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Look up: Adelphi

  1. Adelphi
    (from the article `Adam, Robert`) In 1768 Robert and James Adam leased a site on the River Thames for a speculative development to be known as the Adelphi (it was almost totally ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/18

  2. Adelphi
    (from the article `comedy`) ...girl from his son that he falls into a trap set for him by his wife (Plautus` Casina); and on an overstern father whose son turns out worse than ... ...hanger-on whose flattery of and services to his patron were rewarded with free dinners—both of them from another play by Menander, the Kolax (The ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/18

  3. Adelphi
    Adelphi The name of a group of buildings in London between the Strand and the Thames, laid out by the four brothers, James, John, Robert, and William Adam and hence called Adelphi; the name of the theater in the vicinity of these buildings, at which a certain type of melodrama was prevalent c. 1882 -1900.
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  4. Adelphi
    The name `Adelphi` comes from the Greek word adelphoi, meaning "brothers". `Adelphi` may refer to: Places: Jamaica: United Kingdom: United States: Buildings: Hotels: :``"Adelphi Hotel" redirects here. Theatres: Universities: Other uses: Notes:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphi

  5. Adelphi
    (band) `Adelphi` was an American rock band, based in Towson, Maryland. They formed in 2002 and were signed to the record label Drive-Thru Records. They played their last show as Adelphi on December 30, 2007 and three members now make up the band The Everlove. History: Adelphi was a four-piece...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphi

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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