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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72055" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72055" /> == | ||
<p> Or | <p> Or </p> <p> town on an island in the Maas, in the province of South Holland, 12 m. SE. of Rotterdam; admirably situated for trade, connected as it is with the [[Rhine]] as well, on which rafts of wood are sent floating down to it; is famous for a Synod held here in 1618-19, at which the tenets of Arminius were condemned, and the doctrines of Calvin approved of and endorsed as the doctrines of the [[Reformed]] Church. </p> | ||
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