Bulgarian lev — Infobox Currency currency name in local = български лев bg icon image 1 = 1lev.jpg image title 1 = 1 lev coin (2002) image 2 = 2 lev 1999 obverse.jpg image title 2 = 2 leva iso code = BGN using countries = BGR inflation rate = 7.8% inflation… … Wikipedia
BGN (Bulgarian Lev) — The currency abbreviation or currency symbol for the Bulgarian lev (BGN). The Bulgarian lev is made up of 100 stotinki. The Bulgarian name comes from the archaic Bulgarian word lev , which can be translated to mean lion . BGN is expected to be… … Investment dictionary
KAMENEV, LEV — (pseudonym for Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld; 1883–1936), Soviet state and party activist. He was born in Moscow to a father who was an engineer and a Russian mother. Kamenev joined the Social Democratic Party in 1901, while studying law at Moscow… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
levirate — lev•i•rate [[t]ˈlɛv ər ɪt, əˌreɪt, ˈli vər ɪt, vəˌreɪt[/t]] n. jud Judaism. the custom of marriage between a man and his brother s widow, required in Biblical law under certain circumstances. Deut. 25:5–10 • Etymology: 1715–25; < L lēvir… … From formal English to slang
Levirate — Lev i*rate (l[e^]v [i^]*r[asl]t), Leviratical Lev i*rat ic*al ( r[a^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. levir a husband s brother, brother in law; akin to Gr. dah r: cf. F. l[ e]virat leviration.] Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Leviratical — Levirate Lev i*rate (l[e^]v [i^]*r[asl]t), Leviratical Lev i*rat ic*al ( r[a^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. levir a husband s brother, brother in law; akin to Gr. dah r: cf. F. l[ e]virat leviration.] Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wages — Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1 14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15,… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in … Universalium
Pentateuch — • The name of the first five books of the Old Testament. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pentateuch Pentatuch † … Catholic encyclopedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
