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Taitazak or Taytazak, Joseph a Spanish Jew, belonged to those 300,000 exiles who had to leave their country in 1492. With his father and brothers, he settled at Salonica, where he wrote , the fruitful bough of Joseph (after Gen 49:22), a commentary on Ecclesiastes, in a homiletico-philosophicaI style (Venice, 1599): , i.e. excerpts from … Continue reading “Taitazak or Taytazak, Joseph”

Tait Indians (Te-it, “Those up river”). A collective term for those members of the Cowichan tribe, of Salishan linguistic stock, occupying the Lower Fraser River, Yale District, British Columbia (Canada), between Nicomen and Yale, where they border upon the Thompson River Indians. They have several small reserves within the jurisdiction of Fraser River agency, of … Continue reading “Tait Indians”

Tait, Archibald Campbell, D.D., LL.D an English prelate, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, December 22, 1811. He graduated from the Edinburgh High School, Edinburgh Academy, Glasgow University, and Oxford University, from the last with the highest honors. He became a public examiner of the university, and in 1842 head master at Rugby, where he remained … Continue reading “Tait, Archibald Campbell, D.D., LL.D”

Tairi the principal deity of the Sandwich Islanders. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tailred of Sicily the son of Eudes, a Norman baron, and of Emma, the sister of Robert Guiscard, was one of the celebrated heroes of the first Crusade, and was born after the middle of the 11th century. Some chroniclers profess to detail the events of his early life, describing him as the most accomplished … Continue reading “Tailred of Sicily”

Tailory, The a room adjoining the wardrobe in monasteries, where a number of the lay brethren, with a vocation for that useful craft, were continually at work, making and repairing the clothes of the community. These two rooms and the lavatory were in charge of the camerarius or chamberlain. See Hill, English Monasticism, page 20. … Continue reading “Tailory, The”

Tailoring Exo 31:2-3; Exo 31:6; Exo 31:10; Exo 39:1 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Tail tal (, ‘alyah; , zanabh; , oura): The broad tail of the Syrian sheep, wrongly rendered rump (which see) in the King James Version, is mentioned as one of the portions of sacrifice which was burned on the altar as a sweet savor to God (Exo 29:22). The 2nd Hebrew word is used of … Continue reading “Tail”

Taigi, Ven. Anna Maria (Maiden name Giannetti.) Venerable Servant of God, born at Siena, Italy, 29 May, 1769; died at Rome, 9 June, 1837. Her parents, Luigi Giannetti and Maria Masi, kept an apothecary shop at Siena, but lost all their fortune and were obliged to go to Rome in search of a livelihood. Anna … Continue reading “Taigi, Ven. Anna Maria”

T’ai yin The Major Mode of Passivity. See T’ai Chi. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy