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Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre, designed by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield, is located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End of London. The fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street, it opened on February 21, 1901 with an American musical comedy entitled The Belle of Bohemia.
Apollo's belt The iliac furrow, also known as Apollo's Belt, is a term for a part of the human anatomy. It refers to either one of two shallow grooves of the surface anatomy of the human abdomen running from the iliac crest (hip bone) to the pubis.
Apollo, Pennsylvania Apollo is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pittsburgh in a former coal-mining region. Apollo was settled in 1790, laid out in 1816, and incorporated as a borough in 1848.
Apollo/Domain Apollo/Domain was a range of workstations developed and produced by Apollo Computer from circa 1980 to 1989. The machines were built around the Motorola 68k family of processors, except for the DN10000, which had from one to four of Apollo's RISC processors, named PRISM.
Apollo/Skylab A7L The A7L Apollo & Skylab spacesuit is the primary pressure suit worn by NASA astronauts for Project Apollo, the three manned Skylab flights, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project between 1968 and the termination of the Apollo program in 1975. The "A7L" designation is used by NASA as the seventh Apollo spacesuit designed and built by ILC Dover, a pressure suit manufacturer located south of Dover, Delaware.
Apollodorus of Damascus Apollodorus of Damascus was a Greek engineer, architect, designer and sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century AD. He was a favourite of Trajan, for whom he constructed Trajan's Bridge over the Danube for the 104 campaign in Dacia.
Apollodotus II Apollodotus II (reigned circa 80-65 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the western and eastern parts of Punjab. He or his contemporaries seem to have re-established the Indo-Greek kingdom to some extent of its former glory.
Apollon (ship) Apollon (formerly Empress of Canada, Mardi Gras, Olympic, Star of Texas, Lucky Star, Apollo) was an ocean liner, later converted to a cruise ship, which first entered operation in 1961, and was scrapped in 2003.
Apollon Grigoryev Apollon Grigoryev Апоhelloллон Александрович Григорьев (1822-1864) - a Russian poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator, memoirist, the author of a number of popular songs and romances.
Apollonia Kotero Born Patricia Kotero on August 2, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, Apollonia Kotero is a swimsuit model, actress and singer of Italian and Mexican descent. She joined Prince's entourage after the departure of Vanity, Denise Matthews, as lead in the film Purple Rain and as lead-singer of recording group Vanity 6.
Apollonia, Cyrenaica Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, 20 km (12 miles) to the southwest.
Apollonia, Illyria Apollonia in Illyria (modern Albania), known as Apollonia (κατ' Εριδαμνον or προς Εριδαμνω), was located on the right bank of the Aous, the ruins of which are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojan (Pojani), geographically located at . It was founded in 588 BCE by Greek colonists from Kerkyra (Corfu) and Corinth, and was perhaps the most important of the several classical towns known as Apollonia.
Apollonia, Thessaloniki Apollonia is an ancient town (former Apollonia in Mygdonia) in Greek Macedonia along the Via Egnatia, about midway between Thessalonica and Amphipolis. The modern town and municipality Apollonia is part of the Thessaloniki Prefecture and had 4.
Apollonian and Dionysian The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and literary concept, or dichotomy, based on certain features of ancient Greek mythology. Several Western philosophical and literary figures have invoked this dichotomy in critical and creative works, including Plutarch, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Ayn Rand, literary critic G.
Apollonian Guard The Apollonian Guard was a unit of the Trojan Army, named after the largest and most important gate of Troy, the Apallonian Gate, and were noted as some of the greatest and most experienced soldiers of the Trojans. These soldiers were usually put into the front-line of battles, and were noted to be a unit of perfection in javelin-throwing and horse-riding.
Apollonius of Tralles Apollonius of Tralles (in Caria) was a Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull.
Apollos Apollos (Απολλως; contracted from Apollonius) was an early Christian, who is mentioned several times in the New Testament. His special gifts in presenting Christian doctrine made him an important person in the congregation at Corinth, Greece after Paul's first visit there (1 Corinthians 3:6).
Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno (born on May 22, 1982 in Seattle, Washington) is an American short track speed skating competitor and a two-time gold medalist in the Winter Olympics. Ohno has won five Olympic medals over his career, and is one of only four Americans who have won three medals in a single Winter Olympics game.
Apolo Kagwa Sir Apolo Kagwa (1864-February, 1927 is considered Buganda]'s first and foremost [[ethnography|ethnographer. He was appointed prime minister (katikiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda by King Mwanga II in 1890 and served in that capacity until 1926.
Apolo Nsibambi Apolo Robin Nsibambi (born November 27, 1938) is the current Prime Minister of Uganda, a position he has held since 5 April 1999. He was previously education minister from May 1998 to April 1999 and minister of public services from 1996 to 1998.
Apologetic apostrophe The apologetic or parochial apostrophe is a feature of Lowland Scots orthography, now widely proscribed as Anglocentric, whereby an apostrophe is inserted or appended to Scots words to create the appearance of an English contraction, thus fostering the impression – common among speakers of English and Scots alike – that Scots is simply a barbarized, heavily elided form of English.
Apologetic proverb An apologetic proverb (also known as a joke-like form of proverb common to Dutch and known in English as Wellerisms), which argues that it is pointless for humans to attempt to alter the conditions of life in the mortal sphere and/or to make fun at established proverbs by proving that they are wrong in certain situations often when taken literally. Typically it consists of 3 parts: a proverb or saying, a speaker and an (often humorous and literal) explanation.
Apologeticus Apologeticus or ApologeticumThe early texts do not agree on the title (Bardenhewer).is Tertullian's most famous work,Unlike the very scattered and imperfect manuscripts of Tertullian, "only the Apologeticum has come down in numerous codices, some of them quite ancient" (Bardenhewer).
Apologia pro Marcel Lefebvre Apologia pro Marcel Lefebvre was a three volume book written by Michael DaviesApologia pro Marcel Lefebvre by Michael Davies, hosted by SSPX Asia. in support of the French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St.
Apologia Pro Vita Sua Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Latin: A defence of one's life) is the classic defence of the religious opinions of John Henry Newman, published in 1864 in response to what he saw as an unwarranted attack on Roman Catholic doctrine by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley had strongly suggested that Newman was representative of a line of Roman Catholic theologians who had distorted the truth, writing in Macmillan's Magazine "Truth, for its own sake had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy.
Apologism Apologism is the metaphysical philosophy that argues that it is wrong for humans to attempt to alter the conditions of life in the mortal sphere of influence. It is opposed to the idea that absolute "progress" is a desirable goal for the pursuit of human endeavors.
Apologue An apologue (from the Greek "απολογος," a "statement" or "account") is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly. Unlike a fable, the moral is more important than the narrative details.
Apology (Plato) (The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word "apologia") of a formal defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions (from the Latin apologia, from the Greek "apo" and "logos").
Apology of al-Kindy (book) Apology of al-Kindy is the title of William Muir's nineteenth-century translation of a medieval theological polemic attributed to an Arab Christian known as Al Kindi. The work is also known as the Apology of al-Kindi.
Apology of the Augsburg Confession The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was prepared by Philipp Melanchthon as a response to the Roman Catholic "Confutation of the Augsburg Confession" which was written to answer the Lutheran Augsburg Confession after it was presented in 1530 at the Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon wrote this as a defense of the original Confession, and a refutation of this Confutation that Emperor Charles V had commissioned.
Apology Resolution The Apology Resolution formally designated as [Public Law 103-150|United States Public Law 103-150], was adopted by both houses of the United States Congress on November 23, 1993. A joint resolution, it was signed by President of the United States Bill Clinton on the same day.
Apolysis Apolysis is the separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new covering of larger dimensions is formed.
Apolytikion Apolytikion is a dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Orthodox Christian Liturgy and at other times during matins and vespers. It was originally sung at the end of vespers, and is very much like the Roman collect or post-communion, inasmuch as it changes for each feast-day of the year and specifically commemorates the subject of the feast.
Apolyton Civilization Site Apolyton Civilization Site (abbreviated ACS or Apolyton) is one of the largest web sites on the Internet dedicated to connecting players of the Civilization series of computer games and other games in the 4X genre. It has an extensive archive of news that includes news about developments in the design process for the games it is dedicated to, as well as interviews with developers and other special media that make it an important primary source of news for those seeking to learn more about these games or seeking ways to modify them.
Aponeurosis Aponeuroses (απο, "away" or "of", and νευρον, "sinew") are membranes separating muscles from each other. They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, and are histologically similar to tendons, but are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves.
Aponogeton Aponogeton is a genus of flowering plants: it is the only genus of the family Aponogetonaceae. The genus counts up to about fifty species, of aquatic plants, which are found in tropical Africa and Asia, but some are used as decorative plants in aquaria.
Aponogetonaceae Aponogetonaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. For the past few decades such a family has been universally recognized by taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "Cape-pondweed family" or "Aponogeton family".
Apophenia Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. The term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness".
Apophony In linguistics, apophony (also ablaut, gradation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation, replacive morphology, stem mutation, internal inflection) is the alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional).
Apophyge An apophyge (Greek αποφυγη, a flying off), in architecture, is the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole. The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the diminishing shaft rests.
Apophyllite The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicate minerals, a class of minerals that also includes the micas. Originally, the group name referred to a specific mineral, but was redefined in 1978 to stand for a class of minerals of similar chemical makeup that comprise a solid solution series, and includes the members fluorapophyllite, hydroxyapophyllite, natroapophyllite, and the very rare carletonite.
Apophysis (software) Apophysis is a free, open source fractal flame editor and renderer for Microsoft Windows. It was created by Mark Townsend and has since been improved and updated by Peter Sdobnov, Piotr Borys, and Ronald Hordijk (the SourceForge project developers).
Apopka-Vineland Road Apopka-Vineland Road is the name of several roads in Orange County, Florida, roughly forming a line from Apopka south to Vineland. As of now, there is one gap, from Old Winter Garden Road to SR 50 (Colonial Drive), which will probably never be filled.
Apopse As Vrethume Apopse As Vrethume (Greek script: Απόψε ας βρεθούμε, English translation: "Let's Meet Tonight") was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Greek by Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis.
Apoptosis Apoptosis (Greek: apo - from, ptosis - falling; commonly pronounced with a silent second p) is a process of deliberate life relinquishment by a cell in a multicellular organism. It is one of the main types of programmed cell death (PCD), and involves an orchestrated series of biochemical events leading to a characteristic cell morphology and death.
Apoptosome The apoptosome is a large multi-protein structure formed in the process of apoptosis. Its formation is triggered by the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria in response to an internal (intrinsic) or external (extrinsic) cell death stimulus.
Aposematism Aposematism (from apo- away, and sematic warning), is a means of natural defense employing conspicuous colours, sounds, or other methods by which an organism openly projects a warning signal to potential predators. The intent to become as noticeable as possible is the antithesis of the principles of natural camouflage.
Aposiopesis Aposiopesis (from Classical Greek, ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent") is the term, coined by Otto Jespersen, for the rhetorical device by which the speaker or writer deliberately stops short and leaves something unexpressed, but yet obvious, to be supplied by the imagination, giving the impression that she is unwilling or unable to continue. It often portrays being overcome with passion (fear, anger, excitement) or modesty.
Apostasia of 1965 Apostasia (In Greek: Αποστασία) or Iouliana (Greek: Ιουλιανά, the events of July) or the Royal Coup (In Greek: Το Βασιλικό Πραξικόπημα) is a term used to describe a political move in Greece, in 1 October 1965, involving King Constantine II and a group of politicians, a prominent member of which was the later Prime Minister of Greece Kostantinos Mitsotakis, to replace the government of Georgios Papandreou.
