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See also:ARGOSTOLI (anc. Cephallenia) , the See also:capital of See also:Cephalonia (one of the Ionian islands), and the seat of a See also:bishop of the See also:Greek See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. Pop. about ro,0oo. It possesses an excellent See also:harbour, a See also:quay a mile in length, and a See also:fine See also:bridge. See also:Shipbuilding and See also:silk-See also:spinning are carried on. Near at See also:hand are the ruins of Cranii, which afford fine examples of Greek military See also:architecture; and at the See also:west See also:side of the harbour there is a curious stream, flowing from the See also:sea, and employed to drive See also:mills before losing itself in caverns inland.
See See also:Sir C. See also:Fellows's See also:Journal of an Excursion in See also:Asia See also:Minor in 1838, and Wiebel's See also:Die Insel Kephalonia and die Meermuhlen von Argostoli (See also:Hamburg, 1873).
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