Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

PATE Psa 7:16, an obsolete word for head, or top of the head. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Pate pat (, kodhkodh): The word usually translated crown, crown of the head (Gen 49:26; Deu 28:35; Deu 33:16, Deu 33:20; 2Sa 14:25; Job 2:7; Isa 3:17; Jer 2:16; Jer 48:45) and scalp (Psa 68:21) is … Continue reading “Pate”

Patch (,- something put on, piece, Mat 9:16; Mar 2:21; Luk 5:36), taken (torn off from ) from a fragment or remnant (, literally rag, cloth’) of new material, to mend a rent in a garment. SEE SEW. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pataria Of Milan Among the Lombard clergy simony, concubinage, and marriage of priests were very common. Accordingly the changes introduced by Hildebrand met with most strenuous resistance from them. The opposition was headed by archbishop Guido of Milan, whom Henry III had, in 1046, appointed to that diocese. Guido was supported by the nobility and … Continue reading “Pataria Of Milan”

Patareus a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Patara, in Lycia, where he had an oracle. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Patarenes Or Patareni a name used in Italy during the 12th and 13th centuries as a general appellation to denote sects contending against the dominant Church and clergy. Different opinions have been entertained in regard to the origin of the name, some believing that it is derived from a certain place called Patara, where the … Continue reading “Patarenes Or Patareni”

PATARA A maritime city of Lycia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Xanthus, celebrated for an oracle of Apollo, who was supposed to reside here during the six winter months, and the rest of the year at Delos. Paul, in passing from Philippi to Jerusalem, found here a ship for Phoenicia, in … Continue reading “Patara”

Patanjali is the name of two celebrated authors of ancient India, who are generally looked upon as the same personage, but apparently for no other reason than that they bear the same name. The one is the author of the system of philosophy called Yoga (q.v.), the other the great critic of Katyayana (q.v.) and … Continue reading “Patanjali”

Patala (from pat, fall), is, in Hind mythology, the name of those inferior regions which have seven, or, according to some, eight divisions, each extending downwards ten thousand yojanas, or miles. The soil of these regions, as the Vishnu-Purana relates, is severally white, black, purple, yellow, sandy, stony, and of gold; they are embellished with … Continue reading “Patala”

Patagonia Patagonia is the name given to the southernmost extremity of South America. Its boundary on the north is about 44° S. latitude and on the south the Straits of Magellan. On the west it extends to the Cordilleras and Chile and on the east to the South Atlantic. It has an area of about … Continue reading “Patagonia”

Pataeci Phoenician gods, whose images were used as ornaments to their ships. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature