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Ivory

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The tusks of the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, and other animals: a tough and elastic substance, of a creamy white, taking a high and lasting polish, largely employed in the arts since pre-historic times, and used extensively in making or adorning ecclesiastical objects by the primitive and medieval Christians.

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Ivo of Chartres, Saint

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Essay on the life and writings of this bishop, who died in 1116.

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Ives, Levi Silliman

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Born at Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.A., 16 September, 1797; d. at New York, 13 October, 1867. He was one of the most distinguished converts to the Church made in the United States through the influence of the Tractarian Movement of 1848-49.

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Ittenbach, Franz

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Historical painter; born at Königswinter, at the foot of the Drachenfels, in 1813; died at Düsseldorf, 1879.

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Itinerarium

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A form of prayer used by monks and clerics before setting out on a journey, and for that reason usually printed at the end of the Breviary, where it can be conveniently found when required.

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Itineraria

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Under this term are comprised two kinds of works: travellers' relations describing the places and countries visited by them, together with such incidents of the voyage as are worth noting; and compilations intended to furnish information for the guidance of travellers, i.e. works which we now distinguish as books of travel and guide-books.

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Ite Missa Est

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This is the versicle chanted in the Roman Rite by the deacon at the end of Mass, after the Post-Communions.

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Italy

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In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine-producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to have been taken from vitulus, to signify a land abounding in cattle, was applied at first to a very limited territory.

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Italo-Greeks

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The name applied to the Greeks in Italy who observe the Byzantine Rite.

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Italian Literature

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The modern language of Italy is naturally derived from Latin, a continuation and development of the Latin actually spoken among the inhabitants of the peninsula after the downfall of the Roman Empire.

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Issachar

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Ninth son of Jacob, and name of the tribe descended from him.

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Israelites

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The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or Israel.

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Islip, Simon

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An Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Islip, near Oxford; d. at Mayfield, Sussex, 26 April, 1366.

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Isleta Pueblo

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The name of two pueblos of the ancient Tigua tribe, of remote Shoshoncan stock.

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Islam (Concept)

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An Arabic word which, since Mohammed's time, has acquired a religious and technical significance denoting the religion of Mohammed and of the Koran, just as Christianity denotes that of Jesus and of the Gospels, or Judaism that of Moses, the Prophets, and of the Old Testament.

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