Nose, Nostrils NOSE, NOSTRILS (aph is the usual word; nchrm only in Job 41:20; nachar in Job 39:20, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] nostrils, RV [Note: Revised Version.] , correctly, snorting).To have a flat, or more probably slit nose (Lev 21:16), disqualified a man for the making of offerings. The nose is the organ of the … Continue reading “Nose, Nostrils”
Nose Jewels
Nose-jewels Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen. 24:47, Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were among the most valued of ancient female ornaments. They “were made of ivory or metal, and occasionally jewelled. They were more than an inch in diameter, and hung upon the mouth. Eliezer gave one to Rebekah which … Continue reading “Nose Jewels”
Nose-Jewel
Nose-jewel (, ne’zem, so rendered by the Auth. Vers. in Isa 3:21; elsewhere earring [q.v.], as Gen 24:22; Jdg 8:24; but not in Pro 11:22 [see below]). It properly means simply a metallic ring, as of gold, and in some passages (e.g. Job 42:11; Pro 24:12) the true rendering may be doubtful, but in Gen … Continue reading “Nose-Jewel”
Nose
NOSE Several expressions in Scripture grew out of the fact that anger often shows itself by distended nostrils, hard breathing, and in animals by snorting, 2Sa 22:9 Job 39:20 Psa 18:8 . Gold rings hung in the cartilage of the nose, or the left nostril, were favorite ornaments of eastern women, Pro 11:22 Eze 16:12 … Continue reading “Nose”
Norzi, Jedidja Salomon Di
Norzi, Jedidja Salomon Di ben-Abraham, a learned Italian rabbi, was born in Mantua about 1560, and derived his family name ( ) from the fact that his parents resided in Norzi, or Norica, a small town in the district of Spoleto. He studied under Samuel Cases, and, through his great piety and profound learning, was … Continue reading “Norzi, Jedidja Salomon Di”
Norwich, Juliana of
Norwich, Juliana of Mystic, born c.1342. She was probably a Benedictine nun, living as a recluse in Norwich, England . She is known as author or recipient of the vision contained in the Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, the most perfect fruit of later medieval mysticism in England . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Norwich, Julian of
Norwich, Julian of Mystic, born c.1342. She was probably a Benedictine nun, living as a recluse in Norwich, England . She is known as author or recipient of the vision contained in the Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, the most perfect fruit of later medieval mysticism in England . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Norwich, England, diocese of
Norwich, England, diocese of While the beginnings of the see date from the 6th and 7th centuries with the foundation of the dioceses of Dunwich and Elmham, it was formally founded in 1094 with Herbert Losinga as first bishop. The last Catholic bishop before dissolution was John Hopton (1554-1558). It was resurrected on 6 August … Continue reading “Norwich, England, diocese of”
Norwich, Connecticut, diocese of
Norwich, Connecticut, diocese of Founded on 6 August 1953. Suffragen of the diocese of Hartford. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Norwich patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Norwich, Ancient Diocese of
Norwich, Ancient Diocese of (NORDOVICUM; NORVICUM). Though this see took its present name only in the eleventh century, its history goes back five hundred years earlier to the conversion of East Anglia by St. Felix in the reign of King Sigeberht, who succeeded to the kingdom of his father Redwald on the death of his … Continue reading “Norwich, Ancient Diocese of”