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11Cornerstone — For other uses, see Cornerstone (disambiguation). Foundation stone redirects here. For the religious site, see Foundation Stone. Dedication stone redirects here. For the Aztec artifact, see Dedication Stone. A cornerstone with bronze relief… …
12Islam in Iran — The Islamic conquest of Persia (637 651) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great… …
13Tondo (art) — A tondo (plural tondi ) is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art, either a painting or a sculpture. The word derives from the Italian rotondo, round. The term is usually not used in English for small round paintings, but only those over… …
14Priscillian — (dt. auch Priszillian) von Ávila (* um 340; † 385 in Trier) war ein Theologe von der iberischen Halbinsel. Er gründete eine religiöse Bewegung, die strenge Askese für Priester und Laien befürwortete und die Kirche durch Unterordnung unter die… …
15immure — immurement, immuration /im yeuh ray sheuhn/, n. /i myoor /, v.t., immured, immuring. 1. to enclose within walls. 2. to shut in; seclude or confine. 3. to imprison. 4. to build into or entomb in a wall. 5. Obs. to surround with walls; fortify.… …
16Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …
17commitment — n 1: an act of committing: as a: placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital petition for commitment compare incompetent, interdiction ◇ Commitment to a mental health facility is called …
18well — The means of tapping underground water or springs (Gen. 21:25). Because water was sometimes scarce, wells, artificially dug, were extremely important and often fiercely fought over for possession. They could also be in the form of deep cisterns… …
19confining — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. limiting, restricting, bounding, circumscribing, compassing, prescribing, restraining, hampering, repressing, trammeling, checking, enclosing, imprisoning, immuring, incarcerating, detaining, keeping locked up, keeping… …
20imprisonment — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Forcible detention] Syn. incarceration, custody, confinement, captivity, isolation, duress, durance, bondage, thralldom, quarantine, limbo, immuration, remand; see also arrest 1 , confinement 1 , restraint 2 . Ant. freedom*,… …
