in Christian theology, respectively, the initial proclamation of the gospel message and the oral instruction given before baptism to those who have accepted the message. Kerygma refers primarily to the preaching of the Apostles as recorded in the New Testament. ...
inviolable ancient Greek messenger. In Homer's time, the keryx was simply a trusted attendant or retainer of a chieftain. The role of kerykes expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings ...
city, northeastern Miyagi ken (prefecture), northern Honshu, Japan. It lies on the deeply indented Pacific Ocean coast at the head of Kesennuma Bay, which shelters the city's harbour and commercial fishing port. Deep-sea fishing (tuna, bonito, and ...
laani (province), south-central Finland. Its area encompasses much of the Paijanne and Keitele lake systems. The administrative capital is Jyvaskyla. Keski-Suomi generally consists of flat farming and timber lands broken up by many lakes. Local industry is based on farming ...
formerly one of the three separately administered divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire, England. It now forms two county districts: North Kesteven and South Kesteven. Both are part of the administrative county of Lincolnshire. They are profoundly rural in ...
any of several small birds of prey of the genus Falco (family Falconidae) known for their habit of hovering while hunting. Kestrels prey on large insects, birds, and small mammals. They exhibit sexual colour dimorphism, rare among hawks: the male ...
town ("parish"), Allerdale district, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, England. It lies at the north end of the Derwent Water (lake), below the peak of Skiddaw. Keswick is the main transportation focus, tourist resort, and shopping centre ...
indigenous people of central Siberia who live in the Yenisey River basin; in the late 20th century they numbered about 500. Certain traits of the Ket suggest a southerly origin. Their language, Ket, is the last true survivor of the ...
one of two surviving members of the Yeniseian family of languages spoken by about 500 people living in central Siberia. (The other, a moribund close relative called Yug [Yugh], or Sym, is sometimes considered a dialect of Ket.)
English leader of the Norfolk rising of 1549, which was afterwards known as Ket's Rebellion. He was either a tanner or, more probably, a small landowner.
town, southeastern Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean, near the Volta River mouth. It is built on a sandspit separating the Atlantic from the Keta Lagoon. Before the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century, the ...
English executioner notorious for his barbarous inefficiency; for nearly two centuries after his death his nickname was popularly applied to all of England's executioners.
city, port of entry, southeastern Alaska, U.S. Situated on southwestern Revillagigedo Island and part of the Alexander Archipelago, it lies 235 miles (380 km) south of Juneau. The site was originally a fishing settlement for the Tongass and Cape Fox ...
a genus in the family Pinaceae, containing two or three species of coniferous evergreen trees, native to China and Taiwan. The trees resemble true firs (members of the genus Abies) but have clusters of 5 to 10 male reproductive structures ...
any of a class of organic compounds containing the functional grouping C=C=O; the most important member of the class being ketene itself, CH2=C=O, which is used in the manufacture of acetic anhydride and other industrial organic chemicals. The name suggests ...
any of a class of organic compounds characterized by the presence of a carbonyl group in which the carbon atom is covalently bonded to an oxygen atom. The remaining two bonds are to other carbon atoms or hydrocarbon radicals (R):
metabolic disorder marked by high levels of ketones in the tissues and body fluids, including blood and urine. There is less sugar than normal in the blood and less glycogen (the storage form of sugar) in the liver; fat accumulates ...
city, Montgomery county, southwestern Ohio, U.S. It lies immediately south of Dayton, in the Miami River valley. Stone quarries first attracted settlers to the site, which was organized in 1841 as Van Buren Township. In 1952 it was incorporated as ...
town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Northamptonshire, England. From the 17th century Kettering was a centre for the production of woolen cloth, and later of silk and plush. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, the town has been ...
German-born physicist who, with Eric A. Cornell and Carl E. Wieman, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2001 for creating a new ultracold state of matter, the so-called Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
in geology, depression in a glacial outwash drift made by the melting of a detached mass of glacial ice that became wholly or partly buried. The occurrence of these stranded ice masses is thought to be the result of gradual ...
percussion instrument of the Bronze Age cultures of China, Indochina, and Indonesia. It was used mainly in rainmaking rites. Some kettle gongs from northern Vietnam are dated between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC. When played, they are suspended so ...
percussion instrument in which a membrane is stretched over a hemispheric or similar-shaped shell and held taut, usually by a hoop with rope lacings, adjusting screws, or various mechanical devices; in some varieties the lacings may pierce the skin directly ...
formal Jewish marriage contract written in Aramaic and guaranteeing a bride certain future rights before her marriage. Since Jewish religious law permits a man to divorce his wife at any time for any reason, the ketubba was introduced in ancient ...
the third division of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. Divided into four sections, the Ketuvim include: poetical books (Psalms, Proverbs, and Job), the Megillot, or Scrolls (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, and Esther), prophecy (Daniel), and ...
city, Henry county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies about 45 miles (70 km) northwest of Peoria. Potawatomi, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox Indians were early inhabitants of the area. Kewanee was laid out in 1854 in anticipation of the arrival of ...
inlet of southern Lake Superior, indenting for 22 mi (35 km) the coast of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. The bay narrows from a 12-mi width at its mouth, and it is the eastern outlet for the Keweenaw Waterway, ...
division of late Precambrian rocks and time in North America (the Precambrian began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million years ago). Rocks of the Keweenawan System are about 10,700 metres (about 35,000 feet) thick, overlie rocks of ...
in machine construction, a device used to prevent rotation of a machine component, such as a gear or a pulley, relative to the shaft on which it is mounted. A common type of key is a square bar that fits ...
in music, closed system of functionally related chords generated by certain tonal conventions associated with the Western concept of diatonic major and minor scales. Each of the pitches, or tones, used in Western music can serve as a tonic note, ...
large group of carvings excavated at Key Marco in southern Florida that provide the finest extant examples of North American Indian wood carving through the 15th century. The coastal mud of the area helped preserve hundreds of perishable artifacts, which ...
city, seat (1824) of Monroe county, southwestern Florida, the southernmost city within the continental United States. It lies about 100 miles (160 km) from the mainland on a sand and coral island about 4 miles (6.5 km) long and 1.5 ...
lawyer and Confederate Army officer who was appointed U.S. postmaster general by Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes in fulfillment of a campaign pledge made by Hayes during the disputed election of 1876.
Swedish feminist and writer whose advanced ideas on sex, love and marriage, and moral conduct had wide influence; she was called the "Pallas of Sweden."
U.S. political scientist known for his studies of the U.S. political process and for his contributions to the development of a more empirical and behavioral political science.
any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the chromatic scale, and they ...
British admiral who planned and directed the World War I raid on the German base at Zeebrugge, Belg., April 22-23, 1918, and thus helped to close the Strait of Dover to German submarines.
English economist, journalist, and financier, best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment. His most important work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1935-36), advocated a remedy for economic ...
