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White, Richard, Venerable (Vere GWYN). Martyr, born at Llanilloes, Montgomeryshire, about 1537; executed at Wrexham, Denbighshire, 15 October, 1584. After a brief stay at Oxford he studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, till about 1562, when he became a schoolmaster, first at Overton in Flintshire, then at Wrexham and other places, acquiring considerable reputation as … Continue reading “White, Richard, Venerable”

White Of An Egg is the rendering adopted in the A.V. at Job 6:6 for the Heb. ‘, rir challamuth (Sept. [v.r.], Vulg. quod gustatum offert mortem). Most interpreters derive the Hebrew word from , chalam, to dream, and, guided by the context, explain it to denote somnolency, fiatuity (comp. Ecc 5:2; Ecc 5:9), and … Continue reading “White Of An Egg”

White, Nicholas a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Middletown, Vermont, June 8, 1786. He received a careful religious training; experienced religion in 1810; joined the New York Conference in 1813; and from that date to 1854, when he superannuated, he led an active, successful itinerant life. In 1854 he retired to Brooklyn, where he … Continue reading “White, Nicholas”

White Mountain (Semitic root, laban) Mountain, Syria, so called from the snow which covers the highest peaks during almost the entire year, or from the limestone which glistens white in the distance. It is the center of the great mountain range of central Syria, which is about 95 miles long, and consists of two parallel … Continue reading “White Mountain”

White Monks A Benedictine reform, established at Citeaux, Burgundy, 1098 , by Saint Robert, Abbot of Molesme, to restore literal observance of the Rule of Saint Benedict . Previous attempts at reform in monasteries of the Order of Cluny had met with little success when Saint Robert with twenty companions, retired to Citeaux in 1098 … Continue reading “White Monks”

White, Joseph (1), D.D an English clergyman and eminent Oriental scholar, was born at Stroud, in. Gloucestershire, in 1746. He was the son of a weaver, and was designed for his father’s calling, but having been sent to a charity-school at Gloucester, and having made rapid advancement, he was sent by a gentleman of fortune … Continue reading “White, Joseph (1), D.D”

White, Joseph (2) (called in Spain Don Jose Marya Blanco i Crespo), a Roman Catholic priest, descend ed from an Irish Catholic family which’ had settled in Spain, was born at Seville, July 11, 1775. Being dissatisfied with mercantile life, he was educated for the Church, and was ordained a priest’ in 1799; soon lost … Continue reading “White, Joseph (2)”

White, John (2), D.D an English clergyman of the latter part of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century, was vicar of Eccles, and subsequently chaplain in ordinary to James I. He died in 1615. He published The Way to the True Church, and other works. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. … Continue reading “White, John (2), D.D”

White, John (3) a Puritan divine, known as the Patritarch of Dorchester, was born at Stanton, St. John, Oxfordshire, England, in December, 1574. He was educated at Winchester School and New College, Oxford, of which he became perpetual fellow in 1595; here he graduated, took holy orders, and became a frequent preacher at Oxford; became … Continue reading “White, John (3)”

White Horse See HORSE, WHITE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia