Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Plot See Conspiracy. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Plot lit., “a plan against” (epi, “against,” boule, “a counsel, plan”), is translated “plot” in the RV (AV, “laying await” and “lying in wait”) in Act 9:24; Act 20:3, Act 20:19; Act 23:30. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Ploos van Amstel, Cornelius a celebrated Dutch amateur engraver and designer, was born at Amsterdam in 1726. He is chiefly distinguished for his imitations of the drawings of old masters, of which he possessed one of the best collections known, amounting to five thousand drawings by celebrated Italian, German, French, Flemish, and Dutch masters, from … Continue reading “Ploos van Amstel, Cornelius”

Plock (PLOCENSIS) Located in Russian Poland, suffragan of Warsaw, includes the district of Plock and parts of the districts of Lomza and Warsaw. Apparently the diocese was founded about 1087, through the efforts of the legates sent to Poland by Gregory VII; the first certain notice of it is of the year 1102, when Duke … Continue reading “Plock”

Ploce: or, Word-Folding pronounced plo-kee. Greek (plokee), a fold or plait, from (plek), to twine, twist, weave, or braid. As in Antanaclasis, the same word is repeated in a different sense. Only with Ploce that sense implies more than the first use of it. It often expresses a property or attribute of it. His wife … Continue reading “Ploce: or, Word-Folding”

PLOCE PLOCE is, when a word is twice employed, so as that in the one instance the word itself is to be understood as meant, in the other instance an attribute of it. It almost belongs to ANTANACLASIS, which compare.-Joh 3:31, [i.e. He who is of earth in respect to natural birth and origin], [i.e. … Continue reading “PLOCE”

Plitt, Johann Jacob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 27, 1727, at Wetter, Hesse. He studied at Halle, was in 1749 preacher at Cassel, in 1755 professor at Rinteln, in 1762 preacher at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and died April 7, 1773, doctor of theology. He wrote, De Gloria Dei in Promulgatione Legis Sinaiticae (Gottingen, 1755): … Continue reading “Plitt, Johann Jacob”

Plitt, Gustav Leopold a noted Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 27, 1836, at Genin, near Lubeck. He studied at Erlangen and Berlin, and commenced his theological career at the former place in 1862. In 1866 he was made professor, and in 1872 doctor of theology. He died September 10, 1880. Plitt, who is … Continue reading “Plitt, Gustav Leopold”

Plisson, Marie-Prudence a French female mathematician, celebrated in her time by her eccentricities, was born at Chartres Nov. 27, 1727. Her father was a magistrate. Her taste for learned pursuits kept her aloof from the world, and induced her to prefer single-blessedness to matrimonial bliss. Her quaint disposition soon engaged her in disputes with which … Continue reading “Plisson, Marie-Prudence”

Pliny The Younger, Or Caius Caec. P. Secundus the nephew and adopted son of the elder Pliny, was born at Como in A.D. 61 or 62; was a pupil of Quintilian; and pleaded successfully as an advocate in his nineteenth year. He was successively tribune of the people, prefect of the treasury, consul, proconsul in … Continue reading “Pliny The Younger, Or Caius Caec. P. Secundus”

plinth Term in architecture for a plain, continuous surface under the base moulding of any member. In classic orders, a low, square block under the base mouldings of a column. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary