Loaisa, Garcia de Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville, b. in Talavera, Spain, c. 1479; d. at Madrid, 21 April, 1546. His parents were nobles; at a very early age he entered the Dominican convent at Salamanca. Its severe discipline, however, affected his delicate constitution and he was transferred to the convent of St. Paul in … Continue reading “Loaisa, Garcia de”
Loaf
Loaf (properly , kikkar’, a circle, in the phrase , a round of bread, i.e., circular cake, being the form of Oriental bread, or rather biscuit, Exo 29:23, Jdg 8:5, 1Sa 10:3; 1Ch 16:3; rendered “piece” or “morsel” of bread in Pro 6:26; Jer 37:21, 1Sa 2:26; sometimes simply , le’chem, bread, Lev 23:17; 1Sa … Continue reading “Loaf”
Lo! Mary is Exempt from Stain of Sin
Lo! Mary is Exempt from Stain of Sin Hymn for Vespers (II) on 11 February, Feast of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate, composed by an unknown author. It has two translations. The English title given is by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Lo!
Lo! an aorist or point tense, marking a definite point of time, of the imperative mood of eidon, “to see” (taken as part of horao, “to see”), is used as an interjection, addressed either to one or many persons, e.g., Mat 25:20, Mat 25:22, Mat 25:25; Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36, Joh 1:47; Gal 5:2, the … Continue reading “Lo!”
Lo, The Dim Shadows of the Night Are Waning
Lo, The Dim Shadows of the Night Are Waning Hymn for Lauds from the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost until the Sunday nearest 1 October. It was written by Pope Saint Gregory the Great (540-604). There are 15 translations. The English title given is by M. Blacker, whose translation is.based on the original text, but has … Continue reading “Lo, The Dim Shadows of the Night Are Waning”
Lo-Ruhamah
Lo-ruhamah (Heb. Lo-Rucha’mah, not pitied, as it is explained in both contexts, Hos 1:6, Sept. , Vulg. Absque misericordia, and as it is rendered in the Auth.Vers., Hos 2:23, “not obtained mercy”), the name divinely appointed for the first daughter of the prophet Hosea by the formerly dissolute Gomer, a type of Jehovah’s temporary rejection … Continue reading “Lo-Ruhamah”
Lo-Ruhama
Lo-Ruhama (“not compassionated”.) Hosea’s daughter, representing Israel, from whom Jehovah withdrew His loving compassion. (See LO-AMMI.) Hos 1:6. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Lo, How the Savage Crew
Lo, How the Savage Crew Hymn for Matins on the feast of the Sacred Heart. It was written by an unknown author in the 18th century . There are six translations; the English title given is by E. Caswall. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Lo-Debar
Lo-debar (Heb. Lo-Debar, , no pasture, 2Sa 17:27, Sept. ; written in 2Sa 9:4-5, Septuag. ), a town apparently in Gilead, not far from Mahanaim, the residence of Ammiel, whose son Machir entertained Mephibosheth. and aftervards sent refreshments to David (2Sa 9:4-5; 2Sa 17:27). It is probably the same with the place (see Reland, Palest. … Continue reading “Lo-Debar”
Lo-Ammi
Lo-ammi (Heb. Lo-Ammi’, , not my people, as it is explained in the context, Hos 1:9; Sept. , Vulg. Non populus mzeus; in the parallel passage, Hos 2:23, , Sept. , Vulg. non populo mseo, Auth. Vers. “not my people”), a symbolical name given by the prophet Hosea at the divine instance to his second … Continue reading “Lo-Ammi”