, or realm understood by religious persons to be at the core of ... [43 Related Articles] Sacred Band (from the article "Alexander the Great") ...the Maedi, a Thracian people; two years later he commanded the left wing at the ... sacred calendar (from the article "worship") Worship takes place at appointed seasons and places. The religious calendar is thus of great ... sacred clown ritual or ceremonial figure, in various preliterate and ancient cultures throughout the world, who represents ... [4 Related Articles] Sacred College of Cardinals (from the article "Vatican City State") ...Vatican Grottos) was followed by nine days of mourning. During the interim between John Paul's ... Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (from the article "church year") Regulations regarding holy days and processes leading to the canonization of saints are controlled by ... Sacred Crown, Order of the (from the article "Rising Sun, Order of the") Japanese order founded in 1875 by Emperor Meiji and awarded for exceptional civil or military ... sacred dance (from the article "Native American dance") Religious symbolism is significant even in the human interactions of the dance. Men often symbolize ... sacred grove (from the article "lud") among the Votyaks and Zyryans, a sacred grove where sacrifices were performed. The lud, surrounded ... Sacred Heart in the Roman Catholic Church, the physical heart of Jesus as an object of devotion. ... [2 Related Articles] Sacred Heart Basilica (from the article "Paris") The most noted landmark of Montmartre was built only in 1919: the Sacred Heart Basilica ... Sacred Heart Missionaries (from the article "Chevalier, Jules") priest, author, and founder of the Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Jesu (Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ... Sacred Heart of Mary, Congregation of the (from the article "Butler, Mother Marie Joseph") In 1876 Butler became a novice in the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Mary ... Sacred Heart, Church of the (from the article "stained glass") ...most seminal contributions of the School of Paris painters to the art of stained glass ... Sacred Heart, Society of the (R.S.C.J.), a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women devoted to the education of girls, founded ... [3 Related Articles] sacred ibis (from the article "ibis") The sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica), of southern Arabia and Africa south of the Sahara (and ... sacred kingship religious and political concept by which a ruler is seen as an incarnation, manifestation, mediator, ... [39 Related Articles] sacred lotus (from the article "lotus") ...is a white water lily, Nymphaea lotus (family Nymphaeaceae). The blue lotus (N. caerulea) was ... Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (from the article "Kenya") ...were named World Heritage sites beginning in 1997. Lamu Old Town, in Coast province, contains ... sacred mina (from the article "measurement system") ...and Hebrews derived their systems generally from the Babylonians and Egyptians. Hebrew standards were based ... sacred monogram (from the article "graphic design") ...at the Irish monastery of Kells, is renowned as one of the most beautiful Hiberno-Saxon ... sacred music (from the article "choral music") Sacred musicJesuit dramaJesuit dramaMusic was ... sacred office (from the article "Eastern Orthodoxy") ...of the whole body of Christ. "Where Christ is, there is the Catholic church," wrote ... Sacred Pipe one of the central ceremonial objects of the Northeast Indians and Plains Indians of North ... [8 Related Articles] sacred place (from the article "Germanic religion and mythology") Sacrifice often was conducted in the open or in groves and forests. The human sacrifice ... Sacred Rock (from the article "Machu Picchu") Few of Machu Picchu's white granite structures have stonework as highly refined as that found ... sacred talent (from the article "measurement system") ...from the Babylonians and Egyptians. Hebrew standards were based on the relationship between the mina, ... sacred time (from the article "sacred") ...sacrifices two religious functions are often combined: (1) to provide new power (energy, life) for ... Sacred War, Fourth (from the article "Amphissa") ...Amphissa was the capital of Ozolian (western) Locris. The ruined acropolis of the modern tiered ... Sacred War, Third (from the article "Isocrates") ...policy of sending cleruchies (colonizing groups) to Samos, the subjection of Cos