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Victoria <ref name="term_65011" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_192812" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front. </p> <p> (2): (n.) An asteroid discovered by [[Hind]] in 1850; - called also Clio. </p> <p> (3): (n.) One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of [[Queen]] Victoria. The [[Victoria]] regia is a native of [[Guiana]] and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81177" /> == | |||
<p> A colony of Great Britain, the smallest and most populous in Australia, lying S. of New South Wales, from which it was separated in 1851; originally settled as [[Port]] Phillip in 1834, it developed gradually as a pastoral and agricultural region till, in 1851, the discovery of gold led to an enormous increase in both the population and the revenue, and the sudden rise of a community, with [[Melbourne]] for centre, which, for wealth and enterprise, eclipsed every other in the southern hemisphere of the globe; the wealth thus introduced led to a further development of its resources, and every industry began to flourish to a proportionate extent; the chief exports are wool, gold, live-stock, bread-stuffs, hides and leather, and the imports are no less manifold; the climate is remarkably healthy, and ice and snow are hardly known; there is no [[State]] religion; 75 per cent. of the people are Protestants, 22 per cent. Catholics, and ½ per cent. Jews, and every provision is made for education in the shape of universities, State schools, technical schools and private schools, and the legislative authority is vested in a [[Parliament]] of two chambers, a Legislative [[Council]] of 48, and a Legislative [[Assembly]] of 95. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65011" /> == | |||
<p> a [[Christian]] martyr of the Dioclesian persecution (A.D. 284-312), was a native of an inland town in Numidia. She was one of a band of [[Christians]] who had met in the house of a church reader, and were seized and brought to [[Carthage]] to be arraigned before the tribunal of the proconsul. Her father and brother were still pagans; and her brother, upon her refusal to go with him, claimed that she was not in her right mind. "This is my mind," replied she, "and I have not altered it." She died in triumphant faith. See Neander, Hist. of the Church, 1, 152. </p> | <p> a [[Christian]] martyr of the Dioclesian persecution (A.D. 284-312), was a native of an inland town in Numidia. She was one of a band of [[Christians]] who had met in the house of a church reader, and were seized and brought to [[Carthage]] to be arraigned before the tribunal of the proconsul. Her father and brother were still pagans; and her brother, upon her refusal to go with him, claimed that she was not in her right mind. "This is my mind," replied she, "and I have not altered it." She died in triumphant faith. See Neander, Hist. of the Church, 1, 152. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_192812"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/victoria Victoria from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81177"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/victoria Victoria from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65011"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/victoria Victoria from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_65011"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/victoria Victoria from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:38, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
(2): (n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; - called also Clio.
(3): (n.) One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
(4): (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A colony of Great Britain, the smallest and most populous in Australia, lying S. of New South Wales, from which it was separated in 1851; originally settled as Port Phillip in 1834, it developed gradually as a pastoral and agricultural region till, in 1851, the discovery of gold led to an enormous increase in both the population and the revenue, and the sudden rise of a community, with Melbourne for centre, which, for wealth and enterprise, eclipsed every other in the southern hemisphere of the globe; the wealth thus introduced led to a further development of its resources, and every industry began to flourish to a proportionate extent; the chief exports are wool, gold, live-stock, bread-stuffs, hides and leather, and the imports are no less manifold; the climate is remarkably healthy, and ice and snow are hardly known; there is no State religion; 75 per cent. of the people are Protestants, 22 per cent. Catholics, and ½ per cent. Jews, and every provision is made for education in the shape of universities, State schools, technical schools and private schools, and the legislative authority is vested in a Parliament of two chambers, a Legislative Council of 48, and a Legislative Assembly of 95.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
a Christian martyr of the Dioclesian persecution (A.D. 284-312), was a native of an inland town in Numidia. She was one of a band of Christians who had met in the house of a church reader, and were seized and brought to Carthage to be arraigned before the tribunal of the proconsul. Her father and brother were still pagans; and her brother, upon her refusal to go with him, claimed that she was not in her right mind. "This is my mind," replied she, "and I have not altered it." She died in triumphant faith. See Neander, Hist. of the Church, 1, 152.
