Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cleaveland, Nathan a Baptist minister, was born at Horton, N. S., in 1777. After itinerating for some time in the province,. he settled as pastor at Onslow in 1809; continued till 1818; then was pastor at Hopewell, N. B., for ten years; and retired to Alma, where he died, June 31,1869. See Bill, Hist. of … Continue reading “Cleaveland, Nathan”

Cleaveland, John. Payne, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born sat Byfield, Mass, July 19, 1799. His father was the distinguished: Parker Cleaveland,. M.D., and his brother, professor Parker Cleaveland of Bowdoin College. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1821, and spent one year (1823-24) in theological study at Andover. He was ordained. at: Salem, Mass., … Continue reading “Cleaveland, John. Payne, D.D.”

Cleaveland, John a Congregational minister, was born in Canterbury, Conn., April 11, 1722. He was expelled from Yale College for attending a Separatists’ meeting, but his degree was afterwards given to him, and his name appears as a graduate of 1745. He was installed pastor over a newly-organized church in Chebacco, Feb. 25, 1747; acted … Continue reading “Cleaveland, John”

Cleaveland, Elisha Lord, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Topsfield, Me., in April, 1806. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1829, having experienced religion in his senior year; also. from Andover Theological Seminary in 1832. He was ordained pastor of the Third Church in New Haven in July, 1833, where his ministry, continued for … Continue reading “Cleaveland, Elisha Lord, D.D.”

Cleaveland, Eli a Baptist minister, was born in Wilkes County, N.C., Oct. 1, 1781. He united with the Church in 1803, and not long after was ordained. From 1813, to 1818 he preached in Knox County, Tenn. In 1821 he removed to Monroe County, aid there labored successfully for thirty-eight years, building sup a great … Continue reading “Cleaveland, Eli”

Cleave, William an English Congregational minister, was born in London, April 11, 1851. At the age of fifteen he went to India. and passed three years among the coffee plantations of his relatives; then returned to England, and studied at Nottingham and at Cheshunt College in 1874 he supplied the pulpit at Chertsey, Surrey, the … Continue reading “Cleave, William”

Cleave, Clave “to join fast together, to glue, cement,” is primarily said of metals and other materials (from kolla, “glue”). In the NT it is used only in the Passive Voice, with reflexive force, in the sense of “cleaving unto,” as of cleaving to one’s wife, Mat 19:5; some mss. have the intensive verb No. … Continue reading “Cleave, Clave”

Cleave klev: Is used in the Bible in two different senses: (1) , baka to split, or to rend. We are told that Abraham clave the wood for the burnt-offering (Gen 22:3), and that they clave the wood of the cart (1Sa 6:14). The Psalmist speaks of Yahweh cleaving fountain and flood (Psa 74:15), and … Continue reading “Cleave”

Clearness (Ger. Klarheit) In HusserlIntuitional fullness, whether perceptual, fictively perceptual, memorial, or anticipational. See Clarification, Distinctness, and Intuition. — D.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Clear-Story (or CLERE-STORY); the upper part of the central aisle of a church, raised above the roofs of the adjoining side aisles, with windows to light the nave below. In many cases the clear-story is evidently a subsequent addition to the original design, especially when the high-pitched roof, which included the body and aisles in … Continue reading “Clear-Story”