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MOLOCH, or MOLECH (in Hebrew, with the doubtful exception of i Kings xi. 7, always " the Molech ")

COUNT ADAM GOTTLOB MOLTKE (1710-1792)

COUNT ADAM WILHELM MOLTKE (1785-1864)

COUNT VON HELMUTH CARL BERNHARD MOLTKE (1800-1891)

MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

MOLY (Gr. mu Xu)

96 Mo; atomic weight MOLYBDENUM [symbol (0=16)]

THEODOR MOMMSEN (1817–1903)

MONAD (Gr. µovas, unit, from µovos, alone)

MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

MONASSIR (MONASIR)

MONASTIC BUILDINGS

MONASTICISM (Gr. p.ovacrnabs, living alone, µ6vos)

MONASTIR, or BITOLIA

LORD JAMES BURNETT MONBODDO (1714-1799)

DUKE OF CONEGLIANO BON ADRIEN JEANNOT DE MONCEY (1754-1842)

LUDWIG MOND (1839-1909)

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

CLAUDE MONET (184o- )

MONETARY CONFERENCES (INTERNATIONAL)

MONFORTE, or MONFORTE DE LEMOS

MONG NAI (called by the Burmese and on most old maps Monti)

MONG PAI (called Mobye by the Burmese)

MONG PAN (the Burmese Maingpan)

GASPARD MONGE (1746-1818)

MONGOLIAN LAMBS

MONGREL (earliest form mengrel, probably from the root meng-, or mong-, to mix, cf. mingle, among)

MONISM (from Gr. µ6vos, alone)

MONITION, or ADMONITION (Lat. monere, to admonish)

MONITOR (from Lat. monere, to warn, advise)

MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)

MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE

JAMES HENRY MONK (1784-1856)

MARIA MONK (c. 1817—1850)

WILLIAM COSMO MONKHOUSE (1840—1901)

ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER MONKSWELL

MONLUC, or MONTLUC

MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)

BATTLE OF MONMOUTH (1778)

JAMES SCOTT MONMOUTH

1ST EARL OF ROBERT CAREY MONMOUTH (c. 1560-1639)

MARC MONNIER (1827-1885)

MONOCHORD (Gr. µovb op6ov, rcavwv µovvucos)

MONOCLINIC SERIES

MONOCYCLIC TERPENE

ADOLPHE MONOD (1802–1856)

GABRIEL MONOD (1844– )

MONODELPHIA (i.e. " single uterus,"—in allusion to the fusion of at least the basal portions of this organ, and in contradistinction to their duality in the Didelphia, or Marsupialia)

MONOGRAM (from Late Lat. monogramma, in Late Gr. µovoypaµµov, from µovos, single, ypaµµa, letter)

MONOLOGUE (from Gr. µovos, alone, and X yos, speech)

MONOPHYSITES (Gr. ,uovocva"erat)

MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

MONOTHELITES (µovoOe? rai, monothelitae, from Gr. phvos, only, OEXe.v, to will)

MONOTREMATA (a name referring to the single outlet for all the excretory channels of the body)

MONOTYPIC (Gr. µbvos, alone, single, and 'rb ros, a type)

MONREALE (contraction of monte-reale, so called from a palace built here by Roger I.)

DAVID BINNING MONRO (1836-1905)

MONROE DOCTRINE

JAMES MONROE (1758-1831)

MONROSE (1783-1843)

MONS (Flemish Bergen)

MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)

MONSIGNOR (It. monsignore, my lord)

SIR WILLIAM MONSON (c. 1569-1643)

MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)

COUNT ZU GEORG MONSTER (1776-1844)

MONSTRANCE (through the French from Lat. monstrare, to show)

ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET (c. 1400-1453)

MONTAGNAIS (Fr. " mountaineers ")

MONTAGU (Family)

MONTAGU (or MOUNTAGUE), RICHARD (1577-1641)

ELIZABETH ROBINSON MONTAGU (1720-1800)

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU (1689–1762)

1ST DUKE OF RALPH MONTAGU (c. 1638-1709)

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592)

JUAN PEREZ DE MONTALBAN (1602–1638)

CHARLES FORBES RENE DE MONTALEMBERT (1810-1870)

MARC MONTALEMBERT

GIUSEPPE MONTANELLI (1813-1862)

JUAN MARTINEZ MONTARES (c. 1580-1649)

ARTHUR DE MONTAUBAN (d. 1479)

CHARLES DE MONTAUSIER

MONTBELIARD MONTCALM DE SAINT

COUNT LOUIS PIERRE MONTBRUN (1770-1812)

MONTCALM DE SAINT

ANTOINE DE MONTCHRETIEN (1575 or 1576-1621)

GIOVANNI DI MONTE CORVINO (c. 1247—1328)

MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE

MONTE SAN GIULIANO

MONTE SAN SAVINO

MONTE VULTURE (anc. Vultur)

THOMAS MONTEAGLE

4TH BARON WILLIAM PARKER MONTEAGLE

MONTECRISTO (anc. Oglasa)

MONTECUCCULI (MONTECUCCOLI), RAIMONDO, COUNT OF (1609-1680)