Apostasy Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt , from απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing") is a term generally employed to describe the formal renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes by sociologists without the sometimes pejorative connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to one's former religion.
Apostata capiendo Apostata capiendo was an old English writ against an individual, who having entered and professed some religious order, such as a monk, broke out again, and wandered the country, contrary to the rules of his order.
Apostatic selection Apostatic selection is negative frequency-dependent selection by predators, particularly in regard to prey that are different morphs of a polymorphic species that is not a mimic (non-mimetic) of another species. The idea links up with the concept of "search image" from Tinbergen, whereby - through experience - a predator is considered to have developed a particular skill or capacity to spot prey items of typical appearance (mainly pattern), to the point where typical specimens are even taken disproportionately to their actual abundance within the population.
Apostille An apostille, or postil, is properly a gloss on a scriptural text, particularly on a gospel text, however it has come to mean an explanatory note on other writings. The word is also applied to a general commentary, and also to a homily or discourse on the gospel or epistle appointed for the day.
Apostle (Latter Day Saints) In Mormonism, an Apostle is a "special witness of the name of Christ who is sent to teach the principles of salvation to others." In many Latter Day Saint denominations, an Apostle is also a priesthood office of high authority within the church hierarchy.
Apostle of God Apostle of God (Arabic: Rasul-Allah or Rasulallah) is a title given to prophet Muhammad by Muhammad himself and was widely used by Muhamamd's contemporary Muslims. It is also used by Muslims today, for example in speeches and sermons.
Apostle spoon An apostle spoon is a spoon (usually silver or silver-plated, but sometimes of other metals, such as pewter) with an image of an apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle, each bearing his distinctive emblem.
Apostle Titus In the Christian New Testament, Titus, (a common Roman name, meaning honourable) was a companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Paul's Epistles, includiing the Epistle to Titus. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles.
Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh The Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh were nineteen eminent early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. The apostles were designated as such by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, and the list was included in The Bahá'í World, Vol.
Apostles' Creed The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum), sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or "symbol." It is widely used by a number of Christian denominations for both liturgical and catechetical purposes, most visibly by liturgical Churches of Western tradition, including the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Anglican Communion, and Western Orthodoxy.
Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration. An apostolic administration can either be an area that is not yet a diocese (a stable apostolic administration) or for a diocese that either has no bishop (an apostolic administrator sede vacante) or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated bishop (apostolic administrator sede plena).
Apostolic Age The Apostolic Age is, to some church historians, the period in early church history during which some of Christ's original apostles were still alive and helping to influence church doctrine, polity, and the like. This period ended at about the close of the first century C.
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (Apostolic Assembly) is the oldest Spanish-speaking Oneness Pentecostal denomination in the United States. It is also the oldest primarily Hispanic denomination in the world and is also the eighth fastest growing Hispanic denomination.
Apostolic Brethren The Apostolic Brethren (sometimes referred to as Apostolici, Apostoli, Apostles) were a Christian sect founded in northern Italy in the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. He was of low birth and without education, applied for membership in the Franciscan order at Parma, and was rejected.
Apostolic constitution An apostolic constitution (Latin constitutio apostolica) is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church received from Roman law.
Apostolic Camera The Apostolic Camera, or in Latin (Reverenda) Camera Apostolica or Apostolica Camera, is the former central board of finance in the papal administrative system, which at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church, and in the administration of justice, lead by the Cardinal camerlengo.
Apostolic Constitutions The Apostolic Constitutions is a late 4th century collection, in 8 books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Early Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve as a manual of guidance for the clergy, and to some extent for the laity. It purports to be the work of the Twelve Apostles, whose instructions, whether given by them as individuals or as a body, are supposed to be gathered and handed down by the compiler, Clement of Rome, the authority of whose name gave weight to more than one such piece of early Christian literature (see also Clementine literature).
Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians The Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians (Ukrainian:Апостольський екзархат у Великобританії) is an apostolic exarchate for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Great Britain. The apostolic exarchate was erected on 10th June 1957 for the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in England and Wales and was extended to the whole of Great Britain on 12th May 1968.
