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Mena, Juan de

Mena, Juan de Spanish poet, born 1411 at Cordova; died 1456 at Torrelaguna. Prominent at the court of Juan II of Castile, Mena was for a while the monarch’s secretario de cartas Latinas and then the royal historiographer. In his work as a poet he manifests little originality, and shows to a considerable degree the … Continue reading “Mena, Juan de”

Men, The

Men, The area class of persons who occupy a somewhat conspicuous place in the religious communities of Northern Scotland, chiefly in those parts of it where the Gaelic language prevails, as in Ross, Sutherland, and the upland districts of Inverness and Argyle. Large and undivided parishes, a scanty supply of the means of grace, patronage, … Continue reading “Men, The”

Men-stealers

Men-Stealers The word occurs only once in the NT-in the First Epistle to Timothy (1Ti 1:10), where the writer includes the term in his list of those for whom the Law is intended. A law is not intended for a righteous man but for the lawless and unruly for men-stealers (, plagiariis [Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] … Continue reading “Men-stealers”