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An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.

ely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.

The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

f the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled "Baha 'u 'llah," or, "the Splendor of God"), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Baha…

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope.

showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.

der; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

g to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.

by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.] Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Eph. v. 6.

To befall; to chance; to happen to. God knows what hath bechanced them. Shak.

or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.

ndependent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope.

urse; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. Baruch vi. 41.

cts xxvi. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37.

One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer.

The goddess of war.