Maintaenon Madame de, a very noted character in the history of France, both in secular and ecclesiastic affairs, was born of a noble Protestant family in the prison at Niort, France, Nov. 27, 1635; came with her parents to this country, but returned to France in 1646; married the poet Scarron in 1651, and after … Continue reading “Maintaenon”
Mainsail
Mainsail MAINSAIL.See Ships and Boats. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Mainsail mansal. See SHIPS AND BOATS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Mainsail * For MAINSAIL see FORSAIL Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Maine De Biran, Marie Francois Pierre Gouthier
Maine De Biran, Marie Francois Pierre Gouthier one of the most eminent French philosophers of our age, the modern Malebranche, as he has been aptly termed, was born near Bergerac Nov. 29, 1766. Upon the completion of his collegiate studies he entered the army, and was engaged in the stormy days of the first French … Continue reading “Maine De Biran, Marie Francois Pierre Gouthier”
Maine de Biran, Franccedil;ois-Pierre-Gonthier
Maine de Biran, Franccedil;ois-Pierre-Gonthier A philosopher; born at Grateloup near Bergerac, Dordogne, France, 29 November, 1766; died at Paris, 16 July, 1824. He studied at Périgueux, joined the army, but after a few years resigned and entered politics. In April, 1797, he was one of the Conseil des Cinq Cents; however, as he incurred the … Continue reading “Maine de Biran, Franccedil;ois-Pierre-Gonthier”
Maine de Biran, F. P. Gonthier
Maine de Biran, F. P. Gonthier (1766-1824) French philosopher and psychologist, who revolted against the dominant sensationalistic and materialistic psychology of Condlllac and Cabanis and developed, under the influence of Kant and Fichte, an idealistic and voluntaristic psychology. The mind directly experiences the activity of its will and at the same time the resistance offered … Continue reading “Maine de Biran, F. P. Gonthier”
Maine
Maine The 23rd state to be admitted to the United States, 15 March 1820. The first Mass offered within the limits of Maine, and of New England, was said on Sainte Croix Island (now De Monts), 1604, by Reverend Nicholas Aubry, a priest who had accompanied the Sieur de Monts in an expedition to claim … Continue reading “Maine”
Maina Indians
Maina Indians (Also MAYNA) A group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock, the Mainan, ranging along the north bank of the Marañón. Their earlier habitat is supposed to have been the upper waters of the Morona and the Pastaza, Ecuador. Briton gives them six tribes, or dialects, viz: Cahuapana, Chapa, Chayavita, Coronado, Humurano, Maina, … Continue reading “Maina Indians”
Main, Thomas, D.D
Main, Thomas, D.D moderator of the Free Church General Assembly of Scotland, was ordained pastor of the High Church in Edinburgh in 1839, which position he held until his death, May 23, 1881. In 1880 he was a delegate from the Free Church Assembly to the General Council of the Presbyterian Church held in Philadelphia. … Continue reading “Main, Thomas, D.D”
Main-sail
Main-sail is the rendering in the Auth. Version of the nautical term (from caprew, to suspend or hoist), which occurs only in this sense in Act 27:40. It is explained by some critics, the largest sail of the poop, answering to our mizzen-sail, and even yet called by the Venetians artinmone. Some regard it as … Continue reading “Main-sail”
main altar
main altar (altar, main) The chief altar in a church, mounted by steps, and in the center of the sanctuary. At this altar most ceremonies take place. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary