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Towards
·prep In the direction of; to.
II. Towards ·prep Near; about; approaching to.
III. Towards ·adv Ne...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Dunstan up towards the Tower
See St. Dunstan in the East.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower
·vt To soar into.
II. Tower ·noun High flight; elevation.
III. Tower ·noun A citadel; a fortress; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tower
Clipped money: they have been round the tower with it. CANT.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Tower
Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Mary
·noun <<Marrow>>.
II. Mary ·interj ·see <<Marry>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Mary
Hebrew Miriam.
1) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the "Virgin Mary," though never s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mary
n.
used in Queensland of the aborigines,as equivalent to girl or woman. «A black Mary.» Compare « B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Mary
a Roman Christian who is greeted by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, ch. (Romans 16:6) as havi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Mary The Virgin
the mother of our Lord. There is no person perhaps in sacred or profane history around whom so many ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Tower of the furnaces
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was proba...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Liberties of the Tower
See Tower Liberty.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary of the Piu
See St. Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave towards Alegate
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conning tower
·noun The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Martello tower
·- A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the sum...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water tower
·add. ·- A tower or standpipe used as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head, as to a fount...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le Bretask, Tower
There seem to have been at least two houses bearing this name in the City in the 14th century.
One ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lollards' Tower
At either corner of the west end of St. Paul's were two Towers of stone, made for Bell Towers, one t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Romeland, Tower
The whole ditch and plain without the Tower within the Postern,. called Romeland; in and of the City...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sernes Tower
On the north side of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward (S. 262).
Originally the house of William Servat i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bank
On the eastern boundary of Tower Ward running north and south between Thames Street and Tower Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bridge
Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Buildings
See Tower Chambers.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Chambers
On the north side of London Wall at No. 118, at the south-east corner of Finshury Pavement, facing o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Ditch
Made by the Bishop of Ely while King Richard was in Palestine (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 9).
Land pu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Dock
On Tower Hill, south from No.50 Great Tower Street to 46 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory).
Earl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Hill
North and west of the Tower, west from the Minories and south to Tower Bridge (P.O. Directory). In P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Liberty
Tower and fortifications with Tower Hill of the ancient demesne of the Crown with jurisdiction and p...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Postern
North of the Tower, by George Yard, between that yard and the Tower Ditch, at the southern terminati...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Royal
North out of Cannon Street, at No.75, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
It formerl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Street
West from Tower Hill to Eastcheap and St. Margaret Pattens Church (S. 132).
First mention: " La Tou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Subway
A circular iron tube under the Thames extending from Great Tower Hill on the north bank to Pickle He...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Wharf
South out of and fronting the Tower, from Tower Stairs west to Tower Bridge east. Entrance on the so...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Westsmithfield Tower
A tower so called in the Tower of London, 1461 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-7, p. 85).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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martello tower
So named from a tower in the Bay of Mortella, in Corsica, which, in 1794, maintained a very determin...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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shield tower or turret
A revolving armoured cover for guns.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ave Mary
·- A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God;
— used in the Roman Catholic churc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mary-bud
·noun The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brunton, Mary (Balfour)
(1778-1818)
Novelist, dau. of Col. Balfour of Elwick, and m. to the Rev. Dr. Brunton, Prof. of Orie...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Howitt, Mary
See Howitt, William
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tighe, Mary (Blackford)
(1772-1810)
Poet, dau. of a clergyman, made an unhappy marriage, though she had beauty and amiable ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Cholmondeley, Mary
Novelist. Diana Tempest, Red Pottage, Moth and Rust (1902), Prisoners (1906), etc.
...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch
On the north-west side of Abchurch Lane at No. 17, north of Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Candl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbury
On the west side of Aldermanbury at No. 64 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
Earliest m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermannechurche
Mentioned in Will of Wm. de Kingeston poulterer, 1273 (Ct. H.W. I. 15), and in will of Sir John le B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary
On the east side of Bow Lane at No. 38a. (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
Earliest mention fou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe
On the west side of the street of St. Mary Axe. In Lime Street Ward.
First mention found in records...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Bethlehem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Bothaw
On the east side of Turnwheel Lane, in Dowgate and Walbrook Wards (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Botolfe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Buttolphe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Chapel
In Churchyard of St. Benet Gracechurch.
