GLOSSARY.
RATIFY, XIX., to confirm( a promise); Late Lat. ratificare, to make settled, valid.
RAVISH, Ps. 10. 9, to carry off; Fr. ravir; Lat. rapere, to snatch.
He settith aspies, for to ravysche a pore Wyclif.
man.
REALM, XXIX. 37, kingdom; O.Fr. realme( mod. royaume); cp. O.Fr. real( mod. royal); Lat. regalem.
REASON, Ps. 38. 3,' by reason of,' on account of.
By the reason of her costlynes. Tindale, Rev. 18. 19. O.Fr. raison; Lat. rationem. REASONABLE, XI., " reasonable soul,' endowed with reason, rational. O.Fr. raisonnable; Late Lat. rationabilem.
REBUKE, Ps. 39. 9, an object of scorn; so Heb. Cp. O.Fr. rebouquer, to take the edge off, to blunt.
REDEEMER, Ps. 19. 15= Heb. go'el, deliverer; XII. Lat. redemptor, one who ransoms( Vulg.), lit. one who buys back( a slave), and so releases.
REDEMPTION, xxIx. 28, the deliverance of mankind from sin and death by the obedience and sacrifice of Christ; Lat. redemptio, lit. a buying back( Vulg.).
REDUCE, III., to bring back to a better condition; Lat. reducere.
REFRAIN, Ps. 40. 11& 76. 10& 119. 101& 131. 3, to restrain; O. Fr. refreiner; Lat. refrenare( Vulg.), to hold in with a bit, from frenum, a bit, curb.
REGENERATE, N. of Ch. c; xvI.; REGENERATED, xxIx. 9, born again; Lat. regeneratus( Vulg.). REGENERATION, Con. St. P. 9, the new birth of the whole creation, the restitution of all things; Lat. regeneratio( Vulg.); XVI., XXIX. 27, new birth.
REHEARSE, Ps. 87. 6, to reckon, to count; so R. V. O. Fr. rehercer, to harrow over again, to go again over the same ground, from herce, a harrow.
REINS, Ps. 7. 10& 16. 8& 26. 2& 139. 12, the parts about the heart; in the original the kidneys, regarded in Hebrew poetry as the seat of the emotions, and even representing the inmost mind; O.Fr. reines; Lat. renes( Vulg.).
Thou, God, sekyng the hertis and reynes, schalt dresse a just man. Wyclif, Ps. 7. 10. RELIGION, XIII. 10, the performance of duties for the love of God; 3 a. E. c, Christ's Religion, a system of faith and worship; 5 a. E. e, pure religion’= θρησκεία, a word implying outward ceremonial service in God's honour, rather than the inner devotedness of heart and life to God. Lat. religio( Vulg.); the word originally meant reverence, being derived from relegere, to look back, to respect, reverence.
RELIQUES, xxIx. 22, relics, the remains of the bodies or clothes of Saints or Martyrs; Lat. reliquia ( Vulg.).
REMEMBER, Ps. 22. 27,' shall re
member themselves.'
I remember me. Shaks. Tw. N. v. 286.
REMISSION, Ash- W. c, a remitting of a penalty, pardon; Lat. remissio ( Vulg.).
REPLENISH, Ix., to fill completely; O.Fr. replenir from Lat. plenus, full.
REPROOF, Ps. 31. 13, an object of scorn, from O.Fr. reprover; Lat. reprobare, to reject on a second trial.
REPROVED, St. Thos. c, found
wanting after examination. RESOLUTION, II.,' the resolution of all doubts,' loosening, unraveling, solution; Lat. resolutio, untying, explanation.
RESPONDS, II., musical responses interspersed in the reading of Scriptures; see p. 4; from Lat. respondere, to reply.
REVELATION, Epi. e, an unveiling; Lat. revelatio( Vulg.); also in A.V. the name of one of the books of the New Testament= arokáAvis, the Apocalypse, the Unveiling; in Vulg. Apocalypsis.
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