| | - Lambeth Quadrilateral
- four points that constitute the basis for union discussions of the Anglican Communion with other Christian groups: acceptance of Holy Scripture as the rule of faith; the Apostles' and the ...
- Lambing Flat Riots
- (1860-61), wave of anti-Chinese disturbances in the goldfields of New South Wales, Australia, which led to restriction of Chinese immigration. Many white and Chinese miners had flocked to the settlement ...
- lambkill
- (species Kalmia angustifolia), an open upright woody shrub of the heath family (Ericaceae). Lambkill is 0.3-1.2 m (1-4 feet) tall and has glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves and showy pink to ...
- lamellaphone
- African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo tongues (lamellae) of varying length attached at one end to a soundboard that often has a box or ...
- Lamennais, Felicite
- French priest and philosophical and political writer who attempted to combine political liberalism with Roman Catholicism after the French Revolution. A brilliant writer, he was an influential but controversial figure ...
- lament
- a nonnarrative poem expressing deep grief or sorrow over a personal loss. The form developed as part of the oral tradition along with heroic poetry and exists in most languages. ...
- Lament for the Destruction of Ur
- ancient Sumerian composition bewailing the collapse of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112-c. 2004 BC) in southern Mesopotamia. The lament, primarily composed of 11 "songs" or stanzas of unequal ...
- Lamentations of Jeremiah, The
- Old Testament book belonging to the third section of the biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations stands with Ruth, the Song of Solomon, ...
- Lamerie, Paul de
- well-known Dutch-born English silversmith.
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