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A member of the highest rank of nobility in Germany and Austria, corresponding to the British duke.

ook for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

ant system the creed is not coördinate with, but always subordinate to, the Bible. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper.

the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

d early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog.

One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast. Schaff- Herzog Encyc.

istians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff-Herzog.

eign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel. Schaff-Herzog.

sgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. Spenser. Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." Coleridge.

by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

the gradual development of polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be learned. Shaff-Herzog.

en man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct. J. Köstlin (Schaff- Herzog Encyc. ) After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisce. Acts xxvi. 5. The image of a brute, adorned With gay religions full of pomp and gold. Milton.

, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.

fluence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.