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La Palice – Latin Church
La Palice
a suburb of La Rochelle, where a new port was in recent years inaugurated with harbor works on a vast cay midway between Nantes and Borscale. It is situated on the Bay of Bisdeaux. dering on Peru; area 171,130 square
Laramie Mountains
a range which extends through Wyoming and Colorado, and bounds the Laramie Plains on the E. and N. E.; the highest point is Laramie Peak, 10,000 feet high.
Laramie Plains
a plateau in Southern Wyoming, N. W. of Cheyenne , about 7,500 feet above sea-level.
Laramie River
a river rising in Northern Colorado and flowing into the North Platte at Fort Laramie in Eastern Wyoming; length about 200 miles.
Lartius
TITUS FLAVIUS (lar'- Rome, in 498 в. c. dition of an insect on its issuing from
La Salle College
an educational auspices of the Roman institution in Philadelphia, Pa., founded in 1863 under aus Catholic Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 20; students, 250; president, Brother E.
Richard.
La Serina
a city in Chile, the capital of the province of Coquimbo. Situof the province of Coquimbo. Situated on very high hig ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the climate and out- . It is connected with Valparaiso Valparaiso, 215 miles distant, by a railiso, 215 miles distant, by a railroad. Population about 17,500.
Las Palmas
chief town of the Canary Islands on the N. E. coast of Gran Gran Canaria; is the seat of a bishop, and ship-building yards. Pop. about 63,000.
LASSA. See LHASSA.
Lateran Councils
in Church history, certain councils held in the In all five general councils held, besides Church of St.
John Lateran in Rome. an important council, not œcumenical, against the Monothelites in A. D. 649.
Lathe
a machine for turning and shaped pieces of wood, ivory, metal, etc., polishing flat, round, cylindrical, or other in which the object revolves while it is shaped or polished by a tool applied to it.
American author; born in the Hawaiian
Latin
the language of the ancient Romans. For the literature, see the names of the various Latin authors.
Latin Church
the Church of the West, as distinguished from the Oriental Church.