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Look up: peter

  1. Peter
    [n] - disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Peter
    a method of estimating the standard deviation of a distribution which is approximately normal by multiplying the mean deviation by 1.253 Category: Statistics • youthful turned down collar, shaped to lie flat around the neck. This type of collar has rounded ends in front, is about 2 to 3 ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Peter
    Pe'ter noun A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat , a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. -- Peter Funk , the auc...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/65

  4. Peter
    Pet'er intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Petered ; present participle & verbal noun Petering .] [ Etymol. uncertain.] To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generall...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/65

  5. peter
    A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. Peter pence, or Peter's pence. An annual tax or tribute, formerly ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Peter
    Simon Peter noun disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Peter
    • (n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, • (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Peter
    (from the article `Meletius of Lycopolis`) For presuming to ordain clergy and bishops for Christian communities deprived of their pastors by the general persecution, Meletius was deposed about ... If Origen inspired admiration, his daring speculations also provoked criticism. At Alexandria itself, Peter, who became bishop in about 300 a...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/49

  9. Peter
    (from the article `Hungary`) ...of peaceful consolidation. But his death in 1038 was followed by many years of discord. His only son, Emeric (Imre), had predeceased him, and the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/49

  10. Peter
    briefly Latin emperor of Constantinople, from 1217 to 1219.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/49

  11. Peter
    celebrated king of Castile and Leon from 1350 to 1369, charged by his contemporary enemies with monstrous cruelty but viewed by later writers as a ... [8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/49

  12. Peter
    Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1308–26) and the first metropolitan to reside in Moscow.[1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/49

  13. Peter
    Peter is a German boy name. The meaning of the name is `Rock` Where is it used? The name Peter is mainly used In English, German, Scandinavian and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Pedr ( In Welsh) Petro ( In Ukrainian and In Esperanto) Pedro ( In Spanish and In Portuguese) Per ( In Sca...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Pete

  14. Peter
    Hunter, Peter Roman Britain and Early England, 55 B.D.-A.D. 871; Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.; Edinburgh, 1963.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. Peter
    Peter, two letters of the New Testament, classified among the Catholic (or General) Epistles. Each opens with a statement of authorship by the apostle St. Peter. First Peter, the longer book, is addressed from “Babylon” to the Christians of the churches of Asia Minor. The work opens with...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  16. Peter
    Peter is slang for a safe, till, or cash box.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Peter
    Peter is slang for a safe, till, or cash box.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Peter
    Peter is a friar in Measure for Measure.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/KB.H

  19. Peter
    (I) Tsar of Russia from 1682 on the death of his half-brother Tsar Feodor III; he took full control of the government in 1689. He attempted to reorganize the country on Western lines. He modernized the army, had a modern fleet built, remodelled the administrative and legal systems, enc...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  20. Peter
    (actor) (born August 8, 1952 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese singer, dancer and actor who has appeared in Akira Kurosawa`s newspaper=Boston Globe|date=20 December 1985-->--> and Toshio Matsumoto`s Bara no Sōretsu. Ikehata also uses his Pītā--> when he appears on TV va...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter

  21. Peter
    (Tomorrow People) `Peter` is a fictional character from the British television series The Tomorrow People. His first appearance is in "The Medusa Strain: Part 1", and last appears in A Rift in Time, Part 4: Rise of the Roman Empire. Peter is portrayed by Richard Speight, son ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter

  22. Peter
    (album) Name = Peter --> `Peter` is an EP by Canadian lo-fi indie rock band Eric`s Trip. It was released by Murderecords. Track listing : # "Need" # "Listen" # "Tangles" # "Haze" # "Happens All the Time" # "Deeper" Credits :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter

  23. Peter
    (usurper) `Peter` was a Roman usurper of the early sixth century, recorded in two minor sources: the Consularia Caesaraugustana and the Victoris Tunnunnensis Chronicon. He was a "tyrant" (meaning usurper) against the Visigothic rulers of Spain. When the Visigoths captu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter

  24. Peter
    (short story) `Peter` is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Mahogany Tree in 1892. Plot summary: Peter Sadelack played second chair violin in Prague, and, despite losing his ability to play, continues to treasure his violin. His eldest son, Antone, tries to co...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter

  25. Peter
    (eagle) `Peter` was a bald eagle who lived at the Philadelphia Mint from c. 1830 until 1836. He became well known after a while and was let out of the Mint each night to fly around the city of Philadelphia. While perched on a coining press one day, the press suddenly started, and Peter`s wing...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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