Identifier: colliersnewencyc03newy (find matches)
Title: Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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DIPTERACE^ 373 DISCIPLES OF CHRIST DIPTERACE-ffi, or DIPTEROCAR- PE^, an important order of Asiatic ex-ogenous poljrpetalous trees, allied to themallows (malvaceie). The differentspecies produce a number of resinous,oily, and other substances; one, a sortof camphor; another, a fragrant resinused in temples; and others, varnishes;while some of the commonest producepitches, and sal, valuable timber. DIPTYCH (diptik), originally signi-fied the same as diploma, somethingfolded; the double tablets of metal, ivory,etc., used by the Greeks and Romans.Diptychs became important in the Chris-tian Church, in them being written thenames of Popes, and other distinguishedpersons, who had deserved well of theChurch, to be mentioned in the Churchprayers. Diptychs also often containedpictures of Biblical scenes. DIPTJS, the jerboas, a genus of ro-dents, the type of the family Dipodidse.It includes about 20 species. D. xgyp-ticus is a native of northeastern Africa,Arabia, and southwestern Asia. Itlives

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