Oclah ve-Oclah ( ) is the name which, in the course of time, was given by some to one or more redactions of the independent review of the Masorah to distinguish it from the other Great Masorah, which was written above and below the text of the Bible. It obtained its name, Oclah ve-Oclah, from … Continue reading “Oclah ve-Oclah”
Ockwallists
Ockwallists SEE UCKWALLISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Ockley, Simon
Ockley, Simon an English divine and philosopher, eminent for his attainments in Oriental literature and languages, was born of a distinguished family at Exeter in 1678. He studied at Queen’s College, in the University of Cambridge, from 1693, and early evinced a peculiar tendency to the study of the Eastern languages. Having entered the Church, … Continue reading “Ockley, Simon”
Ockhamism
Ockhamism A term in common use since the early 15th century, indicating doctrines and methods associated with those of the English Franciscan theologian William of Ockham (died 1349). It is currently applied by neoscholastic writers as a blanket designation for a great variety of late mediaeval and early modern attitudes such as are destructive of … Continue reading “Ockhamism”
Ockham, William of
Ockham, William of Fourteenth-century Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or near the village of Ockham in Surrey, England, about 1280; died probably at Munich, about 1349. He is said to have studied at Merton College, Oxford, and to have had John Duns Scotus for teacher. At an early age he entered the Order … Continue reading “Ockham, William of”
Ockenheim, Jean d’
Ockenheim, Jean d’ Founder of the second Netherland school of music, born probably Termonde, Flanders, c.1430; died probably Tours, France, 1495. He was a choir boy at Antwerp Cathedral, 1443, and is supposed to have become a pupil of Gilles Binchois and Guillaume Dufay. After receiving Holy-Orders, he held the post of court chapel-master under … Continue reading “Ockenheim, Jean d’”
O.Cist.
O.Cist. = Cistercian Order ; Cistercians ; White Monks Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Ocina
Ocina [most Oc’inza] ( v. r. ), a city on the sea-coast of Phoenicia or Palestine, only mentioned in connection with Sur (q.v.), in the apocryphal book of Judith (2:28), as being terrified at the approach of Holofernes. The names seem to occur in a regular order from north to south; and as Ocina is … Continue reading “Ocina”
Ocidelus
Ocidelus ( v. r. ; Vulg. Jussio, Reddus), a corrupt form (1Es 9:22) of the Heb. name JOZABAD (Ezr 10:22). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ocidelus OCIDELUS (1Es 9:22) = Jozabad in Ezr 10:22. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Ocidelus os-i-delus, ok-i-delus (Codex Alexandrinus , Okedelos; Codex Vaticanus and Swete, , … Continue reading “Ocidelus”
Ochre, Red
Ochre, Red oker, (Isa 44:13, He marketh it out with a pencil, margin red ochre, the King James Version line; , seredh, a word found only here, and of unknown etymology): Designates the implement used by the carpenter to mark the wood after measuring and before cutting. Red ochre supposes this to have been a … Continue reading “Ochre, Red”