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He ceased not in his attacks upon paganism, which he even designated as a superstition of by-gone times. Ile commanded the heathen temples, in many places, to be closed, or to be converted into churches;. in other cities they were destroyed, and the idols of the gods broken into pieces, or removed. I e em­ ployed every means within his power to induce the idolaters to embrace the new ith ; and it appears, that towards the close of his reign, he published a universal prohibition, which rbade the public wor­ ship of the gods ; the law, however, was never en rced.
APPE LA1TION, n., name. F. appellation, om appello, L., I appeal, I call.
Asso'crATE, v., to join, to combine. L. associare,-ad, and sociare, to join: sociuN, a companion.
PRoM1INENCEs, n., parts projecting, hanging, or standing out from. F. prominences, om (L.) promineo,-pro, and mineo, I hang or 8t:rnd om or over.
STRUc'TURB, n., _ rm, make. F. structu,re, from struere, L., to build. CELLS, n., secret or retired places of abode. L. cell , probably from '
celo, I conceal.
META , a1PHOSES, n., c1·anges in shape or rm. L. metamorphoses,
om (G.) meta, instead of, and mo he, shape.
DEXTER1rTY, n., skill, readiness of contrivance. '. dexterite. from x­
ter, L., the right hand (the right being the hand by which, gener­ ally, what is skilful in manual operations is per rmed), and this om decho ai, G., I take hold.
EQu 'ALENT, n., a thing or substance of the same utility. F. equi­ valent,-i. e., que valens (L.), equally e cacious :-valere, to be of rco or power, to prevail.
Vrs'crn, a., tenacious, sticking like glue. F. viscide, om viscum, L., the miletoe, the berry of which is glutinous.
D1MEN1sroNs, n., size, bulk, or extent. F. and S. dimensions, om (L.) dimetire,-mens s, to measuro,
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,LESSON XII.
THE HABITATION OF BEES.