See also:CHANGRA, or KANGHARI (anc. Gangra; called also till the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Caracalla, Germanicopolis, after the See also:emperor See also:Claudius)
, the See also:chief See also:town of a "sanjak of the same name in the See also:Kastamuni vilayet, See also:Asia See also:Minor, situated in a See also:rich, well-watered valley; See also:altitude 2500 ft
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The ground is impregnated with See also:salt, and the town is unhealthy
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Pop
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(1894) 15,632, of whom 1o86 are Christians (Cuinet)
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Gangra, the See also:capital of the Paphlagonian See also:kingdom of See also:Deiotarus Philadelphus, son of See also:Castor, was taken into the See also:Roman See also:province of See also:Galatia on his See also:death in 6–5 B.C
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The earlier town, the name of which signified " she-See also:goat," was built on the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill behind the See also:modern See also:city, on which are the ruins of a See also:late fortress; while the Roman city occupied the site of the modern
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In See also:Christian times Gangra was the See also:metropolitan see of See also:Paphlagonia
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In the 4th See also:century the town was the See also:scene of an important ecclesiastical See also:synod
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Synod of Gangra.—Conjectures as to the date of this synod vary from 341 to 376
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All that can, be affirmed with certainty is that it was held about the See also:middle of the 4th century
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The synodal See also:letter states that twenty-one bishops assembled to take See also:action concerning See also:Eustathius (of Sebaste?) and his followers, who contemned See also:marriage, disparaged the offices of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, held conventicles of their own, wore a See also:peculiar See also:dress, denounced riches, and affected especial sanctity
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The synod condemned the Eustathian practices, declaring however, with remarkable moderation, that it was not virginity that was condemned, but the dishonouring of marriage; not poverty, but the disparagement of honest and benevolent See also:wealth; not See also:asceticism, but spiritual See also:pride; not individual piety, but dishonouring the See also:house of See also:God
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The twenty canons of Gangra were declared ecumenical by the See also:council of See also:Chalcedon, 451
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See Mansi ii. pp
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1095-1122; See also:Hardouin i. pp
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530-540; See also:Hefele 2nd ed., i. pp
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777 sqq
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(See also:English trans. ii. pp
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325 sqq.)
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