and Naxos to ... Sacred Well of Chichen Itza (from the article "Thompson, Edward Herbert") His most productive effort-and for many years a unique exploit in archaeology-was the dredging and ... sacrifice a religious rite in which an object is offered to a divinity in order to ... [61 Related Articles] sacrifice bunt (from the article "baseball") ...a fielder. A batter also can move the runner by hitting to the right side ... sacrifice fly (from the article "baseball") ...runner should be confident that the catch has put the fielder in a position where ... sacrilege originally, the theft of something sacred; as early as the 1st century BC, however, the ... [1 Related Articles] sacristan a sexton (q.v.) or, more commonly, the officer of the church in charge of the ... sacristy in architecture, room in a Christian church in which vestments and sacred objects used in ... sacro egoismo (from the article "international relations") ...the treaty required. Prime Minister Antonio Salandra, a nationalist dedicated to the Irredentists' goal of ... Sacro Speco (from the article "Subiaco") ...three small lakes where the emperor Nero built a villa. An inundation destroyed the lakes ... sacroiliac weight-bearing synovial joint that articulates, or connects, the hip bone with the the sacrum at ... [1 Related Articles] sacrum wedge-shaped triangular bone at the base of the vertebral column, above the caudal (tail) vertebrae, ... [5 Related Articles] Sacsahuaman (from the article "Cuzco") The cyclopean fortress of Sacsahuaman (Sacsayhuaman, or Saqsaywaman) overlooks the valley from a hill 755 ... sada topo tsen (from the article "South Asian arts") ...The yak dance is performed in the Ladakh section of Kashmir and in the southern ... sadaebu (from the article "Korea, history of") Through the civil service examination, the central government recruited a new bureaucratic force consisting of ... sadaqah (from the article "zakat") The Qur'an and Hadith (sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad) also stress Sadaqah I (from the article "Mazyadid Dynasty") ...by a period of heightened Mazyadid activity. Having allied himself first with the Seljuq ruler ... sadashe (from the article "Native American religions") ...is a supernatural being. The Makiritare believe that the sacred songs (ademi) ... Sadashiva (from the article "India") ...brought himself to the undisputed pinnacle of power in 1542-43, when he defeated his rival ... Sadasiva Rao (from the article "India") ...had invaded and plundered repeatedly the northern plains down to Delhi and Mathura. The Sadat 'Ali Khan (from the article "Faizabad") city, eastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies east of Lucknow, on the Ghaghara ... Sadat, Anwar el- Egyptian army officer and politician who was president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination ... [16 Related Articles] Sadat, Madinat as- industrial city, in al-Buhayrah muhafazah (governorate), between Wadi an-Natrun and the western edge of the ... Sadatoki (from the article "Hojo Family") When Sadatoki (1270-1311) became regent in 1284, he found himself so embroiled in a succession ... Sadd-el-Kafara (from the article "dam") ...BC to hold back the waters of a small stream and allow increased irrigation production ... Saddam City (from the article "Baghdad") ...of the city, is a sprawling low-income district of some two million rural Shi'ite migrants ... Saddam Hussein president of Iraq (1979-2003), whose brutal rule was marked by costly and unsuccessful wars against ... [34 Related Articles] saddha in Buddhism, the initial acceptance of the Buddha's teachings, prior to the acquisition of right ... saddle seat for a rider on the back of an animal, most commonly a horse or ... [5 Related Articles] saddle (from the article "stringed instrument") ...to keep the strings pulling radially inward on its top edge. The lower end of ... saddle bronc-riding rodeo event in which a cowboy tries to ride a bucking horse (bronco) for a ... [1 Related Articles] saddle fungus (from the article "cup fungus") ...snow mushroom (Helvella gigas) is found at the edge of melting snow in some localities. ... Saddle Peak (from the article "Andaman Islands") The islands are a succession of dome-shaped hill ranges running parallel to each other from ... saddle quern (from the article "quern") ancient device for grinding grain. The saddle quern, consisting simply of a flat stone bed ... saddle-billed stork (from the article "stork") The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), or saddlebill, is a colourful stork of tropical Africa. More ... saddleback (Creadion, sometimes Philesturnus, carunculatus), rare songbird of the family Callaeidae (q.v.; order Passeriformes), which survives ... [1 Related Articles] saddlepoint (from the article "game theory") A "saddlepoint" in a two-person constant-sum game is the outcome that rational players would choose. ... Saddler, Sandy American professional boxer, world featherweight (126 pounds) champion in the late 1940s and early 1950s. ... [2 Related Articles] Saddlers Company (from the article "lacquerwork") Among the earliest surviving examples of this art is the ballot box of the Saddlers ... Sadducee member of a Jewish priestly sect that flourished for about two centuries before the destruction ... [12 Related Articles] Sade The year 2001 witnessed the reunion of a beloved pop icon and an adoring fan ... Sade, Marquis de French nobleman whose perverse sexual preferences and erotic writings gave rise to the term sadism. ... [3 Related Articles] Sadeddin, Hoca Turkish historian, the author of the renowned Tac ut-tevarih ("Crown of Histories"), which covers the ... Sadeh, Pinhas (from the article "Hebrew literature") Personal frustration and religious vision are the subjects of the novelist Pinhas Sadeh. Yitzhak Orpaz's ... Sadeler, Egidius, II Flemish engraver, print dealer, and painter, most noted for his reproduction engravings of Renaissance and ... sadhaka (from the article "Hinduism") Tantrists take for granted that all factors in the macrocosm and the microcosm are closely ... sadhana ("realization"), in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, spiritual exercise by which the practitioner evokes a divinity, ... Sadharan Brahmo Samaj (from the article "Brahmo Samaj") ...both parties were well under age. He was thus violating his own reformist principles, and ... sadhu and swami in India, a religious ascetic or holy person. The class of sadhus includes renunciants of ... [4 Related Articles] sadhu bhasa (from the article "Bengali language") eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Two Bengali ... sadhumati (from the article "bhumi") ...("turning toward" both transmigration and nirvana), (7) durangama ("far-going"), (8) acala ("immovable"), (9) sadhumati ("good-minded"), ... Sadie, Stanley British musicologist (b. Oct. 30, 1930, London, Eng.-d. March 21, 2005, Cossington, Somerset, Eng.), was ... sadism psychosexual disorder in which sexual urges are gratified by the infliction of pain on another ... [3 Related Articles] sadjagrama (from the article "South Asian arts") The nonconsonance arises from variances of one sruti from the fundamental consonances of the fourth ... Sadji, Abdoulaye Senegalese writer and teacher who was one of the founders of African prose fiction in ... Sadki Na grades (1454), rules of land tenure established in Thailand by King Trailok of Ayutthaya (1448-88) to ... Sadler Commission (from the article "education") In 1917 the government appointed the Sadler Commission to inquire into the "conditions and prospects ... Sadler's Wells Theatre (from the article "theatre") As the new class came into the theatres, the theatres were cleaned up. Samuel Phelps ... Sadler, Michael Thomas radical politician, philanthropic businessman, and leader of the factory reform movement in England, who was ... Sadler, Sir James (from the article "Uganda") Early in the 20th century Sir James Hayes Sadler, who succeeded Johnston as commissioner, concluded ... Sadler, Sir Michael Ernest world-renowned authority on secondary education and a champion of the English public school system. [1 Related Articles] Sado island, western Niigata ken (prefecture), central Japan, in the Sea of Japan ... Sadoveanu, Mihail (from the article "Romanian literature") ...about rural subjects, G.M. Zamfirescu depicted the Bucharest suburbs, and D.D. Patrascanu wittily described political ... Sadovsky, Mykola (from the article "Ukraine") ...Teofan Prokopovych). After a period of decline, a Ukrainian ethnographic theatre developed in the 19th ... Sadovsky, Prov Russian character actor and patriarch of a three-generation theatrical family. He is regarded as the ... sadr (from the article "Islamic world") ...population to Imami Shi'ism. This was accomplished by a government-run effort supervised by the state-appointed ... Sadr Diwani 'Adalat in Mughal and British India, a high court of civil and revenue jurisdiction. It was ...

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