MARAH Bitterness, a well near the Red Sea, three days’ journey from the point where the Israelites crossed it. The well was sweetened for the use of the distressed Hebrews by the miraculous efficacy imparted to the branches of a certain tree which Moses threw in, Exo 15:23-25 . No plant is now known possessed … Continue reading “Marah”
Marafoschi, Prospero
Marafoschi, Prospero an Italian prelate, was born Sept. 29,1653, at Macerata; entered the priesthood while yet a youth; became canon of St. Peter’s at Rome, and later bishop in partibus of Cyrene. He enjoyed the favor and confidence of several of the incumbents of the papal chair. Clement XI, in 1721, gave him the archiepiscopal … Continue reading “Marafoschi, Prospero”
Marae
Marae is the name given in the South Sea islands to a heathen temple. All were uncovered, and resembled oratories rather than temples. The form of the interior or area was frequently that of a square or parallelogram, the sides of which extended forty or fifty feet. Two sides of this space were enclosed by … Continue reading “Marae”
Maracas
Maracas idols of the Brazilians. The word is a corruption of Tanmaraca, which is the name of a certain fruit about the size of an ostrich’s egg, and shaped like a gourd. These idols, indeed, were nothing more than the fruit Tamaraca dressed up in beautiful feathers, and fixed on a staff, which the priests … Continue reading “Maracas”
Marabuts
Marabuts a name given to the descendants of the Moravides (q.v.; SEE MOHAMMEDANS ), or Amoravides, a certain Arabic tribe which, in 1075, founded a dynasty in the north-western parts of Africa, and held Morocco and Spain for a considerable period. The Almohades having put an end to their temporal dominion, their descendants exercise to … Continue reading “Marabuts”
Mara
Mara (Heb. Mlara’, , for , bitter, as explained in the context; Sept. Vulg. Matrl , id est amara), a symbolical name proposed for herself by Naomi on account of her misfortunes (Rth 1:20). SEE RUTH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Mara (2) a famous diva of Hindu mythology mentioned in the … Continue reading “Mara”
Mar Aba or Mar-Abas.
Mar Aba or Mar-Abas. [See N ESTORIAN C HURCH ; T HOMAS (8).] Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature
Mar
Mar mar: To mar means to destroy, to disfigure, to damage. Job 30:13, They mar my path (the Revised Version margin they break up); Nah 2:2, and destroyed their vine (the King James Version and marred their vine); compare Lev 19:27; 2Ki 3:19; Isa 52:14; Jer 13:9. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Maps
Maps Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
mappa mundi
mappa mundi A topographical work of the 12th century containing lists of bishoprics and ecclesiastical counties of England , Wales, part of Scotland, executed by Gervase, a monk at Canterbury, now one of the relics of the Hereford Cathedral. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary