ransoming — ran·som || rænsÉ™m n. redemption of a prisoner for a price; sum paid for the release of a prisoner v. release, liberate, free; pay money for the release of a prisoner … English contemporary dictionary
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CAPTIVES, RANSOMING OF — (Heb. פִּדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים; Pidyon Shevuyim): The religious duty to ransom a fellow Jew captured by slave dealers or robbers, or imprisoned unjustly by the authorities to be released against ransom paid by the Jewish community. The fulfillment of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy — Our Lady of Mercy From the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order … Wikipedia
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Dutch States Army — States Army Musketeer by Jacob de Gheyn II The Dutch States Army[1] (Dutch: Staatse leger) was the army of t … Wikipedia
λυτρώσει — λύτρωσις ransoming fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) λυτρώσεϊ , λύτρωσις ransoming fem dat sg (epic) λύτρωσις ransoming fem dat sg (attic ionic) λυτρόω release on receipt of a ransom aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) λυτρόω release on receipt of a… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ἀπολυτρώσει — ἀπολύτρωσις ransoming fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) ἀπολυτρώσεϊ , ἀπολύτρωσις ransoming fem dat sg (epic) ἀπολύτρωσις ransoming fem dat sg (attic ionic) ἀπολυτρόω release on payment of ransom aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) ἀπολυτρόω release on… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Medieval warfare — Battle of Crécy (1346) between the English and French in the Hundred Years War. Warfare … Wikipedia