Moplas
a race of southern India, mainly near the Malabar coast, who as fanatical Mohammedans have caused trouble by outbreaks. Descended from the old Arab traders, they number about 700,000.
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These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Moplas, Mopsus, Moquegua.
Mopses, The
A secret association imported into Germany , which celebrated the rites of the gnostic Sabbath. It replaced the Kabalistic "goat" by the Hermetic as an object of worship. The candidate for the order was brought into the circle of adepts with the eyes bandaged in the midst of a great uproar, and after saluting the idol was initiated. The sign of recognition was a grimace. Tho whole doctrine of the society was that of black magic . The Mopses recruited only among Catholics, and for the oath at reception they substituted a solemn engagement on honour to reveal no secrets of the order, the practices of which much resembled the Sabbath of mediæval sorcerers.
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Mopsus
a famous legendary Greek prophet, son of Apollo, and grandson of Tiresias. He vanquished Calchas in prophetic skill, and fell by the hand of the prophet Amphilochus, whom he at the same time slew.
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Moquegua
maritime province of Peru, area 5,550 square miles, traversed by Andes, fertile, the vine being chiefly cultivated. Pop. about 43,000. Capital, Moquegua, wine mart; pop. about 5,000. MOQUI (mō-kē') INDIANS, a semicivilized people living in seven towns in northern Arizona. The first accounts of them date from the expedition of Coronado in 1540. They are kind-hearted and hospitable, cultivate the soil, raising grain and vegetables, and possessing large flocks of sheep and goats. They weave very fine blankets, an art which they have taught several neighboring tribes. The houses are built of stone, set in mortar, and perched upon the summits of almost inaccessible mesas. They number about 1,600.
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Mora
LUIS, American painter; born at Montevideo, Uruguay, 1874. Studied at Boston Museum Art School and Art Students' League, New York. At first attracted notice as a magazine illustrator. In 1900 he was commissioned to decorate the public library at Lynn, Mass. He won numerous gold medals for his work: Philadelphia Art Club (1901), Penn. Fine Arts (1902), Hallgarten prize National Academy of Design (1905), Evans prize, Salmagundi, Club (1908), Shaw prize, National Academy (1910). Among his more notable paintings are "Spanish Café" (1906); "After the Bullfight" (1910); "Summer Morning" (1912); "Evening News" (1914). His work shows the influence of the old Spanish masters, but is distinctly modern in treatment.
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Moradabad
a town of British India, capital of a district, and center of a large trade in country produce; on the Ramganga, 100 miles E. by N. of Delhi. It is noted for its metal-work. Pop. about 81,000.
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Moran (EDWARD ran' an American)
EDWARD (-ran'), an American painter; born in Bolton, England, Aug. 19, 1829. He removed to Philadelphia in 1844; studied art under Hamilton and Weber, and first exhibited in 1853. He was noted as a marine painter, but turned to figure painting. Among his works are "Launch of the Life-boat," "The Lord Staying the Waters," "Outward Bound, " and many views of New York Bay. He died in New York City, June 9, 1901.
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Moran (THOMAS an painter brother of E)
THOMAS, an painter, brother of E. Moran; born in Lord's Supper. Bolton, England, Jan. 12, 1837. Coming to the United States, he was apprenticed to an engraver at Philadelphia, and began water-color landscapes pes 1871 he accompanied Prof. F. V. Hayden's expedition to the Yellowstone river, and in 1873 Major Powell's expedition to the Colorado river. As a result of these journeys he painted "The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone" and "The Chasm of the Colorado," now in the capitol, at Washington.
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Morana
the Bohemian goddess of winter and death. MORAT (mō-rä) (German, Murten), of viss canton of a small town in the Swiss Freiburg. Here, June 22, 1476, the Swiss gained a victory over Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
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Moratorium
a ment of payments due on debts. Such postponement may be established by legislative enactment or proclamation within a state to meet disturbed financial conditions, or it may be granted by one nation to another unable to meet its obligations. Moratoria of various kinds and degrees were declared by most of the European nations during the World War, as well as by several American states. The question of a long-term moratorium on German and other reparations payments has been agitated almost constantly since the conclusion of peace. In the case of Germany, the Reparation Commission voted in January, 1923, that the question was suspended pending the outcome of the French invasion of the Ruhr. (See REPARATIONS.) MOROCCO: SPANISH ZONE. A new uprising of the Cabilas or Moors of the Riff country, beginning in July of 1920, was attended during the succeeding two years by repeated disa disasters to the Spanish arms, leading to widespread discontent in Spain and demands for Spanish withdrawal from the country. An important fac factor in the situation was the unsettled status of the district of Tangier upon which a new international conference was demanded by Spain in 1922. (See TANGIER.)
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Morava
the chief river of Moravia, a tributary of the Danube, which it it joins after a course of about 200 miles.
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Morawetz
VICTOR, American corporation lawyer; born in Baltimore, 1859. Educated in Europe and at Harvard LL.B., 1879). Admitted to the bar ( 1880, appearing as counsel for railways and other corporations. General coun- , chairman of Atchison, sel, director Topeka and Santa Fé railroad, and is now a director and executive of the Norfolk and Western railroad, and an offi of cial in other corporations. D LL.D., Williams College, 1914. Publications: " Law of Private Corporations " ( 1882); " Banking and Currency Prob lems in the United States " ( 1909).
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Moray
JAMES STUART, EARL Regent of Scotland; born in 1533. OF, F He was the natural son of James V. of Scotland. In 1538 he was made prior of St. Andrews, in 1556 joined the Reformers, and became the head of the Protestant party in Scotland. He brought back his half-sister, Queen Mary, from as her prime France in 1561, acting ing minister, and the title of Earl of Moray was in 1564 conferred on him. Strongly opposed to the marriage of Mary to Darnley (1565); after it he openly appealed to arms, but was put to flight by the queen, and forced to take refuge in England. He returned to Edinburgh, March 10, 1566, the day after Rizzio's murder, to which he was certainly privy. In April, 1567, he withdrew to France, but recalled by the nobles in arms against Mary; found her a prisoner at Lochleven, and himself appointed regent of the kingdom. On Mary's escape he defeated her forces at Langside, near Glasgow (May 13, 1568), and afterward was sent to England to conduct the negotiations against her. After his return to Scotland he succeeded in securing the peace of the realm, and settling the affairs of the Church. He was shot in Linlithgow, Scotland, Jan. 20, 1570.
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