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21Galahad — Sir Galahad was one of the most important of the knights in the legendary ROMANCES of King ARTHUR. He is the son of Arthur’s greatest knight, Sir LANCELOT, and Elaine, daughter of King Pelles. Most important, Galahad’s goodness and purity make …
22Saint Erkenwald — (ca. 1400) Saint Erkenwald is a poem in ALLITERATIVE VERSE, written in the late 14th or early 15th century in a north West Midland dialect of MIDDLE ENGLISH. The poem of 352 lines survives in a single manuscript (British Museum MS Harley 2250) …
23Sege off Melayne, The — (The Siege of Milan) (ca. 1350–1400) The Sege off Melayne is a fragmentary late 14thcentury ROMANCE of CHARLEMAGNE, written in a northern dialect of MIDDLE ENGLISH and surviving in a single manuscript (British Museum MS Additional 31042, known …
24ecstasy — is not the same experience as a vision or a dream [[➝ dreams]]; it is an awareness of being taken up outside oneself, and there are only a few such mystical moments recorded in the Bible. One is by Paul in 2 Cor. 12:2, when he mentions ‘a person… …
25beatify — (v.) 1530s, to make very happy, from M.Fr. béatifer, from L.L. beatificare make happy, make blessed, from L. beatus supremely happy, blessed (pp. of beare to make happy, to bless ) + ficare, from stem of facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf.… …
26glory — I. n. 1. Honor, renown, fame, celebrity, praise. 2. Splendor, lustre, brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, pride. 3. Gloriousness, exaltation, nobleness, grandeur, exceeding greatness or excellence, supreme nobility. 4. State, pomp, parade,… …
27Abraham — Abraham1 [ā′brə ham΄] n. [Heb avraham, lit., father of many: the original form, avram, means “father is exalted”: see Gen. 17:5] 1. a masculine name: dim. Abe 2. Bible the first patriarch and ancestor of the Hebrews: Gen. 12 25 in Abraham s bosom …
28Blisses — Bliss Bliss (bl[i^]s), n.; pl. {Blisses} (bl[i^]s [e^]z). [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[=i][eth]s, fr. bl[=i][eth]e blithe. See {Blithe}.] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity;… …
29Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
30JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
