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a name for Ireland, from the number of saints in its calendar. Also Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, because of the monks that formerly flocked thither. Also the island of Rügen, so named by Varini. Also a name now generally given to Lindisfarne, on the coast of Northumberland, where the famous St. Cuthbert ruled over a Saxon abbey founded 635. It is a peninsula insulated at high tide.
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a league, founded in 1576, to prevent Henry of Navarre, who at the time was a Protestant, from ascending the French throne. At his becoming a Roman Catholic, in 1593, the league was dissolved and he became king under the title of Henry IV. The name was also given to a combination formed in 1508 by Pope Julius II. with Louis XII. of France, Maximilian of Germany, Ferdinand III. of Spain, and some Italian princes, against Venice.
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in Judaism, the inner or most sacred apartment, first to the Tabernacle, then of the Temple, into which none was permitted to enter but the high priest, and he only once a year, and then "not without blood." It was separated from the Holy Place or Outer Chamber by a veil.
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the sites in Palestine connected with the ministry and death of Christ, especially those traditionally located within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The Greek and Latin Churches both claim the custody of these sacred spots, the Russians supporting the pretentions of the former, the French those of the latter. A dispute about these holy places led, in 1853, to the Russo-Turkish War, followed, in 1854, by the Crimean War.
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a cross or crucifix; especially one placed on the rood-beam in churches over the entrance to the chancel. Holy rood day is a festival kept on Sept. 14, in commemoration of the exaltation of the Saviour's Cross. Also called holy cross day.
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the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus was laid between and His resurrection. Also His death the Byzantine Church, built at Jeruto salem on what is by some believed sepulcher. The Order be the site of the of the Holy Sepulcher is an order by Godfrey of Bouillon. founded
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a council established at St. Petersburg in the former Russian Empire, to act for the Emperor, he the Greek being the earthly head of Church in Russia.
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in the English Church, Ascension Day; 7; in the Roman Church the Thursday in Holy-week, Maundy-Thursday.
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in the Roman Catholic Church, water which has been blessed, servor consecrated, by an appropriate ice, and used to sprinkle the worshipers and the things used in the church.
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or PASSION WEEK, the week which immediately precedes to com- Easter, and is devoted especially memorate the passion of our Lord. The days more especially solemnized during it are Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. very early origin. It is an institution of
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an island and seaport of Wales; off the W. coast of the Isle of Anglesey, with which it is connected by a long causeway which may be crossed at low water, 23 miles N. W. of Bangor. The isle is a barren rock. Holyhead has a breakwater inclosing a harbor.
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GEORGE JACOB, an English religious reformer; born in Birmingham, April 13, 1817. He was educated at the Mechanics' Institute in his native city, and figured as teacher, journalist, and lecturer. He is chiefly known for his advocacy of secularism and cooperation. His works include: "Secularism" (1854); "The Limits of Atheism" (1861); "History of Co-operation" (1875-1879); "Among the Americans" (1881); "Co-operative Movement of Today" (1891); "Nature and Origin of Secularism" (1896); etc. He died in Brighton in 1906.
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a city in Hampden co., Mass., on the Connecticut river, and on the Boston and Maine, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads; 8 miles N. of Springfield. It is the leading paper manufacturing city in the world, with a daily output of over 200 tons. The Connecticut at this point is dammed with a dam 1,000 feet in length, supplying water-power, through a system of canals, to the numerous turbines by which nearly all the mills are operated. The principal manufactures include paper, cotton and woolen goods, machinery, turbines, thread, knit goods, steam engines and wire. The city is lighted by gas and electricity; has waterworks, public schools, high school, public library, electric street railroads, daily and National and weekly newspapers, banks. Pop. (1910) 57,730; (1920) 60,203.
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MOUNT. See MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
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in Hampshire co., Mass., between Hadley and Amherst on the N. and South Hadley and Granby on the S. two miles E. of the Connecticut river, three miles S. E. of Northampton. It is a steep, narrow ridge of greenstone; highest point, 1,120 feet above the sea.
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in feudal law, a formal actenant knowledgment made by a feudal lord on receivto and in presence of his or coming ing the investiture of a fief to it by succession, that he was his vassal. HOMBURG (hom'börg) a town of Prussia, and the former capital of the at the landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg; foot of the Taunus Mountains, 9 miles N. W. of Frankfort-on-the-Main. It has its been much frequented on account of mineral waters. Until the closing of of the Casino in 1872 and the suppression wealthy gambling it was crowded by the and pleasure-loving from all over the world. Since then it has steadily_declined as a fashionable resort. Pop. about 15,000.
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DANIEL DUNGLAS, a Scotch spiritualist; born near Edinburgh, March 20, 1833. He was taken by an aunt to the United States, where in 1850 he had become a famous medium. In 1855 he removed to London and made many converts. He was presented at several courts and to the Pope; and he joined the Roman Catholic Church, but was ultimately expelled for spiritualistic practices. He published two series of "Incidents of my Life" (1863 and 1872), and "Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism" (1877). (1877). He died in Auteuil, June 21, 1886.
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the name given to the physical theory of Anaxagoras of Clazomenæ, who flourished in the 5th century B. C. According to this hypothesis, eve every material substance is made up of infinitely small parts similar to itself. This theory bears some resemblance to that of the monads of Leibnitz in modern times.
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