GLOSSARY.
PARABLE, Sex. S. g, a comparison of earthly things with heavenly; Lat. parabola( Vulg.)= rapaßoλń, a comparison.
PARADISE, Th. b. E. g, the general gathering place of happy but waiting souls after death, an equivalent for the ordinary Jewish phrase' the garden of Eden ,, called also Abraham's bosom ( which ( Vulg.) παράδεισος. The Gk. word is used of the garden of Eden by the LXX., Gen. 2. 8. In classical Greek it occurs in the sense of a park, pleasure- ground;' probably of Persian origin.
see). Lat. paradisus
This dai thou schalt be with me in paradise. Wyclif.
PARAGRAPH, a distinct portion of a treatise; Late Lat. paragraphus;
Gk. παράγραφος, a mark written
in the margin.
PARDONS, xxIx. 22, indulgences exempting persons from churchcensures, and from the pains of purgatory; Late Lat. perdonum ( Ducange) from perdonare, to remit a debt, to grant.
PARISH, xv., a circuit of ground committed to the charge of one minister; Fr. paroisse; Eccles. Lat. paroecia; Gk. mapoukía, a diocese; in early days the community of Christians living within a city, regarded in relation to the nonChristian population which sur
rounded it. In the LXX. Tapoikia means a colony of sojourners. PARISHIONER, xv. r; XXI., a member of a parish; M.E. parisshen; O. Fr. paroissien; Late Lat. parochianum, from parochia for paroecia( see above).
PARSON, xv. r, the incumbent of a parish; Late Lat. persona, dignity, rank, curate, parson, person ( Ducange).
PART, xx.,' till death us do part;' ' depart' was the word used be
fore 1662, meaning' to separate;' so Wyclif( Matt. 10. 35). Till death us depart.
( Ed. 1604.) PASCHAL, VIII.,' the Paschal Full Moon; XV., the very Paschal Lamb,' belonging to the Pass
over; Eccles. Lat. paschalis from pascha( Vulg.)= Táoxa, the passover; Heb. pesach, Ex. 12. 11, a passing over, a sparing.
PASS, xv., which passeth all understanding,' to over pass, surpass, transcend. Cp. 2 Sam. 1. 26.
PASSION( of Christ), XII.; Ann.
V. M. c; xv.; XXIX. 35, the suffering of Christ during his trial and crucifixion; Lat. passio ( Vulg.), suffering.
PASSIONS, xxIx. 1,' God.... without body, parts, or passions,' i.e. He cannot suffer, He cannot be affected by anything external to Himself.
PASSOVER, 1 a. Epi. g; E. S.; Mon. b. E. g, a translation of Táoxa. See PASCHAL. Wed. b. E. g, passover the Paschal Lamb.
PASTOR, XIII.; St. Mk.e; St. Pet. c, the Christian minister as ruler and feeder of his flock; Lat. pastor( Vulg.), a shepherd.
PATE, Ps. 7. 17, the crown of the head.
His wickednes shall fall upon his owne pate. Coverdale.
PATEN, xv., the plate for the bread in the Holy Communion; Eccles. Lat. patena.
PAVILION, Ps. 18. 11, a curtained tent; the Psalmist speaks of darkness as the abode of Jehovah.
He made darkenes his secret place and his pavilion rounde about him. Geneva. Fr. pavillon, a tent, so called because spread out like the wings of a butterfly; Lat. papilionem, a butterfly, a tent.
PEEVISH, I., fretful, perverse like
a child.
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A wretched and peevish fellow. Shaks. Hen. V. iii. 7. 142.
PELAGIANS, XXIX. 9, heretics in
the 5th century, named after Pelagius, a native of Wales, who died A.D. 418. His Gk. name is said to be a translation of the Celtic Morgan,' by the sea.'