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144 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON XVI.
ST. BRIDGET.
RELIGIOUS (re-lid'-jus,) a., as applied to a community, religious indi­ cates that the persons who rm it are bound again, that is, have taken the vows of religion,-poverty, chastity, and obedience. F. religieux, om religio, L., the bond or obligation of man to God, om ligo, I bind.
VEIL, n., that part of a nun's religious dress which covers the head and in part conceals the ce. A veil was anciently a mark of subjection, and as such was worn by married women: in religious women it is a sign of their alliance and engagement with their heavenly Spouse. F. voile, om velum, L., a covering.
VIRGIN (ver'-), n., a maiden who has preserved her chastity: it is sometimes applied to a man; St. John E. is styled "the virgin dis­ ciple :"-it is also used to denote anything pure or uncontaminated. S. virgen; L. virgo, om vir-ago (vir, a man, om vis, strength, and ago, [ act), a woman who acts like a man;-that is, practises virtite ( om vir) and per rms deeds of heroism be tting a man, -a Christian man, and soldier of Christ.
W1 ow (wid'-o), n., a wi bereft of her husband, i. e., separated from him by death. Go. wi wo; L. vidua, a widow, om viduus, be­ reaved, and this om the ob. iduo, I separate.
D1'ocEss, n., the circuit of a bishop's jurisdiction; the division of archbishop's province under the junsdiction of each bishop :-a po tion of an inhabited country. '. diocese; G. dioikesis, om dioi­ ein, to dwell apart: oikos, a house, a possession.
ILLUS1TRIOUS, a.., noble, mous. L. illustris, om lu,strum, a clarify- ing, a purifying.
DEPUTA1T10 , n., persons specially commissioned or delegated to tran - act or manage any a air. F. deputation, om puto, L., I adjust. P1L1GRIM, n., one who makes a journey of penance or devotion; a
traveller. D. pelgrim; L pellegrino, om L. peregrinus, a travel­
ler :-pereger (per, and ager, a eld).
MEN1DIOANT, n., one who begs alms. F. mendiant; L. mendicus, om
men , a de ciency, a want.
BISH'oP, n., one of the rst order of the clergy; literally an overseer.
A.S. bisceop ,· L. episcopus; G. iscopos,-epi, over or into, and skopeo, I look, I see.
TnE institution of male monasteries, or·nunne­ ries, such as, in the urth century, were established abroad by Melania, and other pious women, was in­ troduced into Ireland, towards the close of the fth century, by St. Bridge; and so general was the en-