Apostolic Expeditors Apostolic Expeditors (in full, in Latin Expeditionarius literarum apostolicarum, Datariae Apostolicae sollicitator atque expeditor; in Italian simply Spedizionieri) are Roman Curial officials who attend to the sending of Papal Bulls, Papal Briefs and Papal Rescripts emanating from the Apostolic Chancery, the Dataria, the Sacred Paenitentiaria and the Secretariate of Briefs.
Apostolic Faith Mission The Apostolic Faith Mission or The Apostolic Faith Church is a worldwide Wesleyan-Pentecostal-holiness religious organization, with headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This is a distinct body from the Church of God of the Apostolic Faith headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Open Standard Churches, or the Apostolic Faith Church as seen on television.
Apostolic Fathers The Apostolic Fathers were a small collection of Christian authors who lived and wrote in the late 1st century and early 2nd century who are acknowledged as leaders in the early church, but whose writings were not included in the collection of Christian scripture, the New Testament Biblical canon, at least as finalized in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestant Christianity.
Apostolic Church The Apostolic Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination which can trace its origins back to the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival. Despite the relatively recent origin of the denomination, the church seeks to stand for first century Christianity in its faith, practices, and government.
Apostolic Church of Queensland Bold textThe Apostolic Church of Queensland is an Australian church which has its roots in the restoration movement of the Catholic Apostolic Church of the early 19th century. It was founded 1883 in Queensland, Australia by H.
Apostolic Church of South Africa - Apostle Unity The Apostolic Church of South-Africa - Apostle Unity is a South-African church in the tradition of the restoration movement of the Catholic Apostolic Church in the early 19th century. It was founded in 1955 as a schism of the New Apostolic Church but its roots date back to an Australian mission of 1883.
Apostolic Church-Ordinances The Apostolic Church-Ordinances is a 3rd century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled from early Christian sources. It was first published in Ethiopic by Hiob Ludolf (with Latin translation) in the "Commentarius" to his "Historia Ethiopica" (Frankfort.
Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland The Holy See, as the central government of the Roman Catholic Church (to be clearly distinguished from the State of Vatican City, which came into existence only in 1929), has full diplomatic ties with Ireland as well as many other countries worldwide. The current Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland is His Excellency Giuseppe Lazzarotto.
Apostolic poverty Apostolic poverty is a doctrine professed in the thirteenth century by the newly formed religious orders, known as the mendicant orders, in direct response to the call for reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. In this, these orders attempted to live their lives without ownership of lands or accumulation of money, to varying degrees.
Apostolic Penitentiary The Apostolic Penitentiary, more formally the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church.
Apostolic Succession In Christianity, the doctrine of Apostolic Succession (or the belief that the Church is 'apostolic') maintains that the Christian Church today is the spiritual successor to the original body of believers in Christ composed of the Apostles. Different Christian denominations interpret this doctrine in different ways.
Apostolic Syndic An Apostolic Syndic is a Catholic layman, who in the name, and by the authority, of the Holy See, assumes the care and civil administration of the temporalities and in particular the pecuniary alms destined for the support and benefit of Franciscan convents, and thence provides for the requirements of the brethren.
Apostolic Tradition The Apostolic Tradition is an early manual of Christian church life and discipline which includes early forms of worship. It was formerly known as the 'Egyptian Church Order' but is now held to be the work of the third century Roman theologian Hippolytus.
Apostolic Union of Secular Priests The Apostolic Union of Secular Priests was an association of Roman Catholic secular priests founded in the seventeenth century and reorganized in France in the nineteenth century.The Apostolic Union of Secular Priests - Catholic Encyclopedia article
Apostolic United Brethren The Apostolic United Brethren (hereafter AUB) is a polygamous fundamentalist sect not affiliated with the well-known The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The group has had a temple in Ozumba, Mexico since the 1990s or earlier, and an Endowment house in Utah since sometime in the 1980s.
