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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88645" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88645" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A battering-ram. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20831" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20831" /> == | ||
<p> (Arelate), an ancient archiepiscopal see in Lower Provence, on the left of the Rhone, seven leagues from its mouth, about one hundred and eighty-six leagues from Paris. It is said to derive its name from [[Ara]] elata, a high altar raised here in pagan times. | <p> (Arelate), an ancient archiepiscopal see in Lower Provence, on the left of the Rhone, seven leagues from its mouth, about one hundred and eighty-six leagues from Paris. It is said to derive its name from [[Ara]] elata, a high altar raised here in pagan times. A number of councils and synods were held at Arles, of which the following are the chief: </p> <p> '''(1.)''' In 314, a general synod for the West, at which [[Constantine]] and 600 or 633 bishops were present; 22 canons were framed on the Donatists, etc.; </p> <p> '''(2.)''' in 428 or 429, at which [[Germanus]] and [[Lupus]] were deputed to England; </p> <p> '''(3.)''' in 455, under Ravennius, to settle the dispute between Faustus, abbot of Lerins, and the bishop of Frejus; </p> <p> '''(4.)''' in 475, against Lucidus, accused of Predestinationism; </p> <p> '''(5.)''' in 524, under Caesarius, four canons on ordination were published; '''(6.)''' in 1234, under John Baussan, twenty-four canons were published against heretics, chiefly against the Waldenses; </p> <p> '''(7.)''' in 1275, by [[Bertrand]] de S. Martin, twenty-two canons were published, and the clergy forbidden making wills.-Landon, ''Manual Of Councils;'' Smith, ''Tables Of Church Hist.'' </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67606" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67606" /> == | ||
