Madonna (Latin: mea domina, my mistress) A name given to representations of the Blessed Virgin in art and occasionally used as an invocation in devotions to her. In painting and sculpture she is invariably represented with the Christ Child in her arms, alone or surrounded by an adoring group. In early Christian times, there were … Continue reading “Madonna”
Madon
Madon (Heb. hadon’, , strife, as in Pro 15:18, etc.; Sept. v. r. ), a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, ruled over by a king named Jobab in the time of Joshua, who captured it (Jos 11:1; Jos 12:19). Calmet (Dict. s.v.), arbitrarily conjecturing that Maron is the true reading, refers to Maronia, … Continue reading “Madon”
MADNESS
Madness The words rendered by mad, madman, madness, etc., in the A. Vers., vary considerably in the Hebrew of the O.T. In Deu 28:28; Deu 28:34; 1Sa 21:13-15, etc. (, etc., in the Sept.), they are derivatives of the root , shaga’, to be stirred or excited; in Jer 25:16; Jeremiah 1, 38; Jer 51:7; … Continue reading “MADNESS”
Madmenah
MADMENAH A town not far from Jerusalem, site not known, Isa 10:31 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmenah (Heb. Madmenah’, , dunghill; Sept. , Vulg. Medemena), a town named in Isa 10:31, where it is placed on the route of the Assyrian invaders, in the northern vicinity of Jerusalem, between Nob and Gibeah. … Continue reading “Madmenah”
Madmen
MADMEN An unknown place in Moab, Jer 48:2 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmen (Heb. Madmen’, , dunghill; Sept. v. r. , , and ; Vulg. silens), a Moabitish town, threatened with destruction by the sword from the Babylonian invasion in connection with the neighboring Heshbon (Jer 48:2). Some (as Hitzig, after the … Continue reading “Madmen”
Madmannnah
Madmannnah (Hebrew Madmannah’, , dunghill; Sept. and , v. r. and ; Vulg. Medemena and hadnmena), a town in the extreme south of Judah (Jos 15:31, where it is mentioned between Ziklag and Sansannah), hence included in the territory afterwards assigned to Simeon. From 1Ch 2:49, it appears to have been founded or, rather, occupied … Continue reading “Madmannnah”
Madmannah
MADMANNAH A city near Gaza, first assigned to Judah, and afterwards to Simeon, Jos 15:31 1Ch 2:49 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmannah For this site Lieut. Conder suggests (Tent Work, 2:338) Um Deimneh, twelve miles north-east of Beersheba, consisting of “heaps of stones, foundations, and two or three caves” (Memoirs to Ordnance … Continue reading “Madmannah”
Madman
Madman SEE MADNESS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Madison, Wisconsin, diocese of
Madison, Wisconsin, diocese of Founded on 22 December 1945. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Milwaukee . See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Madison New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Madison, James, D.D.
Madison, James, D.D. an early Episcopal prelate in America, was born near Port Republic, Rockingham County, Va., Aug. 27, 1749; passed A.B. in the Collegeof William and Mary in 1772; was soon after admitted to the bar, which he abandoned for the ministry; in 1773 became professor of mathematics in his alma mater; in 1775 … Continue reading “Madison, James, D.D.”