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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69812" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69812" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Candace]] (''kăn'da-s'' ''ç'' or ''kan-dâ'sç,'' Eng.,''kan'dâs'' ), ''sovereign of slaves?'' The name is a title of Ethiopian queens. Acts 8:27. Her chamberlain or treasurer, a eunuch, was met by Philip the evangelist on the road between Jerusalem and Gaza, and converted. Her kingdom was Upper Nubia. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50301" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50301" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71999" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71999" /> == | ||
<p> '''Canda'ce''' or '''Can'da-ce.''' ''(prince of servants).'' [[A]] queen of | <p> '''Canda'ce''' or '''Can'da-ce.''' ''(prince of servants).'' [[A]] queen of [[Ethiopia]] (Meroe), mentioned in Acts 8:27. [[(A.D.]] 38). The name was not a proper name of an individual, but that of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65534" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65534" /> == | ||
