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• Allegorizing — Allegorize Al le*go*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allegorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Allegorizing}.] [Cf. F. all[ e]goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Premillennialism — This article is about Premillennialism in Christian eschatology. For other uses, see Millenarianism. Christian eschatology Eschatology views Viewpoints • Preterism …   Wikipedia

• Allegory in the Middle Ages — Noah and the baptismal flood of the Old Testament (top panel) is typologically linked (prefigured) by the baptism of Jesus in the New Testament (bottom panel). Allegory in the Middle Ages was a vital element in the synthesis of Biblical and… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Neelakantha Chaturdhara — (Sanskrit: नीलकण्ठ चतुर्धर, IAST: Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara) was a scholar who lived in Varanasi (Banaras) in the later half of the 17th century, famous for his commentary on the Mahabharata.[1] His commentary, Bhāratabhāvadīpa, is the only one that… …   Wikipedia

• Allegorize — Al le*go*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allegorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Allegorizing}.] [Cf. F. all[ e]goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Allegorized — Allegorize Al le*go*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allegorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Allegorizing}.] [Cf. F. all[ e]goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Postil — Pos til, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Postiled} (?) or {Postilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Postiling} or {Postilling}.] To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate. [1913 Webster] Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. J. H. Newman. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Postiled — Postil Pos til, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Postiled} (?) or {Postilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Postiling} or {Postilling}.] To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate. [1913 Webster] Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. J. H. Newman …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English