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Yale, Elisha, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born at Lee, Massachusetts, June 15, 1780. He was converted in 1799; pursued his classical and theological studies, under the Reverend Dr. Perkins, at West Hartford, Connecticut; was licensed to preach by the North Association of Hartford County in February 1803, and ordained and installed pastor of the … Continue reading “Yale, Elisha, D.D”

Yale, Elihu, F.R.S was born at New Haven, Connecticut, April 5, 1648, but removed to England with his parents at ten years of age, and-never returned to America. In 1678 he went to the East Indies, became governor of Madras, amassed a fortune, and returned to England where he died (in London), July 22, 1721. … Continue reading “Yale, Elihu, F.R.S”

Yalden (or Youlding), Thomas, D.D an English divine and poet, was born at Exeter in 1671. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and chosen fellow in 1700. He entered into holy orders the following year, became rector of Willoughby, in Warwickshire, and was chosen lecturer of moral philosophy. In 1706 he entered the family … Continue reading “Yalden (or Youlding), Thomas, D.D”

Yaks are a species of daemons recognized as remnants of the primitive superstition of the Singhalese in Ceylon. They are supposed to be the authors of diseases and other misfortunes, and the Yakadura, or devil- dancer, is almost invariably called upon to overcome their malignity by his chants and charms. In these exorcisms the performers … Continue reading “Yaks”

Yakima, Washington, diocese of Founded on 23 June 1951. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Seattle. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Yakima New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Yakima Indians A Shahaptian tribe formerly dwelling on the banks of the Columbia, the Wénatchee, and northern branches of the Yakima (Ya-ki-má, runaway) Rivers, in the east of Washington. They called themselves Waptailmim, “people-of-the-narrows”, or Pakintlema, “people of the gap”, from the situation of their village near Union Gap on the Yakima River. They were … Continue reading “Yakima Indians”

Yajnavalkya One of the foremost teachers in the classic age of Upanishads (q.v.). — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Yajna (Skr.) Sacrifice, a Vedic (q.v.) institution which became philosophically interpreted as the self-sacrifice of the Absolute One which, by an act of self-negation (nisedha-vyapara) became the Many. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Yahweh The proper name of God in the Old Testament; hence the Jews called it the name by excellence, the great name, the only name, the glorious and terrible name, the hidden and mysterious name, the name of the substance, the proper name, and most frequently shem hammephorash, i.e. the explicit or the separated name, … Continue reading “YAHWEH”

Yahveh (See JAH.). Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary