Sill, Cill, Or Sole (Fr. seuil, from Lat. solum). 1. The horizontal piece of timber or stone forming the bottom of a window, doorway, or other similar opening. 2. Also the horizontal piece of timber, or plate, at the bottom of a wooden partition. 3. Also the horizontal piece of timber near the base of … Continue reading “Sill, Cill, Or Sole”
Silk, Silkworm
Silk, Silkworm silkwurm ((1) , mesh (Eze 16:10, Eze 16:13), perhaps from root , mashah, to draw to extract compare Arabic masa’ of same meaning; Septuagint , trchapton, woven of hair; (2) , serikon (Rev 18:12); (3) , shesh; compare Arabic shash, a thin cotton material; (4) , buc; compare Arabic ‘abyad, white, from root … Continue reading “Silk, Silkworm”
Silk
SILK In the time of the Ptolemies, came to Greece and Rome from the far east of China, etc., by the way of Alexandria, and was sold for its weight in gold. It sometimes came in the form of skeins, and was woven into a light and thin gauze. It is mentioned in Jer 18:12, … Continue reading “Silk”
Siliniez
Siliniez in Slavic mythology, was the forest god of the Poles, to whom the mosses were sacred and whose altar fires were fed with moss alone. See Vollmer, Worterb. d. Mythol. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Silicernium
Silicernium (etymology unknown), a feast given in honor of the dead, but it is uncertain on what day. It sometimes appears to have been given at the time of the funeral, sometimes on the Novendiale (q.v.), and sometimes later. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Silfintopr
Silfintopr in Norse mythology, was one of the famous asa horses on which the gods rode to the daily seat of judgment. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Siletz Indians
Siletz Indians The collective designation for the rapidly dwindling remnant of some thirty small tribes, representing five linguistic stocks — Salishan, Yakonan, Kusan, Takelman, and Athapascan — formerly holding the whole coast country of Oregon from within a few miles of the Columbia southward to the California border, extending inland to the main divide of … Continue reading “Siletz Indians”
Silesia
Silesia I. PRUSSIAN SILESIA Prussian Silesia, the largest province of Prussia, has an area of 15,557 square miles, and is traversed in its entire length by the River Oder. In 1905 the province had 4,942,612 inhabitants, of whom 2,765,394 were Catholics, 2,120,361 Lutherans, and 46,845 Jews; 72.3 per cent were Germans and nearly 25 per … Continue reading “Silesia”
Silenus
Silenus in Grecian mythology, was originally synonymous with satyr (q.v.); but when the latter term became attached to a class of companions to Bacchus. a single one of them, Silenus, obtained a special prominence. He was said to be the son of Mercury or of Pan, and the inseparable companion of Bacchus, whom he brought … Continue reading “Silenus”
Silentium Indiocre
Silentium Indiocre an ancient form of speech used to bid the people fall to their private devotions. This signal was given by the deacon; but when the bishop gave the signal, he said Oremus (Let us pray). See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 15, ch. i, 1. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature