See also:

• FALASHAS (i.e. exiles; Ethiopic falas, a stranger)

FALASHAS (i.e. exiles; Ethiopic falas, a stranger)  , or "See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia," a tribe of Hamitic stock, akin to Galla, Somali and See also:

• BEJA (or BiJA)
• BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

Beja, though they profess the Jewish See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . They claim to be descended from the ten tribes banished from the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• LAND

Land . Another tradition assigns them as ancestor Menelek, See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon's alleged son by the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Sheba . There is little or no See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical difference between them and the typical Abyssinians, except perhaps that their eyes are a little more oblique; and they may certainly be regarded as Hamitic . It is uncertain when they became Jews: one See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account suggests in Solomon's 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; another, at the Babylonian captivity; a third, during the 1st See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian era . That one of the earlier See also:

• DATES

dates is correct seems probable from the fact that the See also:

• FALASHAS (i.e. exiles; Ethiopic falas, a stranger)

Falashas know nothing of either the Babylonian or See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud, make no use of phylacteries (tefillin), and observe neither the feast of See also:

• PURIM

Purim nor the See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple . They possess—not in See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew, of which they are altogether ignorant, but in Ethiopic (or Geez)—the canonical and apocryphal books of the Old Testament; a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of extracts from the See also:

• PENTATEUCH

Pentateuch, with comments given to See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses by See also:

• GOD

God on See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• SINAI

Sinai; the Te-e-sa-sa Saribat, or See also:

• LAWS

laws of the See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath; the Ardit, a See also:

• BOOK

book of secrets revealed to twelve See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints, which is used as a See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm against disease; lives of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham, Moses, &c.; and a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus called See also:

• SANA (Send'a)

Sana Aihud . A copy of the Orit or See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law is kept in the holy of holies in every See also:

• SYNAGOGUE (avvaywyii)
• SYNAGOGUE, UNITED

synagogue . Various See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan observances are mingled in their See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual: every newly-built See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house is considered uninhabitable till the See also:

• BLOOD

blood of a See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep or See also:

• FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl has been spilt in it; a woman guilty of a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of chastity has to undergo See also:

• PURIFICATION

purification by leaping into a flaming See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire; the Sabbath has been deified, and, as the goddess Sanbat, receives See also:

• ADORATION (Lat. ad, to, and os, mouth; i.e. " carrying to one's mouth ")

adoration and See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice and is said to have ten thousand times ten thousand angels to wait on her commands . There is a monastic See also:

• SYSTEM

system, introduced it is said in the 4th century A.D. by See also:

• ABA

Aba See also:

• ZEBRA

Zebra, a pious See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who retired from the See also:

• WORLD

world and lived in the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave of Hoharewa, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Armatshoho . The monks must prepare all their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food with their own hands, and no See also:

• LAY

lay See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, male or See also:

• FEMALE

female, may enter their houses . See also:

• CELIBACY (Lat. caelibatus, from caelebs, unmarried)

Celibacy is not practised by the priests, but they are not allowed to marry a second time, and no one is admitted into the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order who has eaten See also:

• BREAD

bread with a Christian, or is the son or See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of a man thus contaminated .

Belief in the evil See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye or See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow is universal, and spirit-raisers, soothsayers and See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain-doctors are in repute . See also:

• EDUCATION

Education is in the hands of the monks and priests, and is confined to boys . Fasts, obligatory on all above seven years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, are held on every See also:

• MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday and See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday, on every new See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, and at the See also:

• PASSOVER

passover (the 21st or 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April) . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual festivals are the passover, the See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest feast, the Baala Mazalat or feast of See also:

• TABERNACLES, FEAST OF

tabernacles (during which, however, no booths are built), the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant or See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly and Abraham's day . It is believed that after See also:

• DEATH

death the soul remains in a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of darkness till the third day, when the137 first sacrifice for the dead is offered; prayers are read in the synagogue for the repose of the departed, and for seven days a formal lament takes place every See also:

• MORNING

morning in his house . No coffins are used, and a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone vault is built over the See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse so that it may not come into See also:

• DIRECT

direct contact with the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . The Falashas are an industrious See also:

• PEOPLE

people, living for the most See also:

• PART

part in villages of their own, or, if they See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in a Christian or See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• TOWN

town, occupying a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter . They had their own See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, who, they pretend, were descended from See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, from the loth century until 'Soo, when the royal See also:

• RACE

race became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, and they then became subject to the Abyssinian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• TIGRE

Tigre . They do not mix with the Abyssinians, and never marry See also:

• WOMEN

women of See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien religions . They are even forbidden to enter the houses of Christians, and from such a pollution have to be purified before entering their own houses . See also:

• POLYGAMY, (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, marriage)

Polygamy is not practised; See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early marriages are rare, and their morals are generally better than those of their Christian masters . Unlike most Jews, they have no liking for See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, but are skilled in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, in the manufacture of pottery, ironware and See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, and are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good masons .

Their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers are variously estimated at from one See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand . Ein varlassener Bruderstamm," in See also:

• BLOCH, MARK ELIEZER (c. 1723–1799)

Bloch's Wochenschrift (7th See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1902), p . 85; J . Faitlovitch, Notes d'un voyage chez See also:

• LES

les Falachas (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1905) .