Nutting, Rufus, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Old Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, July 28, 1793. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1813, and for several years thereafter took charge of a young ladies’ seminary at Catskill, N.Y.; in 1821 became principal of Randolph Academy, Vermont, which position he held seven years, meantime completing … Continue reading “Nutting, Rufus, D.D”
Nutter, Robert, Ven.
Nutter, Robert, Ven. English martyr; b. at Burnley, Lancashire, c. 1550; executed at Lancaster, 26 July, 1600. He entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1564 or 1565, and, with his brother John, also a martyr (see GEORGE HAYDOCK, became a student of the English College, Reims. Having been ordained priest, 21 Dec., 1581, he returned to … Continue reading “Nutter, Robert, Ven.”
Nuts Or Bazugurs
Nuts Or Bazugurs is the name of a class of Gypsies who dwell in Hindostan. A late intelligent writer has, with much plausibility, endeavored to trace from’ them: the origin of the Gypsies of the West. They are both wandering tribes, and have each a language understood only by themselves; live principally by fortune-telling (by … Continue reading “Nuts Or Bazugurs”
Nuts
Nuts in ecclesiastical usage, sometimes designates a cup made out of a cocoanut; examples remain at Corpus Christi and Exeter colleges, Oxford. See Walcott, Sacred Archaeology, p. 405. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Nuts were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of conciliating Joseph (Gen. 43:11). This was … Continue reading “Nuts”
Nut
Nut is the rendering of the A.V. of two Heb. words, 1. Botnim’, , occurs only in Gen 43:11, where Jacob, wishing to conciliate the ruler of Egypt, sends by his sons a present, and along with other articles mentions nuts and almonds. Among the various translations of this term Celsius enumerates walnuts, hazel-nuts, pine-nuts, … Continue reading “Nut”
Nussbaum, Johannn Nepomuk von
Nussbaum, Johannn Nepomuk von German surgeon, b. at Munich 2 Sept., 1829; d. there 31 Oct., 1890. He made his studies in the University of Munich where he was a pupil of Thiersch and later the clinical assistant of Von Rothmund. He received his doctor’s degree in 1853, the subject of his dissertation being “Ueber … Continue reading “Nussbaum, Johannn Nepomuk von”
Nusco
Nusco (NUSCANA) Diocese in the province of Avellino, Italy, suffragan of Salerno; dates from the eleventh century. Among its bishops were Guido (1004); St. Amatus (1167), author of a history of the Normans in Apulia and Calabria; Roger (1198), who restored the cathedral; Cardinal Pietro Paolo Parisio (1538), who presided at the Council of Trent; … Continue reading “Nusco”
Nurture
Nurture See Chastisement. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Nurture nurtur: The word occurs in the King James Version in Eph 6:4 as the translation of , paidea, but the Revised Version (British and American) changes to chastening, and uses nurture (verb) for the King James Version bring up (, ektrepho) in the first part … Continue reading “Nurture”
Nursia, Benedict of, Saint
Nursia, Benedict of, Saint Confessor , founder of western monasticism, born Nursia, Italy , c.480 ; died Monte Cassino , 543 . A brother of Saint Scholastica, when only 17 he renounced the world, and the wealth and position of his family and took refuge in a cave at Subiaco, in the Sabine mountains, where … Continue reading “Nursia, Benedict of, Saint”
NURSES
NURSES mentioned Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8; Exo 2:7; Rth 4:16; 2Sa 4:4; 2Ki 11:2; 1Th 2:7 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible