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Tennent, William Mackay, D.D a Presbyterian minister, graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1763, and in 1772 was ordained pastor at Greentield, Conn. In 1781 he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Abingdon, near Philadelphia, where he continued until his death, in December 1810. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, … Continue reading “Tennent, William Mackay, D.D”

Tennent, William (1) a Presbyterian minister and educator, and the father of Gilbert, John, and William Tennent, was born in Ireland in 1673. He received a liberal education in his native country, and was probably a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the ministry originally in the Episcopal Church, and was ordained deacon by … Continue reading “Tennent, William (3)”

Tennent, John a Presbyterian minister, and third son of the Rev. William Tennent, Sen., was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland, Nov. 12, 1706. His parents emigrated to America when he was twelve years old. He was educated at the Log College, and licensed to preach Sept. 18, 1729. On Nov. 19, 1730, he … Continue reading “Tennent, John”

Tennent, Gilbert an eloquent Presbyterian divine, and .eldest son of the Rev. William Tennent, Sen., was born in the County of Armagh, Ireland, Feb. 5,1703; emigrated with his father to America in 1718; received his education under the paternal roof; had the honorary degree of master of arts conferred upon him by Yale College in … Continue reading “Tennent, Gilbert”

Tenison, Thomas a learned English prelate, was born at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, Sept. 29, 1636; and receiving his primary education at the free school at Norwich, entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated in Lent term, 1656-7. He began to study medicine, but on the eve of the Restoration decided upon the theological profession, and … Continue reading “Tenison, Thomas”

Teniers, David The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters; the elder, born at Antwerp in 1582; died there in 1649; the younger; born at Antwerp in 1610; died at Brussels in 1694. Of these two men, the younger was by far the greater, eclipsing in skill the work of his father. Teniers the elder … Continue reading “Teniers, David”

Teneriffe DIOCESE OF TENERIFFE (TENERIFENSIS). Suffragan of Seville, formerly called Nivariensis from Nivaria, the ancient name of the island (Pliny, VI, xxxii; Filippo Bergamo, XVI, “sup. chronic.”). Teneriffe, which is situated in the centre of the Canary Archipelago, is the principal, most fertile, and most populous of the islands. It contains the famous Pico de … Continue reading “Teneriffe”

Tenedos A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. The island, called in Turkish Boghaz-Adassi, has an area of 16 square miles and 5000 inhabitants, of whom 3000 are Greek schismatics. It is a caza of the sanjak of Lemnos in the vilayet of Rhodes. It seems to have been called by various names, … Continue reading “Tenedos”

Tenebree (darkness), an office for the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of our Blessed Savior. The name of the office has been traced to the fact that it was formerly celebrated at midnight, as an allusion to Christ walking no more openly with the Jews, as Cranmer says. … Continue reading “Tenebree”

Tenebrae Hearse The Tenebrae Hearse is the triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service. The name is derived, through the French herse, from the Latin herpex, which means a harrow, and is the same as that now used in connection with funeral processions. The funeral hearse was originally a wooden or metal framework, which stood … Continue reading “Tenebrae Hearse”