Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ceiling (ADDENDUM) is the under covering of a roof, floor, etc., concealing the timbers from the room below; now usually formed of plaster, but formerly most commonly of boarding; also the under surface of the vaulting in vaulted rooms and buildings. During the Middle Ages, the ceilings were generally enriched with gilding and, coloring of … Continue reading “Ceiling (ADDENDUM)”

CEILING The ancients took great pains to ornament the ceilings of their best apartments; making them sometimes of a sort of wainscoting, in squares or complicated figures; and sometimes of a fine plaster with beautiful moldings, tinted and relieved by gilding, small mirrors, etc., 1Ki 6:15 2Ch 3:5 Jer 22:14 . Fuente: American Tract Society … Continue reading “Ceiling”

Ceiled, Ceiling CEILED, CEILING.See Cieled, Cieling. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Ceiled, Ceiling seld, seling (the King James Version and the English Revised Version Cieled, Cieling; the Hebrew words for ceiled are , hippah, , saphan, , sahph; for ceiling, , sippun): Ceiling occurs only in 1Ki 6:15. It comes from the root saphan, … Continue reading “Ceiled, Ceiling”

Ceilan (, Vulg. Ciaso), a person named (1Es 5:15) as the family head (in connection with Azetas) of sixty-seven Israelites who returned from Babylon; but the Hebrews texts (Ezr 2:16; Neh 7:21) do not contain either name. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ceilan selan. See KILAN. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Ceidio Arcaw a Welsh saint of the 6th century, was patron of Rhodwydd Geidio, subject to Llantrisaint, in Anglesey, and of Ceidio, in Carnarvonshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, p. 227). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cehronicon Scaligerianus (or Alexandrinum). Scaliger published this as an appendix to his edition of the Chraionon of Eusebius. The chronicle begins with Adam, and ends with the reign of Arcadius and Honorius. Internal evidence points to Alexandria as the place of its composition. Notwithstanding the blunders in its Greek translations, the use made by the … Continue reading “Cehronicon Scaligerianus”

Cefalugrave; DIOCESE OF CEFALÙ (CEPHALUDENSIS); CEPHALOEDIUM. The city of the same name in the province of Palermo, in Sicily (Italy), is situated nearly in the centre of the northern coast of the island. Destroyed by the inhabitants of Messina, it was reconstructed about 1130 by King Roger I of Sicily. Its first bishop was Nicetas … Continue reading “Cefalugrave;”

Cedwyn a Welsh saint of the 6th century, was the reputed patron of Llangedwyn, a chapel under Llanrhaiadr, in Montgomeryshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, p. 280). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cedron, Brook of (Hebrew: dark) Or Kidron. Ravine 20 miles long, east of Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives (2 Kings 15; 3 Kings 2; Jeremiah 31). Christ crossed it to Gethsemani (John 18). Traditional tomb of the Blessed Virgin is venerated in the Valley of the Cedron. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Cedron, Brook of … Continue reading “Cedron, Brook of”

CEDRON See KIDRON. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Cedron the name of a place and of a rivulet. 1. ( v. r. .) A place fortified by Cendebaeus, under the orders of king Antiochus (Sidetes), as a station from which to command the roads of Judaea (1Ma 15:39; 1Ma 15:41; 1Ma 16:9). It was … Continue reading “Cedron”