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Brewer's: Housel
To give or receive the Eucharist. (Anglo-Saxon, huslian, to give the husel or host.) “Children were christened, and men houseled and assoyled through all the land, except such as were in…Brewer's: Cant
A whining manner of speech; class phraseology, especially of a religious nature (Latin, canto, to sing, whence chant). It is often derived from a proper name. We are told that Alexander…Brewer's: Sanhedrim
The Jewish Sanhedrim probably took its form from the seventy elders appointed to assist Moses in the government. After the captivity it seems to have been a permanent consistory court. The…Brewer's: Soldan
or Sowdan. A corruption of sultan, meaning in mediæval romance the Saracen king; but, with the usual inaccuracy of these writers, we have the Soldan of Egypt, the Soudan of Persia, the…Brewer's: Mazikeen
or Shedeem. A species of beings in Jewish mythology exactly resembling the Arabian Jinn or genii, and said to be the agents of magic and enchantment. When Adam fell, says the Talmud, he…Candide: How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunegund
The Reception Candide and Cac... What Happened to Our Two Trav... How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunegund Never while I live shall I lose the remembrance of that…Brewer's: Science Persecuted
(1) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae held opinions in natural science so far in advance of his age that he was accused of impiety, thrown into prison, and condemned to death. Pericles, with great…Brewer's: Leonora
wife of Fernando Florestan, a state prisoner in Seville. (Beethoven: Fidelio, an opera.) (See Fernando.) Leonora. A princess who fell in love with Manrico, the supposed son of Azucen'a…The Devil's Dictionary: E
by Ambrose Bierce…Brewer's: Two
The evil principle of Pythagoras. Accordingly the second day of the second month of the year was sacred to Pluto, and was esteemed unlucky. Two an unlucky number in our dynasties. Witness…Trending
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