GLOSSARY.

JEWRY, Ps. 76. 1, Judah; O.Fr. Juierie, Juerie.

JUSTIFIED, 11 Tr. g, set right with God; Lat. justificatus( Vulg.).

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KIND, xv. r, the Communion in both kinds, i.e. the Bread and the Wine. See also xxIx. 30.

KINDLY, XII., natural, according to their kind.

And kindly creatures turn all to ser­

pents.

Shaks. Ant. ii. 5. 78. KNAP, Ps. 46. 9, to cut in sunder; see R.V.

As lying a gossip as ever knapped ginger. Shaks. Merch. iii. 1. 10. KNOW, Ps. 1. 7, to regard with watchful care and love.

KNOWLEDGE, TO GIVE, XVII. r, to give notice.

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LADY, OUR, VI.,' Annunciation of our Lady,' i.e. of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

LAMMAS DAY, VII., August 1; O.E. hläfmæsse dag, loafmass day'( in the Chronicle); on this day took place the Blessing of Bread; see Dict. of Christian Antiquities( s.v.).

LARGE, Ps. 31.9,' in a large room,' i.e. a broad unconfined place, so that I am free from straits and difficulties.

Thou hast sett my feet in a large place. Wyclif. LATCHET, 4 A. g, a shoe- tie; lit. a little lace; O.Fr. lacet.

Whose shoes latchet I am not worthie to stoup downe and unlose. Geneva, Mark 1. 7. LAUD, XIII.; xv., to praise; Lat. laudare.

Laude him all nacions.

Tindale, Rom. 15. 11. LAVER, XVI., a vessel for washing; in Chaucer, lavour; O.Fr. lavoir from laver, to wash; Lat. lavare. LAW, THE, very often in the Psalms the whole revelation of God, so far as it was then given; the render­ing of the Heb. Torah,' instruc­tion, doctrine.

LAWYER, 13 Tr. g; 18 Tr. g, one learned in the law of Moses, whose special province was the interpre­tation of each provision. See Aids ( art. JEWISH SECTS,& c.).

LAY TO, Ps. 119. 126,' to lay to thine hand,' to work; so R.V.

LAY- PEOPLE, XXIX. 30, the laity as distinct from the clergy; O.Fr. lai; Lat. laicus( Vulg.); Gk. Aaukos, relating to the people.

LEARN, Ps. 25. 4, to teach; so R.V.

You learn me noble thankfulness. Shaks. A do, iv. 1. 31. LEASING, Ps. 4. 2& 5. 6, falsehood, lying; O.E. leasung.

But that false pilgrim which that leasing told. Spenser, F. Q. i. 6. 48.

LEAVEN, E. S., dough which when sour causes the fresh dough to ferment and rise; Fr. levain; Lat. levamen, that which raises.

LEGEND, II., an ecclesiastical story; Eccles. Lat. legenda. LENT, the spring fast of forty days; O.E. lencten, lengten, lenten, spring.

LESSON, a reading of Scripture;

Fr. leçon; Lat. lectio( Vulg.). LET, 4 A. c, hindered; from O.E. lettan, to hinder, lit. to make late.

LETTER, 12 Tr. e,' not of the letter, but of the spirit,' not of the mere outward book containing the He­brew Scriptures, but of the life­giving spirit breathing in them. 0.Fr. letre; Lat. littera( Vulg.).

LEVIATHAN, Ps. 74. 15& 104. 26, a huge monster; in the former pas­sage the term is supposed to refer to the crocodile of the Nile, the emblem of Egypt, in the latter to some great fish in the Medi­terranean; Lat. leviathan( Vulg.) from the Hebrew.

LEVITE, 13 Tr. g, one of the tribe of Levi; Lat. Levita( Vulg.)= Λευΐτης,

LIARS, Ps. 66. 2,' shall thine ene­mies be found liars unto thee,' submit themselves; so R.V. See DISSEMBLE.

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