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ALOES Or more properly, ALOE, and East Indian tree, that grows about eight or ten feet high, and yields a rich perfume, Psa 45:8 Pro 7:17 Son 4:14 . This tree or wood was called by the Greeks Agallochon, and has been known to moderns by the names of Lign-aloe, aloe-wood, paradise-wood, eagle-wood, etc. Modern … Continue reading “Aloes”

Aloee (Or Alwee) in the mythology of the inhabitants of the Andes, was an evil spirit which the Chilians regarded as the originator of all evil and destruction. They also believe that they would live forever if this spirit did not come to take them away in death. They affirm that the white people (Spaniards) … Continue reading “Aloee (Or Alwee)”

Aloe, Aloes, or Lign-Aloe an Oriental tree, having a fragrant wood, but entirely different from the plant from which the bitter resin aloes is obtained, used in medicine. The Hebrew words ahalim’ and ahaloth’ ( ) occur in Psa 45:8, “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes (Sept. ), and cassia;” Pro 7:17, I … Continue reading “Aloe, Aloes, or Lign-Aloe”

Aloe LIGN ALOE. Hebrew ahalim, ahaloth; Greek agallochus, from the native name aghil; “eaglewood,” imitating the sound. Not the common aloes, disagreeable in odor and taste. The more precious kind grows in Cochin China and Siam, and is not exported, being worth its weight in gold. The perfume is from the oil thickening into resin … Continue reading “Aloe”

Aloa a holyday observed by the heathen laborers of Athens, after they had received the fruits of the earth, in honor of Dionysus and Demeter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alnoth, Saint Hermit and martyr; died c. 700. We know very little of St. Alnoth. Neither does he appear to possess any proper day. He is mentioned in Jocelyn’s life of St. Werburg as a pious neatherd at Weedon who bore with great patience the ill-treatment of the bailiff placed over him, and who afterwards … Continue reading “Alnoth, Saint”

Alnense, Concilium SEE ALCESTER, COUNCIL OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alnathan ( v. r. ), one of the popular chiefs at the return from Babylon (1Es 8:16); evidently the first ELNATHAN SEE ELNATHAN (q.v.) of the parallel text (Ezra 8:44). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Alnathan alna-than (, Alnathan, God has given, the Revised Version (British and American) ELNATHAN): Apocryphal name of … Continue reading “Alnathan”

Almy, William an American philanthropist, a member of the Society of Friends, was born Feb. 17, 1761. He became a cotton-manufacturer at Providence, R. I., where he amassed a large fortune and endowed a large boarding-school. He died Feb. 5, 1836. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Almutium (Or Amess) is often confounded with, but is wholly distinct from, the amice (amictus). The amess was a hood of fur anciently worn while reciting the offices by canons, and afterwards by other distinguished ecclesiastics, as a defence against the cold. At times it fell loosely on the back and shoulders, and was drawn … Continue reading “Almutium (Or Amess)”