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Tahan (Heb. Tach’an, , camp [Gesenius], or graciousness [Furst]), the name of two descendants of Ephraim. 1. (Sept. v.r. v; Vulg. Thehen.) The head of one of the families of the Ephraimites at the end of the Exode (Num 26:35). B.C. ante 1618. SEE TAHANITE. 2. (Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Thaan.) Son of Telah and … Continue reading “Tahan”

Taggart, William, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born in 1783, educated privately, graduated at the Theological Seminary of the Associate Reformed Church, New York, in 1813; was licensed to preach by the Monongahela Associate Reformed Presbytery in the same year, and ordained by the same presbytery and installed pastor of the united congregations at Upper … Continue reading “Taggart, William, D.D”

Taggart, Samuel a Presbyterian minister, was born at Londonderry, N.H., March 24, 1754. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1774, was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Boston June 1, 1776, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Church at Coleraine, Hampshire Co., Mass., Feb. 19,1777. He was a member of Congress from … Continue reading “Taggart, Samuel”

Tagete in Greek mythology, was a daughter of Atlas and Pleione, mother of Lacedoemon and Eurotas by Jupiter. She became one of the Pleiades after death. Others affirm that she was transformed into a cow by Diana, in order to escape the embraces of Jupiter. The mountain Taygetus was named after her. See Smith, Dict. … Continue reading “Tagete”

Taft, George, D.D an Episcopal minister, was born at Mendon, Mass., Aug. 27,1791, and was a graduate of Brown University, in the class of 1815. He pursued his theological studies under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Crocker, rector of St. John’s Church, Providence, R. I., and was ordained a deacon by bishop Griswold, March … Continue reading “Taft, George, D.D”

Tafel, Johann Friedrich Immanuel a Swedenborgian, who died at Stutgard in 1863, professor, is the author of, Religionssystem denr Neuen Kirche (Tubingen, 1832): Geschichte unld Kritik des Skepticismus und Irrationalismus in ihrer Beziehung zur neuern Philosophie (1834): Vergleichende Darstellung und Beurtheiliun der Lehrgegensdtze der Katholiken und Protestanten (1835): Zur Geschichte der Neuen Kirche (1841): Swedenborg … Continue reading “Tafel, Johann Friedrich Immanuel”

Taensa Indians A tribe of Muskhogean stock and somewhat superior culture, living when first known on the west bank of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Tensas parish, Louisiana, and numbering perhaps 1200 souls, in several villages. The meaning of the name is unknown. In language, religion, and custom they were nearly identical with … Continue reading “Taensa Indians”

Taelig;narum Tænarum, a titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth. Tænarum, or Tænarus, was situated five English miles north of Cape Tænarum, now Cape Matapan. It contained a temple of Demeter, also one of Aphrodite. It is to-day the village of Kyparrisos. After their freedom from the Spartan yoke, the maritime Laconians formed a confederation, … Continue reading “Taelig;narum”

Tae-Keih is the fundamental unity of the Chinese literati, the absolute, or, literally, the “great extreme.” Beyond this, they allege, no human thought can soar. Itself incomprehensible, it girdles the whole frame of nature, animate and inanimate. From it alone, as from the fountain-head of nature issued everything that is. Creation is the periodic flowing … Continue reading “Tae-Keih”

TADMOR OR TAMAR A palm-tree, 1Ki 9:18, a city founded by Solomon in the desert of Syria, on the borders of Arabia Dessert, towards the Euphrates, 2Ch 8:4 . It was remote from human habitations, on an oasis in the midst of a dreary wilderness; and it is probable that Solomon built it to facilitate … Continue reading “TADMOR OR TAMAR”