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MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

MEDIATION (Lat. medius, middle)

MEDIATIZATION (Ger. Mediatisierung, from Lat. mediatus, mediate, middle)

MEDICAL EDUCATION

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, or FORENSIC MEDICINE

GIACOMO MEDICI (1817-1882)

MEDIEVAL AND LATER ITALIAN

MEDIEVAL AND MODERN

MEDIEVAL MINUSCULE

7TH DUKE OF DON ALONSO PEREZ DE GUZMAN EL BUENO MEDINA SIDONIA (1550-1615)

MEDINA SIDONIA, or MEDINASIDONIA

JOSE TORIBIO MEDINA (1852- )

MEDIOLANUM, or MEDIOLANIUM (mod. Milan, q.v.)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MEDJIDIE, or MEJIDIE

FIELDING BRADFORD MEEK (1817—1876)

JAN VAN DER MEER (1632-1675)

OSWALD MEER (1809–1883)

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

MEGANUCLEUS (also called MACRONUCLEUS)

MEGAPODE (Gr. t yas, great and robs, foot)

MEGARA HYBLAEA (perhaps identical with HYSLA MAJOR)

MEGARIAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY

MEHEMET ALI (1769-1849)

MEHIDPUR, or MAFIIDPUR

ETIENNE HENRI MEHUL (or ETIENNE NICOLAS) (1763-1817)

HEINRICH MEIBOM (1555-1625)

HENRI MEILHAC (1831-1897)

JOHANN ALBRECHT FRIEDRICH AUGUST MEINEKE (1790-1870)

MEIR OF ROTHENBURG (c. 1215-1293)

JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONIER (1815–1891)

JUSTE MEISSONIER

MEISTERSINGER (Ger. for " master-singer ")

MEKONG, or ME NAM KONG (pronounced Kawng)

POMPONIUS MELA (ft. c. A.D. 43)

MELANCHLAENI (from Gr. µEtas, and Xtaiva, " Black-cloaks ")

MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

FHILIPP MELANCHTHON (1497–155o)

MELBA [NELLIE PORTER ARMSTRONG] (1859— )

2ND VISCOUNT WILLIAM LAMB MELBOURNE (1779-1848)

MELCHERS (JULIUS) GARI (186o– )

MELCHIADES, or MILTIADES (other forms of the name being Meltiades, Melciades, Milciades and Miltides)

MELCHITES (lit. Royalists, from Syriac melcha, a king)

MELCHIZEDEK (Heb. for " king of righteousness "; or, since Sedek is probably the name of a god, " Sedelt is my king ")

BARON GEORGE BUBB DODDINGTON MELCOMBE (169r–1762)

MELDS (mod. Milo)

MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

MELEDA (Serbo-Croatian, Mljet; Lat. Melita)

MELEGNANO (formerly Marignano)

JUAN MELENDEZ VALDES (1754-1817)

MELETIUS OF ANTIOCH (d. 381)

MELETIUS OF LYCOPOLIS (4th century)

FELIX JULES MELINE (1838– )

ETIENNE MARIN MELINGUE (1808–1875)

MELIORISM (Lat. melior, better)

MELISSUS OF SAMOS

MELLITIC ACID (benzene hexacarboxylic acid), C6(000H)6

MELLITUS (d. 624)

MACEDONIO MELLONI (1798-1854)

MELODRAMA (a coined word from Gr. µEXos, music, and Spaµa, action)

MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

MELON (Late Lat. melo, shortened form of Gr. p XoaEawv, a kind of gourd; µijXov, apple, and a- brow, ripe)

MELOZZO DA FORLI (c.1438–1494)

BARON PIETER MELVILL VAN CARNBEE (1816–1856)

ANDREW MELVILLE (1545-1622)

ARTHUR MELVILLE (1858-1904)

JAMES MELVILLE (1556-1614)

SIR JAMES MELVILLE (1535-1617)

MEMEL, or N1EMEN

HANS MEMLINC (c. 1430-1494)

GAIUS MEMMIUS (incorrectly called Gemellus, " The Twin ")

MEMNON OF RHODES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

MEMORIAL DAY (or DECORATION DAY)

JUAN DE MENA (1411–1456)

PEDRO DE MENA (d. 1693)

LUIGI FEDERICO MENABREA

GILLES MENAGE (1613-1692)

MENAHEM (Hebrew for " consoler ")

MENANDER (342–291 B.C.)

MENANDER (MILINDA)

MENANDER PROTECTOR (IIportKro,p, i.e. one of the imperial bodyguards)

JOACHIM MENANT (1820—1899)

MENASHA (an Indian word meaning " thorn " or " island ")

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL (c.1604–1657)

MENDICANCY (from Lat. niendicus, in a condition of beggary, a word of unknown origin)

MENDICANT MOVEMENT AND ORDERS

ANTONIO HURTADO DE MENDOZA (1593?-1644)

DIEGO HURTADO DE MENDOZA (1503-1575)

PEDRO GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA (1428-1495)

MARCELINO MENENDEZ Y PELAYO (1856- )

AGRIPPA MENENIUS LANATUS

ANTONY RAPHAEL MENGS (1728-1779)

MENIAL DEPARTMENT

MENIN (Flemish Meenen)

MENINGITIS (from Gr. z veyE, a membrane)

JUSTUS MENIUS (1494-1558)

ADAH ISAACS MENKEN (1835-1868)

MENNO SIMONS (1492-1559)

PRINCE ALEXANDER DANILOVICH MENSHIKOV (1663?–1729)

PRINCE ALEXANDER SERGEIEVICH MENSHIKOV (1787-1869)

MENSURATION (Lat. mensura, a measure)

MENSURATION OF SPECIFIC FIGURES

MENTEITH, or MONTEITII

MENTONE (Fr. Menton)

MENTOR OF RHODES

ADOLPH FRIEDRICH ERDMANN VON MENZEL (1815-1905)

WOLFGANG MENZEL (1798-1873)

MEOATHERIUM (properly Megalotherium)

MEQUINEZ (the Spanish form of the Arabic Miknasa)

MERBECK (or MARBECK), JOHN (d. c. 1585)

MERC (EUR, PHILIPPE EMMANUEL DE LORRAINE, Duc DE (1558-1602)

MERCADIER (d. 1200)

MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

MERCANTILE SYSTEM

MERCAPTANS (Thio-alcohols)

GERARDUS [latinized form of GERHARD KREMER] MERCATOR (1512-1594)

MERCENARY (Lat. mercenarius, from merces, reward, gain)

MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

MARIUS JEAN ANTONIN MERCIE (1845– )

HONORE MERCIER (184o—,894)

LOUIS SEBASTIEN MERCIER (1740-1814)

JOHANN HEINRICH MERCK (1741–1791)

MERCURY (MERCU1uus)

MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)

MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

ADALBERT MERE (1838-1909)

GEORGE MEREDITH (1828-1908)

MEREJKOVSKY (or MEREZHKOVSKIY), DMITRI SERGYEEVICH (1865– )

FRANCIS MERES (1565-1647)

MERGER (Fr. merger, to sink)

MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO

MATTHEW MERIAN (1593–1650)

MERIDA (anc. Augusta Emerita, capital of Lusitania)

MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

PROSPER MERIMEE (1803-1870)

MERIONETH (Welsh, Meirionydd)

MERISTEM (Gr. Aquas-6s, divided or divisible)

CHARLES MERIVALE (1808-1893)

HERMAN MERIVALE (1806-1874)

ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE MERLIN (1762-1833)

COUNT PHILIPPE ANTOINE MERLIN (1754-1838)

FLAVIUS MEROBAUDES (5th century A.D.)

WESLEY MERRITT (1836- )

MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF

MERTHYR TYDFIL, or MERTHYR TYDVIL

CHARLES MERYON (1821-1868)

MESA (Span. mesa, from Lat. mensa, a table)

MESHCHERYAKS, or MESHCHERS

MESHED (properly Mash-had, " the place of martyrdom ")

MESHREBIYA (drinking places)

FRIEDRICH MESMER (or FRANZ) ANTON (1733–1815)

MESNAGER (or LE MESAGNER), NICOLAS (1658-1714)

MESNE (an Anglo-French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. " mean ")

MESONERO ROMANOS

MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

MESOXALIC ACID (dioxymalonic acid), (HO2C)2C(OH)2

MESQUITE, or HONEY LOCUST

MESS (an adaptation of O. Fr. mes, mod. mets; Ital. messo; derived from the Late Lat. missum, past participle of mittere " to send or place in position ")

MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

ANDRE CHARLES PROSPER MESSAGER (1853– )

MARCUS VALERIUS MESSALLA CORVINUS (64 B.C.-A.D. 8)

VALERIA MESSALLINA

MESSENIA (Gr. M€ rcr vrl or M€o o vta)

MESSIAH (Dan. x. 25, 26)

MESSUAGE (from Anglo-French mesuage, probably a corruption of mesuage, menage, popular Lat. mansionaticuni, from mansio, whence mod. Fr. maison, from manere, to dwell)

MESTIZO (adopted from the Spanish, the Portuguese form being mestico, from Lat. miscere, to mix)

GUSTAVE EMIL EUGENE MESUREUR (1847— )

METABOLIC DISEASES

METABOLISM (from Gr. ,uera(3oXh, change)

METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

METAMERISM (Gr. writ, after, µEpos, a part)

METAMORPHISM (Gr. ise-rci, change of, and liop¢i, shape)

METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

METAPONTUM (Gr. Meraaovrtov, mod. Metaponto)

METASOMATISM (Gr. /sera, change, o-wµa, body)

METASTASIO (1698-1782)

ANDREAS METAXAS (1786-1860)

METAYAGE SYSTEM

WILLARD LEROY METCALF (1858– )

METEMPSYCHOSIS (Gr. µF El.4/1Xco rts)

METEOR (Gr. µerEwpa, literally " things in the air,” from µera, beyond, and aeip6Lv, to lift up)

METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

METHODISM IN THE UNITED

METHODIST NEW CONNEXION

METHODIUS (c. 825-885)

BARONY OF METHUEN

METHYL ALCOHOL (CH3OH)

METICULOUS (through Fr. meticuleux, from Lat. meticulosus, timid, cautious; metus, fear)

THEODORE METOCHITA

METONYMY (Gr. µerwvvµia, change of name, from µEra denoting change, and avo.ia, name)

METOPE (Gr. ierbml, a middle space)

METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

ANA MILLIMETRES CENTIMETRES METRE DIVIDED INTO DECIMETRES

METRIC SYSTEM (adapted from Gr. p rpov, measure)

METRONOME (Gr. Orpov, measure, and voµos, law)

METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

GABRIEL METSU (1630—1667)

ANTONY FRANCIS VAN DER MEULEN (1634–1690)

CONSTANTIN MEUNIER (1831-1905)

FRANCOIS PAUL MEURICE (1818-1905)

MEURSIUS [JOHANNES VAN MEURS] (1579-1639)

MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

MEVANIA (mod. Bevagna)

PETER MEWS (1619-1706)

MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)

FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO

CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON MEYER (18or-1869)

HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM MEYER (1800-1873)

JULIUS LOTHAR MEYER (183o-1895)

KONRAD FERDINAND MEYER (1825-1898)

VICTOR MEYER (1848-1897)

[MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE MEYER (184o- )

GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1863)

ALICE CHRISTIANA MEYNELL (1850— )

MELCHOIR MEYR (1810-1871)

FRANCOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY (1610—1683)

PHILIPPE DE MEZIERES (c. 1327—1405)

MEZZANINE (It. mezzano; Fr. entresol; Ger. Zwischengeschoss)

GIUSEPPE CASPAR MEZZOFANTI (1774-1849)

MFUMBIRO, or KIRUNGA

EDWARD MIALL (1809-1881)

MIANTONOMO ( ? -1643)

MIAOTSZE, or MIAUTSE

ANDREAS VOKOS MIAOULIS

MICHAEL (1596-1645)

MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")