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Ansab (statutes) was the name given by the Koranic writers to the sacred stones, or bcetylia, which were worshipped and anointed with oil by the ancient Arabians. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anrutf (the sterile) was the Egyptian name of one of the mystical regions of Hades. It is described in ch. 17 of the Ritual of the Dead. It was also the northern gate of the house of Osiris in the Egyptian Karneter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anru a name of the Egyptian Elysium, which occurs in the Ritual of the Deatd. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anquetil, Louis-Pierre A French historian, b. in Paris, 21 Feb., 1723; d. 6 Sept., 1806. He entered the Congregation of Sainte-Geneviève when seventeen and became a priest. He taught theology and letters there; then became director of the seminary at Reims, and wrote a history of that city, his first historical work. In 1759 he … Continue reading “Anquetil, Louis, Pierre”

Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe Catholic philologist. Born 1731; died 1805. Journeyed to India to study the language of the Parsees and wrote the first translation of the Avesta. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Anquetil (Dupel-ron), Abraham Hyacinthe a French Orientalist brother of Louis, was born at Paris, December 7, 1731. He studied theology at his native place, Auxerre, and Amersfoort, and with the subvention of his government he went, in 1755, to India, to study Sanskrit and Zend there. At Surat he succeeded in obtaining the help of … Continue reading “Anquetil (Dupel-ron), Abraham Hyacinthe”

Anq was another form of the name of the Egyptian goddess Anouke. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anp in ancient Egyptian mythology, was one of the sacred names of the ram deity Mendes. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anouke was an Egyptian warlike goddess, possibly of Syrian origin, represented as a woman with a spear in her hand, and with a peculiar crown formed of high feathers curving outwardly from a white bonnet upon her head. She was the third member of the great Nubian Triad, and her worship dates to the period … Continue reading “Anouke”

21. ANOTHER. DIFFERENT Both and are translated in the A.V. by ‘other’ and ‘another;’ but their signification is not the same, and in some passages there is a marked difference. is ‘another’ or ‘others’ numerically: an officer says to one soldier, “Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh.” Mat 8:9 On … Continue reading “21. ANOTHER. DIFFERENT”