The Hebrew word, like the Greek (peritome), and the Latin (circumcisio), signifies a cutting and, specifically, the removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, from the penis.

A titular see of Osrhoene.

A titular see of Asia Minor.

A tribe or family often mentioned in the Old Testament, personified as Qayin from which the nomen gentilicium Qeni is derived.

More commonly called in England, the girdle is an article of liturgical attire which has been recognized as such since the ninth century.

Archdiocese in the state of Ohio.

The name given for a long time to the western part of Southern Africa.

Florentine painter. (1240-1301)

Venetian painter. (1459-1517)

Carlo, Felice, and Paolo, Bolognese painters.

The Diocese of Cienfuegos (Centumfocensis), includes all the Province of Santa Clara in the central part of Cuba.

A titular see of Asia Minor.

Popular hero of the chivalrous age of Spain, born at Burgos c. 1040; died at Valencia, 1099. He was given the title of seid or cid (lord, chief) by the Moors and that of campeador (champion) by his admiring countrymen.

Politician, writer on art. (1767-1834)

Fifteenth-century Italian sculptor and architect.

A titular see of Caria, in Asia Minor. Kibyra, later Kibyrrha, had been founded by the Lycian district inhabited by the Solymi.

French theologian and moralist. (d. 1458)

Missionary, born at Limoges, France, 14 August, 1727; died at Peking, China, 8 August, 1780.

A chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament.

Italian Augustinian and cardinal. (1835-1902)

Ecclesiastical archæologist. (1633-1698)

A titular see of Cyprus.

The Arachite, i.e. the native of Archi, a place south of the portion of Ephraim, near Bethel.