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Amorites, The

Amorites, The Am’orites, The. (dwellers on the summits, mountaineers). One of the chief nations who possessed the land of Canaan, before its conquest by the Israelites. As dwelling on the elevated portions of the country, they are contrasted with the Canaanites, who were the dwellers in the Shefelah, or lowlands; and the two thus formed … Continue reading “Amorites, The”

Amorites

AMORITES A people descended from Emer, the fourth son of Canaan, Gen 10:16 . They first peopled the mountains west of the Dead sea, near Hebron; but afterwards extended their limits, and took possession of the finest provinces of Moab and Ammon, on the east between the brooks Jabbok and Arnon, Num 13:29 21:21-31 Jos … Continue reading “Amorites”

Amorite (The)

Amorite (The) Always singular in the Hebrew, “the dweller on the summits.” The fourth son of Canaan, Ham’s son. The Hamitic races were the earliest developed, and most brilliant, but had the greatest tendency to degeneracy, because averse to true religion, the great preserver of man. The tendency of the children of Japhet was to … Continue reading “Amorite (The)”

Amorite

Amorite (Heb., Emori’, , Sept. ), the designation of the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen 10:16, in like manner. with the art., , Sept. , Auth. Vers the Amorite. Gesenius, however, prefers the derivation suggested by Simonis, from an obsolete , height, q. d. mountaineer; comp. Ewald, Isr. Gesch. i. 279 … Continue reading “Amorite”

Amorios

Amorios (Also AMORIUM), a titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, now known as Hergen Kaleh. It was a see as early as 431. ———————————– LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ, (1740), I, 853 sq.; GAMS, I, 447. Transcribed by John Fobian In memory of James Tiernan. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline … Continue reading “Amorios”

Amorbach

Amorbach Former Benedictine abbey in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), about twenty-five miles south of Aschaffenburg. It was founded in the early part of the eighth century by St. Pirmin who had been called to that region by Count Ruthard to preach the Gospel. The Saint, with his disciple Amor, first took up his abode at what … Continue reading “Amorbach”

Amoral

Amoral Action, attitudes, state or character which is neither moral nor immoral, i.e., which is outside the moral realm. Neither right nor wrong. Ethically indifferent. Non-moral. Non-ethical. See Moral, Immoral, Ethics. — A.J.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Amora

Amora (, interpreter, or expositor). In the narrower sense, this word designated those men who assisted the teachers of the law, in the schools and colleges of Palestine and Babylon, during the 3d, 4th, and 5th centuries, in interpreting the law to the people. In a wider sense, it designates all teachers of the law … Continue reading “Amora”