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West Virginia A state of the American Union, bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the northwest by Ohio, on the southeast and south by Virginia, and on the southwest by Kentucky; it is situated between latitude 37°36′ and 40°38′ North, and between the meridians 77°45′ and 82°03′ West. Its area is 24,780 … Continue reading “West Virginia”

West Syrian Rite The rite used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin simply the old rite of Antioch in the Syriac language. Into this framework the Jacobites have fitted a great number of other Anaphoras, so that now their Liturgy has more variant forms than any … Continue reading “West Syrian Rite”

West, Stephen, D.D an eminent Congregational minister, was born in Tolland, Conn., Nov. 13,1735. He graduated at Yale College in 1755; taught at Hatfield, Mass.; studied theology with Timothy Woodbridge; became chaplain at Hoosack Fort; and was ordained as successor of Jonathan Edwards in the Indian Mission at Stockbridge in 1759. In a few years … Continue reading “West, Stephen, D.D”

West, Samuel (1), D.D an American Unitarian minister, was born at Yarmouth, Mass.. March 3, 1730 (O. S.). He labored on the farm until he was twenty years of age; graduated at Harvard College in 1754; was ordained minister of a part of Dartmouth (now New Bedford and Fair Haven) June 3, 1761; was a … Continue reading “West, Samuel (2), D.D”

West, Robert Athow an American writer, was born at Thetford, England, in 1809. He immigrated to the United States in 1843; was the official reporter of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844, and published the debates; was editor of the Columbia Magazine (N. Y.) from 1846 to 1849; coeditor of the … Continue reading “West, Robert Athow”

West, Richard, D.D an English clergyman, was born in 1671. He became a commoner in Merton College, Oxford, in 1688; was afterwards elected fellow of Magdalen College; became prebendary of Winchester in 1706; archdeacon of Berks in 1710; and died Dec. 2, 1716. He published some essays, sermons, and other works. See Allibone, Dict. of … Continue reading “West, Richard, D.D”

West, Nathaniel, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born in Ulster, Ireland, in 1794. He was educated under Drs. Chalmers and Turner; entered the ministry in the Independent Connection in Hull, England, in 1821; came to the United States in 1834, and was pastor of Presbyterian churches successively at Meadville, Pa.; Monroe, Mich.; North East, Pittsburgh, … Continue reading “West, Nathaniel, D.D”

West, Jonathan Renshaw a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Jackson County, Ala., Aug. 31,1806. He experienced religion in 1825, was licensed to exhort in 1827, and to preach in 1832, and in 1846 or 1847 joined the Missouri and Arkansas Conference. During the war, he was compelled to leave the South for personal safety. … Continue reading “West, Jonathan Renshaw”

West, John (1) a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Charles City County, Va., April 20, 1768. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1784, was licensed to preach in 1787, entered the traveling connection in 1790, and was appointed to Greene Circuit, in Tennessee. In 1802 he was transferred from the Virginia to the … Continue reading “West, John (2)”

West In Exorcism A person to be exorcised stood with his face towards or his hands stretched in the direction of the west, the region or symbol of darkness. SEE BOWING TOWARDS THE EAST. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature