A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel...
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ROOD, socialistische jongeren (lit. 'RED, socialist youth'; shortened to ROOD) is a Dutch revolutionary socialist youth organisation. It was the youth...
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The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition...
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The Dream of the Rood is one of the Christian poems in the corpus of Old English literature and an example of the genre of dream poetry. Like most Old...
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Look up rood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rood is a Christian cross or crucifix. Rood may also refer to: Rood (surname) ROOD, a Dutch political...
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Middle Dutch "rood" or "rode" was a name for a cleared area in the woods. Among variant forms are De Rood(e), Roode, Roodt and 'Van Rood. The name can...
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A rood (/ˈruːd/; abbreviation: ro[citation needed]) is a historic English and international inch-pound measure of area, as well as an archaic English measure...
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Zinda Rood is a 4 volume biographical work by Justice Javed Iqbal about his father Muhammad Iqbal, a Muslim poet-philosopher. Zinda Rood is translated...
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Ogden Nicholas Rood (3 February 1831 in Danbury, Connecticut – 12 November 1902 in Manhattan) was an American physicist best known for his work in color...
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Elizabeth Rood is an American diplomat who serves as United States ambassador to Turkmenistan. She had served the chargé d'affaires of the U.S. mission...
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known as Rood techniques or Rood's approach. Rood was born in Marinette, Wisconsin, the daughter of Sophus Y. Rood and Maria Erickson Rood. Both of her...
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Holyrood (cross) (redirect from Black Rood of Scotland)
Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word derives from the Old English rood, meaning a pole...
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Richard Rood may refer to: Richard Rood (wrestler) Richard Rood (violinist) (born 1955), American violinist Richard B. Rood, atmospheric scientist Dick...
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E. Irene Rood (1843–1921) was an American humanitarian and organizational leader. She organized the "Audubon Society" in Chicago, Illinois which was said...
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The Rood of Grace was a crucifix kept at Boxley Abbey in Kent in southeast England. It was a mechanized likeness of Jesus, described by one Protestant...
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Charles Conant Rood, after whom the building is named. The Rood Building was built in 1873 for attorney and investor Charles Conant Rood. It replaced a...
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Cornus sericea (redirect from Red rood)
names include red brush, red willow, redstem dogwood, redtwig dogwood, red-rood, American dogwood, creek dogwood, and western dogwood. It is a medium to...
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John Charles Rood (born 1968) is an American national security adviser and former government official who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for...
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Holy Rood Church may refer to: Holy Rood Church, Barnsley, South Yorkshire Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Holy Rood Church, Ossington, Nottinghamshire...
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Harold William "Bill" Rood (August 19, 1922 – October 6, 2011) was a political scientist and author of Kingdoms of the Blind. He was Professor Emeritus...
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Code Rood (also styled CODE ROOD, Dutch for "Code Red") is a network of climate activists based in the Netherlands. The activists organize large-scale...
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Ronald Rood (July 7, 1920- July 16, 2001) was a Vermont author, naturalist and Vermont Public Radio commentator who wrote over 30 books, including The...
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Lianne Rood MP (born 1978 or 1979) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to represent the riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex in the House of Commons...
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The Cemetery of the Holy Rood is a Catholic cemetery located in Westbury, New York. The 65-acre (0.26 km2) cemetery, established in 1930, is part of the...
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Mary Rood or Roode was an 18th-century English silversmith. Little is known about Rood. Her maiden name appears to have been Roode and she was possibly...
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Rod (unit) (redirect from Rood (Scots))
rood. However, in the traditional French-based system in some countries, 1 square perche is 42.21 square metres. As of August 2013, perches and roods...
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Rood (English: Red) is a single by Dutch artist Marco Borsato from his album Symphonica in Rosso. The song was written and produced by John Ewbank. It...
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The Great Western Railway steam locomotive no. 4965 Rood Ashton Hall is a 4-6-0 Hall class locomotive. It is preserved at Tyseley Locomotive Works. The...
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