GLOSSARY.

MEET, 2 L. g, fit, proper, according

to measure.

It is not meet that I should be sad. Shaks. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 2. 42.

O.E.( ge) mete.

MEMBER, Circum. c; 1 a. Epi. e, one of a community; lit. the limb of a body; Lat. membrum( Vulg.). MEMORY, xv., a memorial.

These weeds are memories of those worser hours. Shaks. K. Lear, iv. 7. 7. MERCIFUL, Ix.( Joel 2. 13), full of compassion, love, pity; MERCY= O.Fr. mercit, mercid; Lat. merce­dem( acc.), pay, reward; also pity,

mercy.

venant.

But

MERCY- SEAT, Ps. 28. 2, the lid or covering of the Ark of the Co­So the Pr. Bk. Vers. understands the Hebrew. the Hebrew should be rendered ' sanctuary,' with reference to the innermost part of the Temple, the Holy of Holies. The Variorum renders chancel;' so Cheyne. MESECH, Ps. 120. 4, Mesech( R.V), tribes between the Black and the Caspian Sea; see Cheyne. METE, Ps. 60. 6, to measure. O.E.

metan.

Y schal meete the greet valei of taber­naclis. Wyclif.

METROPOLITICAL, xxvII., the Metropolitical Church,' the Church of the Metropolitan, i.e. of the Archbishop. The term metropolis is applied in ecclesiastical lan­guage to the chief church of the Province; so Canterbury is the metropolis of the Southern Pro­vince. Late Lat. metropolis; Gk. μmтрóтоλis, lit. the mother- city. MILITANT, xv.,' Church militant,' Christians serving as soldiers; Lat. militare( Vulg.), to fight.

MIND xv.,' ye that mind to come,' propose, intend.

So had hee appointed, minding himselfe to goe afoote. A.V.( 1611), Acts 20. 13. MINDED, TO BE, Ps. 55. 3, to in­tend, purpose.

Joseph was mynded to put her awaye secretely. Tindale, Matt. 1. 19. MINISHED, Ps. 12.1& 107. 39, made little, diminished.

His minished might. Spenser, F. Q. i. 11. 43.

O.Fr. menuiser; Late Lat. minu­tiare.

MINISTER, Ix. r, à term for the clergyman as servant of Christ and of His people; in the early Church minister was the Latin equivalent for deacon( which see); Lat. minister( Vulg.), a ser­vant, lit. the lesser official. MINISTRATION, 12 Tr. e, service. Lat. ministratio( Vulg.), a service, work of a minister.

MINSTRELS, Ps. 68. 25, players on stringed instruments; 24 Tr. g, flute- players; so R.V. O. Fr. menestrel; Late Lat. ministralem, one in service, a retainer, con­nected with minister( which see). MIRACLE, 2 a. Epi. g, in the orig. properly a sign;' Lat. miraculum ( Vulg. in O. T.), something won­derful, connected with mirus, wonderful!

MISCARRY, Ps. 21. 7, to fail; in the original to be moved; so R.V.

I would not have him miscarry for the half of my dowry.

Shaks. Tw. N. iii. 4. 70.

MODERATION, 4 A. e, forbear­ance, gentleness; so R.V. Lat. moderatio, restraint, temperate­

ness.

MOLTEN, XXIV.,' carved or molten image,' melted( cp. Ps. 106. 19). O.E.( ge) molten, pp. of meltan, to melt.

MONITIONS, XXVII.( Priests); publick and private monitions," warnings; Lat. monitio.

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MONSTER, Ps. 71. 6, the rendering should be,' I am as a wonder unto many, but Thou art my strong refuge;' so R.V. Lat. monstrum, a portent, something to make one learn.

MORE, St. Thos. e,' the more con­firmation,' greater.

It is my more dishonour. Shaks. Cor. iii. 2. 124. MORIANS, Ps. 68.31,' the Morians' land,' Heb. Cush, i.e. Ethiopia; see Aids( ETHNOLOGY, S. V. Cush). O.Fr. Morien; Late Lat. Mauri­tanum; cp. Lat. Mauritania, Morocco; Maurus, a native of N. Africa. Cp. Luther's rendering, Morenland, land of the Moors.