The chapel of St. Mary situate in the churchyard of St. Ben...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Colechurch
On the north side of Cheapside, at the south-west corner of Old Jury (Leake, 1666). In Cheap Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Fenchurch
Earliest mention: "S. Mary de Fancherche," 1315 (Ct. H.W. I. 255).
Other forms : "St. Mary de Farnc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Lothbury
A parish and chapel so named 1255 in Cal. Close Rolls, H. III. I. p. 449, and 1321, 15 Ed. II. (Cal....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Matfellon
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaw
On the west side of Old Fish Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (Leake, 1666).
Earliest mention found ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Olaf
See St. Olave Silver Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Oldechurche
Tenement in parish of St. Mary Oldechurche in Cornehill, formerly belonging to the Charterhouse, 31 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pattens
Occurs in one or two records.
An error for Margaret (St.) Pattens.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pellipar
= St. Mary Axe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Salutacion
See The Charterhouse.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Somerset
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, opposite Broken Wharf. Remains and tower shown (O.S. 1880)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Spital
In the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate in the Ward of Bishopsgate Without, extending from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Staining
At the north end of Staining Lane, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677).
The parish extends i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Street
See St. Mary Axe, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Upehulle
See St. Mary at Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wenlock
See St. Mary Woolnoth.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Whitechapel
On the south side of Whitechapel Road at No. 1 (P.O Directory). Not within the City boundary.
Menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wolmaricherch
See St. Mary Woolchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolchurch
On the south side of the Stocks Market, at the junction of the Poultry and Cornhill (S. 227). In Wal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolnoth
On the south side of Lombard Street at its junction with King William Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary Magdalene
Different explanations have been given of this name; but the most natural is that she came from the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel, by the Tower
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Sts.) Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London
Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nicholas in the Torella of the city wall by the Tower of London, H. III. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall
The chapel within the precincts of the Guildhall, in Guildhall Yard (Fabyan, p. 297). In Cheap Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary of the Carmelite Friars
Church of St. Mary of the Carmelite Friars, 1349 (Ct H.W. I. 620).
See Whitefriars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin towards London Stone
Parr'. s' Mart'. vs lundeneston, 13th cent. (MSS. D. and C. St. Paul's, W.D. 12).
Qy. = St. Martin ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter ad Vincula in the Tower
On the west side of the Tower (O.S.).
In the Inner ward, at the north-west angle of the Parade (Bel...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Jezreel, Tower of
One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Siloam, Tower of
Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Tower Street
East from No. 40 Eastcheap to Tower Dock, Tower Hill. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Widened from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Tower Hill
North-east and east of the Tower, extending south from the Minories to Little Thames Street (Stow's ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Tower Street
See Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mountfiquit, Tower of
Near the Wall of London, next to Castle Baynard, in the Ward of Castle Baynard, afterwards included ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bridge Approach
On the northern side of the Tower Bridge, from Mansel Street at Tower Hill to the Bridge (O.S. 1894-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Hill Passage
On Little Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower of London
Situated at the eastern extremity of the City of London on the north bank of the Thames on Tower Hil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Royal Court
East out of Tower Royal, in Cordwainer Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Royal Lane
In Budge Row (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Edar, Tower Of
(accur. Eder, a flock), a place named only in (Genesis 35:21) According to Jerome it was one thousan...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Siloam, Tower, In
(Luke 13:4) Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord. In connection with Op...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Parish church in the Tower for the inhabitants there, in Tower ward (S. 492).
