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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_196137" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_196137" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. </p> <p> (2): (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64368" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64368" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Wreath,]] n. See Writhe. </p> 1. To twist to convolve to wind one about another as, to wreath a garland of flowers. 2. To interweave to entwine as chains of wreathed work. 3. To encircle, as a garland. <p> The flowrs that wreath the sparkling bowl. </p> 4. To encircle as with a garland to dress in a garland. <p> And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance. </p> <p> [[Wreath,]] To be interwoven or entwined as a bower of wreathing trees. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66403" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66403" /> == | ||
<p> (שֹבָכָה, sebekdh, a net-work or lattice [as often rendered], i.e., balustrade, 2 Kings 25:17;-2 Chronicles 4:12-13; but perhaps really a festoon or checkerwork, as גַּדַיל, gedil, 1 Kings 7:17 ["fringe," i.e., tassel, Deuteronomy 22:12 certainly means). [[Garlands]] in ancient times were chiefly made of green leaves or twigs (Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 2:18), which, among the ancient Israelites, likewise were symbols of joy (3 [[Maccabees]] 7:16). Accordingly, victorious chieftains and warriors were crowned with such wreaths (Judges 3, 8; comp. Herod. 1:7, 11), and they were sometimes strewn in their path (Sueton. Ner. 25; Livy, 33:33; Curtius, 9:10, 25). Guests were adorned with them (see Heindorf, Ioraat. Satir. [2:3], page 256) at feasts (3 Maccabees 4:8; comp. Athen. 15:674); and on gala occasions dwellings and sacred objects were decked with them (1 Maccabees 4:57; Let. of Jeremiah 9 [in the Apocr. Greek]; see Voss, Virg. Georg. page 826; Orelli, Arnob. 2:43), as likewise sacrificial victims (Herod. 4:11, 3) and altars (Acts 14:13; comp. Herod. 2:45; Strabo, 15:732; Pliny, 16:4; Ovid, Met. 5:366; see Tzetzes, Lycoph. page 327; Wetstein, N.T. 2:543; Doughtaei Anal. 2:81; Perezon. AElian. V.H. 3:3); and finally the worshippers themselves (Herod. 1:132; Athen. 15:674; Lucian, | <p> (שֹבָכָה, ''sebekdh,'' a net-work or lattice [as often rendered], i.e., ''balustrade,'' 2 Kings 25:17;- 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; but perhaps really a festoon or checkerwork, as גַּדַיל, gedil, 1 Kings 7:17 ["fringe," i.e., tassel, Deuteronomy 22:12 certainly means). [[Garlands]] in ancient times were chiefly made of green leaves or twigs ( Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 2:18), which, among the ancient Israelites, likewise were symbols of joy ( 3 [[Maccabees]] 7:16). Accordingly, victorious chieftains and warriors were crowned with such wreaths (Judges 3, 8; comp. Herod. 1:7, 11), and they were sometimes strewn in their path (Sueton. ''Ner.'' 25; Livy, 33:33; Curtius, 9:10, 25). Guests were adorned with them (see Heindorf, ''Ioraat. Satir.'' [2:3], page 256) at feasts ( 3 Maccabees 4:8; comp. Athen. 15:674); and on gala occasions dwellings and sacred objects were decked with them ( 1 Maccabees 4:57; Let. of Jeremiah 9 [in the Apocr. Greek]; see Voss, Virg. Georg. page 826; Orelli, Arnob. 2:43), as likewise sacrificial victims (Herod. 4:11, 3) and altars ( Acts 14:13; comp. Herod. 2:45; Strabo, 15:732; Pliny, 16:4; Ovid, Met. 5:366; see Tzetzes, Lycoph. page 327; Wetstein, [[N.T.]] 2:543; Doughtaei Anal. 2:81; Perezon. AElian. [[V.H.]] 3:3); and finally the worshippers themselves (Herod. 1:132; Athen. 15:674; Lucian, De dea. Syr. 46; Tibull. 1:10, 28; 2:2, 16; Apollon. Rhod. 2:159; see Bahr, Symbol. 2:252). See Stuck, Antiq. Conviv. page 368 sq.; Dieteric and Nikolai, in Ugolini Thesaur. 30. (See [[Crown]]). </p> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
(2): ( n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers.
(3): ( n.) A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
King James Dictionary [2]
Wreath, n. See Writhe.
1. To twist to convolve to wind one about another as, to wreath a garland of flowers. 2. To interweave to entwine as chains of wreathed work. 3. To encircle, as a garland.
The flowrs that wreath the sparkling bowl.
4. To encircle as with a garland to dress in a garland.
And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance.
Wreath, To be interwoven or entwined as a bower of wreathing trees.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(שֹבָכָה, sebekdh, a net-work or lattice [as often rendered], i.e., balustrade, 2 Kings 25:17;- 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; but perhaps really a festoon or checkerwork, as גַּדַיל, gedil, 1 Kings 7:17 ["fringe," i.e., tassel, Deuteronomy 22:12 certainly means). Garlands in ancient times were chiefly made of green leaves or twigs ( Wisdom of Solomon 2:18), which, among the ancient Israelites, likewise were symbols of joy ( 3 Maccabees 7:16). Accordingly, victorious chieftains and warriors were crowned with such wreaths (Judges 3, 8; comp. Herod. 1:7, 11), and they were sometimes strewn in their path (Sueton. Ner. 25; Livy, 33:33; Curtius, 9:10, 25). Guests were adorned with them (see Heindorf, Ioraat. Satir. [2:3], page 256) at feasts ( 3 Maccabees 4:8; comp. Athen. 15:674); and on gala occasions dwellings and sacred objects were decked with them ( 1 Maccabees 4:57; Let. of Jeremiah 9 [in the Apocr. Greek]; see Voss, Virg. Georg. page 826; Orelli, Arnob. 2:43), as likewise sacrificial victims (Herod. 4:11, 3) and altars ( Acts 14:13; comp. Herod. 2:45; Strabo, 15:732; Pliny, 16:4; Ovid, Met. 5:366; see Tzetzes, Lycoph. page 327; Wetstein, N.T. 2:543; Doughtaei Anal. 2:81; Perezon. AElian. V.H. 3:3); and finally the worshippers themselves (Herod. 1:132; Athen. 15:674; Lucian, De dea. Syr. 46; Tibull. 1:10, 28; 2:2, 16; Apollon. Rhod. 2:159; see Bahr, Symbol. 2:252). See Stuck, Antiq. Conviv. page 368 sq.; Dieteric and Nikolai, in Ugolini Thesaur. 30. (See Crown).
