A dictionary of the . sense of a church-building. CHURCHES, ROBBERSOF, is the translation in Acts 19 : 37,instead of robbers of temples or sacrilegious persons. CHURN. See Butter. 3 : 8-10. A king of Mesopotamia,and an oppressor of the Israelites. Oth-niel, Calebs nephew, delivered themfrom his dominion. CHUZA (a seer ?), the steward ofHerod Antipas. His wife, Joanna, wasone of the women who ministered to185 CIL CIS Jesus in life and in death. Luke 8:3;24:10. CILICIA, the south-easterly prov-ince of Asia Minor, having Cappadociaon the north, Syria on the east, t
A dictionary of the . sense of a church-building. CHURCHES, ROBBERSOF, is the translation in Acts 19 : 37,instead of robbers of temples or sacrilegious persons. CHURN. See Butter. 3 : 8-10. A king of Mesopotamia,and an oppressor of the Israelites. Oth-niel, Calebs nephew, delivered themfrom his dominion. CHUZA (a seer ?), the steward ofHerod Antipas. His wife, Joanna, wasone of the women who ministered to185 CIL CIS Jesus in life and in death. Luke 8:3;24:10. CILICIA, the south-easterly prov-ince of Asia Minor, having Cappadociaon the north, Syria on the east, theMediterranean Sea on the south, andPamphylia and Pisidia (?) on the Cilieia was a rich plain ; west-ern Cilicia was rough and mountainous,lying on the Taurus range. Its capitalwas Tarsus, and many of its peoplewere Jews. It is frequently mentionedin the book of Acts. 6:9; 15 : 23, 41;21 : 39 ; 22 : 3 ; 23 : 34; 27 : 5 ; andGal. 1:21. See Tarsus. CINNAMON. Song Sol. 4:14. Awell-known aromatic, produced from the. Cinnamon. (C. zeylanecum. After Dr. Birdwood.)inner bark of a tree which grows chieflyin Ceylon, and being peeled off and cutinto strips curls up in the form in whichit is usually seen. The cinnamon treebelongs to the laurel family, and attainsthe height of 30 feet. Cinnamon wasone of the ingredients of the holy oil,Ex. 30 : 23, and was probably an articleof commerce in ancient Babylon. :13. CINNEROTH. 1 Kgs. 15 : as CIRCUMCISION (cutting round),a rite or ceremony of the Jewish relig-ion, which consisted in cutting off theforeskin of all males on the eighth dayafter their birth. It was established asthe token of Gods covenant with Abra-ham, Gen. 17: 9-14, who immediatelysubjected himself and all his family toits observance. The precept of circum-cision was renewed to Moses, Ex. 12:44; Lev. 12:3; John 7: 22, 23, requir-ing that all should submit to it whowould partake of the paschal Jews have always been very scru-
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