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Evans, Mary Ann or Marian ("George Eliot")
(1819-1880)
Novelist, was b. near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, dau. of Robert E., land agent, a man of s...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)
(1759-1797)
Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
(1862-1900)
Traveller, dau. of George Henry K. (himself a traveller, and author of South Sea Bubble...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Mitford, Mary Russell
(1787-1855)
Poetess and novelist, b. at Alresford, Hants, dau. of a physician, without practice, se...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Pierrepont)
(1690-1762)
Letter-writer, was the eldest dau. of the 1st Duke of Kingston. In her youth she combin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Somerville, Mrs. Mary (Fairfax)
(1780-1872)
Mathematician and writer on science, dau. of Admiral Sir William G. Fairfax, b. at Jedb...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Yonge, Charlotte Mary
(1823-1901)
Novelist, only dau. of a landed gentleman of Hampshire, was b. near Winchester, and in ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
(b. 1837)
Novelist. Lady Audley's Secret, Aurora Floyd (1862), Henry Dunbar (1864), Only a Clod (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Murfree, Mary Noailles ("Charles Egbert Craddock")
American novelist. In the Tennessee Mountains (1884), Down the Ravine (1885), The Prophet of the Gre...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wilkins, Mary Eleanor (Mrs. C.M. Freeman)
(b. 1862)
American story-writer. A New England Nun, Young Lucretia, A Humble Romance, A Faraway Mel...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch Chnrchyard
See Abchurch Yard.
Described by Strype as a Churchyard enclosed by a Brick Wall and hath an open la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbary, Hospital
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary Churchyard
See Aldermary Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Naxe
See St. Mary Axe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Stokke
See St. Mary Woolchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe, Street
North out of Leadenhall Street, at No. 116, to Houndsditch (P.O. Directory). Eastern side in Aldgate...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe Warehouses
See Leadenhall Chambers.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Aldermygbure
See St. Mary Aldermanbury.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Arcubus
See St. Mary le Bow.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch
See All Hallows Barking.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Newechirche
St. Mary "que Niwekirke" dicitur, mentioned in Charter of Wm. I. to Westminster Abbey (Cott. Ch. vi....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Vaucherche
See St. Mary Fenchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Westcheping
In the Charter of Eudo Dapifer "de fundatione Ecclesiae S. Johannis de Colcestre" is : "Et ecclesiam...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Quern
Bequest to the church of St. Mary le Quern, 28 Ed. III. (Ct. H.W. I. 685).
Would seem to be an erro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Aldgate
Mentioned by Stow as an old Parish, forming with S. Michael, S. Katherine and the blessed Trinitie, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Eldefisshestrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Lamberdyshel
= Mary (St.) Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaunt Lane
See Mountenhaut Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaw Churcbyard
Shown in Rocque, 1746, and in Strype's maps on the east side of Labour in Vain Hill.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Without Aldersgate
Various bequests to the new chapel of St. Mary the Virgin without Aldresgate, or to the new work of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary without Aldgate
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave by the Tower or versus Turrim
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Without Aldrichegate (Chapel of)
John Bret directed that he should be buried in the new churchyard of this chapel, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jukes, The
·add. ·- A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose hu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hermonites, the
(Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Transfiguration, the
Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bag, the
Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Arkite, The
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ashurites, The
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...
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Bachrites, The
the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
...
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Baharumite, The
[Bahurim]
...
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Barhumite, The
[Bahurim]
...
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Belaites, The
(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]
...
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Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...
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Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
...
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Canaanite, The
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...
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Canaanites, The
a word used in two senses:
• A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Chemarim, The
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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College, The
In (2 Kings 22:14) it is probable that the word translated "college" represents here not an institut...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Danites, The
The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35)
...
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Gileadites, The
(Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
...
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Gilonite, The
native of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34)
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Girgasite, The
(Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY ...
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Gizonites, The
(inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the warriors of David's g...
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Gunites, The
the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)
...
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Hagerite, The
Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David's sheep. (1 Chronicles 27:...
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Haggites, The
a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)
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Hamathite, The
one of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16...
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Hamulites, The
the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)
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Harodite, The
the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David's guard, Shammah and Elika, (2 Samuel 2...
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Jimnites, The
descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)
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Kenite, The
and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...
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Machirites, The
the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)
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Mahavite, The
the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...
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Manassites, The
that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)
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Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...
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Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...
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Median, The
Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...
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Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...
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Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...
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Meronothithe, The
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...
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Mesobaite, The
a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any ...
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Mishraites, The
the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding...
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Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David's guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
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Morasthite, The
that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice- (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)-each ti...
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Naamites, The
the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.
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Nehelamite, The
the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (J...
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Pelonite, The
Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...
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Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...
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Perizzite, The
and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...
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Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
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Plague, The
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...
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Praltite, The
Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)
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Puhites, The
According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...
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Punites, The
the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...
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