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Swords and a ducal cap are blessed on Christmas eve, at the midnight mass, by the pope, in order to be sent to favored kings, as Edward IV, 1478; Henry VII, 1505; Henry VIII, 1517. The last gift of this kind was made by Leo XII to the due d’Angouleme in 1825. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Swords”

SWORD OF THE SPIRIT Isa 11:4; Eph 6:17; 2Th 2:8; Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16; Rev 2:12; Rev 2:16 –SEE Power of the “Word”, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

SWORD OF THE LORD Deu 32:41; Jos 5:13; Jdg 7:20; 1Ch 21:12; Psa 45:3; Isa 34:6; Isa 66:16 Jer 12:12; Jer 47:6; Rev 19:15 –SEE God of Battles, BATTLE OF LIFE Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Sword-dance in Hinduism, is a religious dance performed by Hindu, bayaderes who have dedicated themselves to some deity, and involving the display of great skill. Swords are fastened, edge upward, to two long poles, which are inclined against a wall so as to form two half-ladders. The bayaderes ascend these and dance on them, assuming … Continue reading “Sword-dance”

Sword, Brothers Of The was an order of knight sword-bearers, founded at the beginning of the 13th century in Livonia; hence the order was sometimes called Livonian Brethren of the Sword. In 1237 the Order of the Teutonic Knights amalgamated with them, and they together gradually subdued all the territories surrounding the Gulf of Riga. … Continue reading “Sword, Brothers Of The”

Sword See Armour. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Sword in the A.V., is the usual rendering of , chereb (from , to lay waste), which was simply a large knife, as it is rendered in Jos 5:2; Eze 5:12. Less frequent words are , retsach, Psa 42:10 [11], a crushing or outbreak (slaughter, Eze … Continue reading “Sword”

Swollen swol’n (, pmprasthai, only in Act 28:6): The Melitans expected to see Paul poisoned by the viper’s bite. the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version translate it swollen, but the word is used by certain medical writers in the sense of inflammation; see Nicander, Theriaca, 306; Hesiod, Theogonia, 856, expressing … Continue reading “Swollen”

Switzerland (Confederatio Helvetica) A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of twenty-two cantons, three of which are divided into half-cantons. The country lies between 45°49’2″ and 47°48’32” north latitude, and 5°57’26” and 10°29’40” longitude east of Greenwich. Its area is 15,976 square miles. The name comes from the designation of one … Continue reading “Switzerland”

Swithins Day The following is said to be the origin of the old adage If it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, there will be rain more or less for forty succeeding days. In the year 865 St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester to which rank he was raised by king Ethelwolf the Dane was canonized by … Continue reading “Swithins Day”

Swithin, St an English ecclesiastic of the 9th century, was chaplain to king Egbelt, and tutor to his son Ethhewolf, by whom he was made chancellor. He had the charge of the education of king Alfred, whom he accompanied to Rome. In 852 he was consecrated bishop of Winchester. William of Malmesbury records of him … Continue reading “Swithin, St”