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Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem

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The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration.

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Hospitallers

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During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St. Augustine.

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Hospitality

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In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West.

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Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus

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These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine (q. v.), the institute being dependent on the pope represented by the bishop.

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Hospice

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During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind.

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Hosius, Stanislaus

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Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Ermland; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 May, 1504; died at Capranica, near Rome, S August, 1579.

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Hosius of Cordova

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The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; died about 358.

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Hosanna

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The general opinion is that of St. Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm cxvii (cxviii), 25. This psalm, was recited by one of the priests every day during the procession round the altar, during the Feast of Tabernacles, when the people were commanded to "rejoice before the Lord" (Lev., xxiii, 40); and on the seventh day it was recited each time during the seven processions.

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Hortulus Animæ

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A prayer book popular in the early years of the sixteenth century.

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Hornyold, John Joseph

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A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England; born 19 February, 1706; died at Longbirch, Staffordshire, 26 December, 1778.

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Hôpital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L'

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Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704.

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Hope-Scott, James Robert

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Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, 29 April, 1873.

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Hope

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The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it.

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Hooke, Luke Joseph

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Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the historian.

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Hoogstraten, Jacob van

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A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; died in Cologne, 24 January, 1527.

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Hood

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A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face.

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Hontheim, Johannes Nicolaus von

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An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept., 1790.

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Honour

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May be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station.

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