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Abachum, Audifax, Martha, and Maris, Saints: All martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who ...
Abaddon: A Hebrew word signifying: ruin, destruction ( Job 31:12 ); ...
Abandonment: (More properly, S ELF -A BANDONMENT ) A term used by ...
Abarca, Pedro: Theologian, born in Aragon in 1619; died 1 October, 1693, at ...
Abarim: ( Hebrew har ha'abharim, hare ha'abharim ; Septuagint to ...
Abbé: A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or ...
Abba: Abba is the Aramaic word for "father." The word occurs three ...
Abbadie, Antoine d': Antoine d'Abbadie Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, ...
Abban of Magheranoidhe, Saint: (Magheranoidhe is also rendered Murneave or Murnevin). Nephew ...
Abban of New Ross, Saint: St. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, ...
Abban the Hermit, Saint: Though he lived in Abingdon ( England ), he was certainly an ...
Abbeloos, Jean Baptiste: Orientalist, born 15 January, 1836, at Goyck, Belgium; died 25 ...
Abbess: The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community ...
Abbey: A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a ...
Abbo Cernuus: ("The crooked"). French Benedictine monk of ...
Abbon, Saint: (Or ABBO.) Born near Orléans c. 945; died at ...
Abbot: A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more ...
Abbot, Commendatory: An ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in ...
Abbot, Henry: Layman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597, pronounced Venerable ...
Abbot, Lay: ( abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles ). A name used to ...
Abbreviation, Methods of: The use of abbreviations is due, in part, to exigencies ...
Abbreviations, Ecclesiastical: The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper ...
Abbreviators: ( Abbreviare = "shorten", "curtail"). Abbreviators are ...
Abdera: A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern ...
Abdias: (A Minor Prophet). This name is the Greek form of the Hebrew ...
Abdias of Babylon: An apocryphal writer, said to have been one of the ...
Abdication: Abdication, ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a ...
Abdon and Sennen, Saints: (Variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, ...
Abduction: Abduction may be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial ...

Abecedaria: Complete or partial lists of letters of the alphabet, chiefly ...
Abecedarians: A sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for ...
Abel: (From the Hebrew word for Vanity , "probably so called from ...
Abel: ("Meadow") Name of several places distinguished by additional ...
Abel, Blessed Thomas: (Also ABLE, or ABELL.) Priest and martyr, born about 1497; ...
Abelard, Peter: Dialectician, philosopher, and theologian, born 1079; died ...
Abelly, Louis: Louis Abelly (1603-91) was Vicar-General of Bayonne, a ...
Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Méir: (Or IBN 'EZRA). A celebrated Spanish Rabbi, born at Toledo ...
Abenakis: A confederation of Algonquin tribes, comprising the ...
Abercius, Inscription of: A Greek hagiographical text, which has, however, undergone ...
Abercromby, John: Died 1561. During the Scottish Reformation we know that the ...
Abercromby, Robert: (Sometimes known as Sanders and as Robertson). A Jesuit ...
Aberdeen, The Diocese of: (Scotland). A see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. ...
Aberdeen, The University of: The founder of this, one of the three universities established ...
Aberle, Moritz von: Catholic theologian, b. at Rottum, near Biberach, in Swabia, 25 ...
Abgar, The Legend of: The historian Eusebius records a tradition (H.E., I, xii), ...
Abhan, Saint: St. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, ...
Abiathar: ( Hebrew ebhyathar , Father of plenty, or, the great one is ...
Abila: A titular see of Phoenicia, in the region of Mt. Libanus, ...
Abingdon, The Abbey of: This abbey, located in the County of Berkshire, England, was ...
Abington, Thomas: (Or HABINGTON). An English antiquarian, b. 1560; d. 1647. ...
Abiogenesis and Biogenesis: According to their Greek derivation these two terms refer to the ...
Abipones: This Indian tribe, linguistically of Guaycuru stock, formerly ...
Abisai: ( Abhishay, abhshay ; Septuagint Abessa, Abisai ). Son ...
Abjuration: A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath. In common ...
Abner: A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of ...
Abomination of Desolation, The: The importance of this Scriptural expression is chiefly ...
Abortion: Abortion (from the Latin word aboriri , "to perish") may be ...

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Abortion, Physical Effects of: Definition The expulsion of the human ovum occurring during the ...
Abra de Raconis, Charles François d': A French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 ...
Abrabanel, Don Isaac: (Also: Abravanel, Abarbanel). Jewish statesman, apologist ...
Abraham: The original form of the name, Abram , is apparently the ...
Abraham (in Liturgy): While of peculiar interest to the liturgiologist (especially in ...
Abraham a Sancta Clara: A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of ...
Abraham Ecchelensis: A learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his ...
Abraham, The Bosom of: In the Holy Bible , the expression "the Bosom of Abraham " ...
Abrahamites: (1) Syrian heretics of the ninth century. They were called ...
Abram, Nicholas: Jesuit theologian, born in 1589, at Xaronval, in Lorraine; ...
Abrasax: The study of Abrasax is, at first sight, as discouraging as it ...
Absalom: ( Abhshalom in Hebrew; Abessalom, Apsalomos in Greek). ...
Absalon of Lund: Also known as AXEL, a famous Danish prelate, b. in 1128, at ...
Absinthe: ( Hebrew la'anah .) Wormwood, known for its repulsive ...
Absolute, The: A term employed in modern philosophy with various meanings, ...
Absolution: ( Ab = from; solvere = to free) Absolution is the ...
Abstemii: An abstemius is one who cannot take wine without risk of ...
Abstinence: Inasmuch as abstinence signifies abstaining from food, the Bible ...
Abstinence, Physical Effects of: The effects on the human system of abstinence from flesh meats ...
Abstraction: ( Latin abs , from trahere , to draw). Abstraction is a ...
Abthain: (Or ABTHANE). An English or Lowland Scotch form of the ...
Abucara, Theodore: A bishop of Caria in Syria ; d., probably, in 770. In his ...
Abundius: An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth ...
Abydus: (ABYDOS). A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor , ...
Abyss: (Greek abyssos ). Abyss is primarily and classically an ...
Abyssinia: Geography Abyssinia, extending from the sixth to the fifteenth ...

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