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A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the me…

d with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight

a decoy. Latham. -- Call of the house (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. -- Call to the bar, admission to practice in the courts.

A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

A Native or inbabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

A member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.

A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.

y recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the Roman Catholic church, who denied the ecumenical character of the Vatican Council, and Rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.…

A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. [Spelt also catlin.] Crobb.

A member of any of the white races of mankind.

The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on h…

A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.

An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.