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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30999" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30999" /> == | ||
<p> formerly an archiepiscopal see in Ireland. This ancient see is now deprived of its metropolitan dignity, and has united to it the sees of Emly, Waterford, and Lismore; the united diocese consisting of the counties of Tipperary, Waterford, and part of Limerick. The incumbent in 1866 was [[Robert]] Daly, D.D., consecrated in 1843. </p> <p> | <p> formerly an archiepiscopal see in Ireland. This ancient see is now deprived of its metropolitan dignity, and has united to it the sees of Emly, Waterford, and Lismore; the united diocese consisting of the counties of Tipperary, Waterford, and part of Limerick. The incumbent in 1866 was [[Robert]] Daly, D.D., consecrated in 1843. </p> <p> Casiph '''''´''''' ia (Hebrews Kasiphya '''''´''''' , '''''כָּסִפְיָא''''' '','' perhaps from '''''כֶּסֶ''''' ) '', Silver,'' or ''Whitish,'' if the name be not of Arian origin; Sept. so translates '''''Ἀργύριον''''' ) '','' a "place" ( '''''מָקוֹם''''' , i.e. region) of the [[Persian]] empire, where [[Levites]] had settled during the Captivity, whence Iddo, with others of them, were sent for by Ezra to join his party returning to [[Jerusalem]] ( Ezra 8:17). [[Gesenius]] ''(Thesaur.'' p. 703) objects to the identification by some with the ''Caspiae Pyle,'' and of others with the city ''Kaswin,'' that these are not on the route from [[Babylon]] to Palestine. As this position of the place in question, however, is not clear, it is likely that, if the Caspian [[Sea]] be not designated by this name, it may refer to the "Caspian" ''Mountains,'' situated in Media (Strabo, 11, p. 522, 525; Pliny, 6:15), where [[Jewish]] exiles seem to have been located ( Tobit 1:16; Tobit 3:7). This is at least favored by the rabbinical tradition, ''Vajikra Rabba'' (5:5), and is defended by F '''''Ü''''' rst ''(Hebrews'' HandwSrt. s.v.), who adduces also the local title Albania as a coincidence with the silvery summits of the snow-capped range of [[Caucasus]] (comp. Alp, i.e. albus, "white"). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70319" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70319" /> == |