Apostolic vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries which do not have a diocese yet. It is therefore essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more, but the ultimate hope being that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics and sufficient stability for the Church as to warrant erection as a full-fledged diocese.
Apostolic visitor In the Roman Catholic Church, an apostolic visitor is a papal representative with a transient mission to perform a canonical visitation of relatively short duration. The visitor is deputed to investigate a special circumstance in a diocese or country, and to submit a report to the Holy See at the conclusion of the investigation.
Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam The Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the territory of Brunei Darussalam, a small nation state on the northern coast of Borneo. The vicariate is headed by an apostolic vicar, currently Bishop Cornelius Sim.
Apostolicae Curae Apostolicae Curae is the title of a papal bull issued in 1896 by Pope Leo XIII, declaring all Anglican Holy Orders "absolutely null and void". The main objection, according to Leo XIII, was the deficiency of intention and of form.
Apostolicam Actuositatem Apostolicam Actuositatem is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity. It was approved by a vote of 2,340 to 2 of bishops assembled at the Council, and promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 18, 1965.
Apostolnik An apostolnik or epimandylion is an item of clerical clothing worn by Orthodox Christian nuns. A cloth veil which is completely covers the head (except for the face), neck, and shoulders it is usually black, [http://www.
Apostolos Andreas Monastery Apostolos Andreas Monastery () is a monastery situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andreas (Cape of Saint Andrew, which is known to the Turkish Cypriots as Cape Zafer), which is the north-eastern most point of the island of Cyprus, in the Karpass Peninsula (currently it is in the Turkish Cypriot-administered area of North Cyprus, the unrecognized (except by Turkey) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 1974).
Apostolos Nikolaidis (singer) Apostolos Nikolaidis (Greek: Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης) (30 June 1938 - 22 April 1999) was a Greek singer whose career spanned four decades. He was born in Drama, Greece and grew up in Thessaloniki.
Apostrophe The apostrophe ( ’ ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages written in the Latin alphabet. In English, it has two main functions: it marks omissions; and it assists in marking the possessives of all nouns and many pronouns.
Apostrophe (figure of speech) Apostrophe (Greek αποστροφη, turning away; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In dramatic works and poetry, it is often introduced by the word "O" (not to be confused with the exclamation "oh").
Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music is a book written by Alfred Kreymborg and published by The Grafton Press, New York, in 1910. It is a slim volume (with no page numbers), and comprises a series of short somewhat 'poetic' paragraphs addressed to various great composers.
Aposymbiotic Aposymbiosis occurs when symbiotic organisms live apart from one another (for example, a clownfish living independently of an anemone). Studies have shown that the lifecycles of both the host and the symbiote are affected in some way, usually negative, and that for obligate symbiosis the effects can be drastic.
Apotactics The Apotactics (from the Greek apotassomai, to renounce) were adherents of a heresy which sprang up in the third century and spread through the western and southern parts of Asia Minor (present Anatolia, Asian Turkey).Apotactics - Catholic Encyclopedia article
Apoteri Apoteri is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, near the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an altitude of 53 metres (177 feet). There is an airstrip near Apoteri.
Apothecaries' system The apothecaries' system of mass is an obsolete system formerly used by apothecaries (now called pharmacists or chemists) in English-speaking countries. The system was closely related to the troy system of mass, having identically sized pounds and ounces, but the two systems differed in how the ounce was subdivided.
Apothecary Apothecary (pronounced or ah-POTH-i-kerry) is an historical name for a medical practitioner who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served by a pharmacist.
Apotropaic magic Apotropaic magic is a ritual observance that is intended to turn away evil. It can be as elaborate as the use of magical ceremonies or spells, or a simple as the vaguely superstitious carrying or wearing of a "good luck" token or "charm" (perhaps on a charm bracelet), crossing one's fingers or knocking on wood.
Apoxyomenos Apoxyomenos (the "Scraper") is one of the Greek conventions in representing an athlete, caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with the small curved instrument that the Romans called a strigil.

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