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Perkins, Aaron, D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, May 5, 1792. He was converted in 1811, and ordained June 8, 1813, pastor at Lattentown, N.Y., where he remained twelve years. Twice he was pastor of churches in the city of New York. He died in October, 1881, at Red Bank, N.J. He … Continue reading “Perkins, Aaron, D.D”

PERJURY Is the taking of an oath, in order to tell or confirm a falsehood. This is a very heinous crime, as it is treating the Almighty with irreverence; denying, or at least discarding his omniscience; profaning his name, and violating truth. It has always been esteemed a very detestable thing, and those who have … Continue reading “Perjury”

Perjured person * For PERJURED PERSON see FORSWEAR Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

PERIZZITES Gen 15:20, ancient inhabitants of Palestine, who had mingled with the Canaanites, or were themselves descendants of Canaan. They appear to have dwelt in the center of Canaan, Gen 34.30; Jos 11.3; 17.15; Jud 1.4-5; but there were some of them on each side of the river Jordan, in the mountains, and in the … Continue reading “Perizzites”

Perizzite, The Per’izzite, The. The Perizzite and the Per’izzites. (belonging to a village). One of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Israel. (B.C. 1450). They are continually mentioned in the formula so frequently occurring to express the Promised Land. Gen 15:20; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:17; … Continue reading “Perizzite, The”

Perizzite (Heb. Perizzi’, , always in the sing. and with the article; Sept. , in Ezra ), a Canaanitish tribe, already known in the time of Abraham, inhabiting a mountainous region (Gen 13:7; comp. 15:20), which they eventually yielded to Ephraim and Judah (Jos 11:3; Jos 17:15; Jdg 1:4-5). They were kindred to the Canaanites … Continue reading “Perizzite”

Perizonius (the Latinized form of Voolrbrook), JAMES, a learned Dutch scholar, was born at Dam, in Holland, in 1651. He studied at Deventer, and afterwards at Utrecht, under the learned Graevius, and was successively made master of the Latin school at Delft, and professor of eloquence and history at Franeker. In 1693 he was appointed … Continue reading “Perizonius”

Peritzol SEE FARISSOL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

peristyle A range of roof with columns surrounding either exterior of building, or interior court. Sometimes it is in the form of covered ambulatory. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Peristyle () is the name applied to a court, square, or cloister, in Greek and Roman buildings, with a colonnade around it; also the colonnade itself surrounding … Continue reading “Peristyle”

Peristiarch the officiating priest in a lustration or purification among the ancient Greeks, when they wished to purify the place where a public assembly was held. He received this name because he went before the lustral victims as they were carried around the boundary of the place. SEE LUSTRATION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Peristiarch”