(Ho), chemical element, rare-earth metal of transition Group IIIb of the periodic table, one of the most paramagnetic substances known. Among the least abundant of the rare-earth elements, holmium and ...
the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The Germans called this ...
international commemoration of the millions of victims of Nazi Germany's genocidal policies. The commemoration, observed on different days in different countries, often marks the victims' efforts at resistance and concentrates ...
younger of the two epochs that comprise the Quaternary Period and the latest interval of geologic time, covering approximately the last 10,000 years of the Earth's history (see ). The ...
means of creating a unique photographic image without the use of a lens. The photographic recording of the image is called a hologram, which appears to be an unrecognizable pattern ...
genus of large, pear-shaped zooflagellate protozoans; they are intestinal inhabitants of termites. The species H. tusitala, whose chromosomal behaviour during nuclear division has been studied, ranges from 130 to 200 ...
city, west-central Israel. It lies on the Plain of Sharon near the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Tel Aviv-Yafo. A part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo metropolitan area, Holon resulted from ...
any member of the subclass, or infraclass, Holostei, a group of archaic, bony fishes represented by the bowfin and the gar of North America. They are one of the three ...
British author and editor whose full-scale critical biographies of Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, and George Bernard Shaw are considered superb examples of the genre.
English composer and music teacher noted for the excellence of his orchestration. His music combines an international flavour based on the styles of Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, and others with ...
classical scholar and Vatican librarian best known for his annotated editions of geographical works and whose Epistolae ad diversos (1817; "Letters to Various Persons") is a valuable source of information ...
city, Ringkobing amtskommune (county), western Jutland, Denmark, on the Stora (Big River), southwest of Viborg. It stands on the site of a prehistoric settlement that commanded a crossing of the ...
historic and cultural region occupying the southern Jutland Peninsula between the Eider and Elbe rivers, now comprising the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein Land (state) in northern Germany. Holstein was created ...
major division of Pleistocene deposits and time in Europe (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 1,600,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago). The Holstein Interglacial followed the Elsterian Glacial ...
marine transgression during the Holstein Interglacial Stage of the Pleistocene Epoch (the Pleistocene began about 2,500,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago). The Holstein Sea occupied the North ...
the most influential German foreign policymaker from 1890 to 1909, during the reign of Emperor William II (Kaiser Wilhelm II), after the departure of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. A member ...
breed of large dairy cattle originating in northern Holland and Friesland. Its chief characteristics are its large size and black and white spotted markings, sharply defined rather than blended. These ...
town on the west central coast of Greenland, near the mouth of Amerloq Fjord. The Danish settled the site in 1764 and a church (still standing) was built in 1773. ...
river formed by the junction of the North and South forks just west of Kingsport, eastern Tennessee, U.S. It flows southwest through the Great Appalachian Valley, joining the French Broad ...
prime minister of Australia (1966-67) who supported U.S. policies in Vietnam and sponsored the visit to Australia of Lyndon B. Johnson, the first American president-in-office to travel there.
American welfare worker whose steadfast efforts helped to increase understanding of the capabilities of blind people and to make vocational training available to them.
German poet who is considered the most gifted lyric poet of the Gottinger Hain, a group of young poets who saw themselves as heirs of the great lyric poet Friedrich ...
naturalist who travelled extensively in south central Africa gathering varied and valuable natural history collections that he distributed to museums and schools throughout Europe. In 1872 he went to South ...
American speed skater who assisted in the revival of the sport in the United States in the late 1960s. In 1966, at age 14, she was the youngest person ever ...
a loose organization of most of the European sovereigns, formed in Paris on Sept. 26, 1815, by Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of ...
group of Oxford students led by John and Charles Wesley, whose methodical habits of study and devotion led to their being derisively called methodists. Organized by Charles Wesley, who soon ...
private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. An undergraduate institution, Holy Cross offers a traditional ...
liturgical feast celebrated on September 14 to honour the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. In the Eastern churches the feast dates back to the dedication of the Church ...
in the Roman Catholic Church, religious feast days on which Catholics must attend mass and refrain from unnecessary work. Although all Sundays are sanctified in this way, the term holy ...
as a theme in Christian art, representation of the infant Jesus with his immediate family. There are two major versions, one showing the Virgin and Child with St. Joseph and ...
Roman Catholic religious festival falling on the first Sunday after Christmas. Although major feast days dedicated to each member of the Holy Family-Jesus, Mary, and Joseph-also exist, the Feast of ...
a Roman Catholic society of men founded in 1703 at Paris by Claude-Francois Poullart des Places. Originally intended only for the training of seminarians, the congregation gradually took an active ...
festival celebrated in the Christian churches in the West on December 28 and in the Eastern churches on December 29 and commemorating the massacre of the children by King Herod ...
historic small island (2 sq mi [5 sq km]) in the west North Sea, 2 mi (3 km) from the English Northumberland coast (in which county it is included), linked ...
a relic discovered in June 1098 during the First Crusade by Christian crusaders at Antioch, in Syria. It was said to be the lance that pierced the side of Christ ...
either of two European leagues sponsored by the papacy in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, formed for the purpose of protecting Italy from threatened French domination.
association of Roman Catholics during the French Wars of Religion of the late 16th century; it was first organized in 1576 under the leadership of Henri I de Lorraine, 3e ...
the innermost and most sacred area of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, accessible only to the Israelite high priest. Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, he ...
any of several grades in the ordained ministry of some of the Christian churches, comprising at various times the major orders of bishop, priest, deacon, and subdeacon and the minor ...
the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled over first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries, from Charlemagne's coronation in 800 until the ...
Christian religious observance that ends the Lenten season, falling on the day before Easter Sunday. The early church celebrated the end of Lent with large baptismal ceremonies; but, for many ...
the tomb in which Jesus was buried and the name of the church built on the traditional site of his Crucifixion and burial. According to the Bible, the tomb was ...
(from Old English gast, "spirit"), in Christian belief, the third person of the Trinity. Numerous outpourings of the Spirit are mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, in which healing, ...
feast in honour of the Trinity. It is celebrated in the Christian churches on the Sunday following Pentecost (the 50th day after Easter). It is known that the feast was ...
any war fought by divine command or for a religious purpose. The concept of holy war is found in the Bible (e.g., the Book of Joshua) and has played a ...
in the Eastern Christian churches and the Roman Catholic Church, special water that has been blessed and is used to bless churches, homes, and articles of devotion. A natural symbol ...
in the Christian Church, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, observed with special solemnity as a time of devotion to the passion of Jesus Christ. In the Greek and ...
American boxer, the only professional fighter to win the heavyweight championship four separate times and thereby surpass the record of Muhammad Ali, who won it three times.
port and resort on Holy Island (Ynys Gybi), Isle of Anglesey county, historic county of Anglesey (Sir Fon), Wales. Holyhead and Holy Island, just off the west coast of Anglesey ...
farmer and politician who served twice as prime minister (1957, 1960-72) and was the first politician to be appointed governor general of New Zealand (1977-80).
city, Hampden county, west-central Massachusetts, U.S. It lies on the Connecticut River just north of Chicopee and Springfield. Settled in 1725 as part of Springfield, it was included in West ...
town, historic and present county of Flintshire, Wales, near the Dee estuary. The holy well is on the spot where in the 7th century the head of the Celtic St. ...
in European society, solemn acts of ritual by which a person became a vassal of a lord in feudal society. Homage was essentially the acknowledgment of the bond of tenure ...
city, Saarland Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies on the Erbach River, northeast of Saarbrucken. Chartered in 1330 and 1558, it belonged to the counts of Homburg, ...
limited autonomy or self-government granted by a central or regional government to its dependent political units. It has been a common feature of multinational empires or states-most notably, the ancient ...
also called (1575-1605) 6th Lord Home, Home also spelled Hume Scottish noble who took part in many of the turbulent incidents that marked the reign of James VI of Scotland ...
oblast (province), Belarus. The oblast occupies the level plain of the middle Dnieper River and its tributaries, in the southeastern corner of the republic. There are considerable areas of reed ...
city and administrative centre, Homel oblast (province), Belarus, on the Sozh River. First mentioned in 1142 as Gomy, it passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and later to Poland; ...
in mathematics, a correspondence between two figures or surfaces or other geometrical objects, defined by a one-to-one mapping that is continuous in both directions. The vertical projection shown in the ...
a system of therapeutics, notably popular in the 19th century, which was founded on the stated principle that "like cures like," similia similibus curantur, and which prescribed for patients drugs ...
any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival. If homeostasis is successful, life continues; if unsuccessful, disaster or ...
city, southern Alaska, U.S. It lies on the Kenai Peninsula and the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, some 225 miles (360 km) south of Anchorage. The region was originally inhabited ...
American painter whose works, particularly those on marine subjects, are among the most powerful and expressive of late 19th-century American art. His mastery of sketching and watercolour lends to his ...
collection of 34 ancient Greek poems in heroic hexameters, all addressed to gods. Though ascribed in antiquity to Homer, the poems actually differ widely in date and are of unknown ...
a historical clan whose members claimed to be descendants of the ancient Greek poet Homer. They claimed to have brought the Iliad and Odyssey attributed to him from Ionia to ...
borough (town), Allegheny county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies across the Monongahela River from the southeastern edge of Pittsburgh and is adjacent to West Homestead and Munhall boroughs. Laid out ...
city, Miami-Dade county, southern Florida, U.S., in the fertile Redland district, about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Miami. The region was inhabited by Tequesta and then Calusa Indians before ...