SIR MOSES HAIM MONTEFIORE (1784–1885)

JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH EMILE MONTEGUT (1825–1895)

AMANS ALEXIS MONTEIL (1769–1850)

MONTELEONE CALABRO

MONTEMAYOR (or MONTEMOR), JORGE (1520?-156x)

MONTERREY (usually spelled Monterey in English)

BARON DE LA BREDE ET DE CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755)

MARQUISE DE CHARLOTTE JEANNE BERAUD DE LA HAYE DE RIOU MONTESSON (1737-1805)

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDE (1567-1643)

SAN FELIPE Y SANTIAGO DE MONTEVIDEO

BERNARD DE MONTFAUCON (1655-1741)

COUNT OF MONTFERRAT

MONTFLEURY (d. 1667)

EARL OF LEICESTER SIMON DE MONTFORT (d. 1265)

COMTE DE JEAN GABRIEL MAURICE ROQUES MONTGAILLARD (1761-1841)

COUNT VON MAXIMILIAN JOSEF GARNERIN MONTGELAS (1759-1838)

ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE (c. 1550-c. 161o)

MONTGOMERY ( Tre' Faldwyn)

COMTE DE SEIGNEUR DE LORGES GABRIEL MONTGOMERY (c. 1530-1574)

JAMES MONTGOMERY (1771-1854)

ROBERT MONTGOMERY (1807-1855)

MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Welsh Swydd Tre' Faldwyn, Baldwyn's town shire)

MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

MARQUIS DE CHARLES TRISTAN MONTHOLON (1782-1853)

COMTE DE FRANCOIS DOMINIQUE DE REYNAUD MONTLOSIER (1755-1838)

MONTLUC (or MoNLuc), BLAISE DE

ANNE MONTMORENCY

MATHIEU JEAN FELICITE DE MONTMORENCY

COMTE DE ARMAND MARC MONTMORIN DE SAINT HEREM (1745-1792)

ANNE MARIE LOUISE MONTPENSIER

COUNTS AND DUKES OF MONTPENSIER

COMTE DE CLAUDE DE BOURDEILLE MONTRESOR (c. 16o6-1663)

GERBERT DE MONTREUIL (fl. 13th century)

COMTE DE CASIMIR MONTROND (1768-1843)

MARQUESS OF JAMES GRAHAM MONTROSE (1612—1650)

MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF MONTROSE

MONTSERRAT, or MONSERRAT

MANUEL MONTT (1809-1880)

JEAN ETIENNE MONTUCLA (1725-1799)

BARON DE ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE ROBERT AUGET MONTYON (1733-1820)

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

MONVEL (1745-1812)

MONZA (locally Monscia)

MOODKEE, or MUDKI

DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY (RYTHER) (1837-1899)

MOOLVIE (an Urdu variant of Arabic maulavi, a derivative of mullah, a man learned in the law)

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

1ST BARONET SIR RICHARD MOON (1814-1899)

WILLIAM MOORCROFT (c. 1770–1825)

ALBERT JOSEPH MOORE (1841–1893)

EDWARD MOORE (1712–1757)

GEORGE MOORE (1853– )

GEORGE FOOT MOORE (1851– )

HENRY MOORE (1831–1895)

JOHN MOORE (1729-1802)

SIR JOHN MOORE (1761-1809)

THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852)

MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)

MZABITES KABYLES MOORS

MOPLAH (Malayalam mappila)

JOSE MORA (1638-1725)

MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)

FRANCISCO DE MORAES (c. 1500-1572)

EDWARD MORAN (1829–1901)

THOMAS MORAN (1837– )

MORAT (Ger. Murten)

OLYMPIA FULVIA MORATA (1526-1555)

LEANDRO ANTONIO EULOGIO MELITUN FERNANDEZ DE MORATIN (176o-1828)

NICOLAS FERNANDEZ DE MORATIN (1737-1780)

MORATORIUM (from Lat. mora?i, to delay)

MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or MORAVIAN CHURCH

MORBHANJ, or MAYURBHANJ

EARL MORCAR (fl. ro66)

MORDECAI BEN HILLEL

HANNAH MORE (1745-1833)

HENRY MORE (1614-1687)

SIR THOMAS MORE (1478-1535)

JEAN MOREAS (1856-1910)

MEDERIC LOUIS MOREAU DE SAINT MERY

GUSTAVE MOREAU (1826-1898)

HEGESIPPE MOREAU (18ro-1838)

JEAN VICTOR MARIE MOREAU (1763-1813)

MORELIA (formerly Valladolid)

JOHN DANIEL MORELL (1816-1891)

ANDRE MORELLET (1727-1819)

GIOVANNI MORELLI (1816-1891)

AGUSTIN MORETO Y CAVANA (1618-1661)

IL MORETTO (" The Blackamoor," a term which has not been particularly accounted for)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORGAGNI (1682-1771)

DANIEL MORGAN (1736-1802)

EDWIN DENNISON MORGAN (1811-1883)

JOHN HUNT MORGAN (1825-1864)

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837–1913)

LEWIS HENRY MORGAN (1818-1881)

LADY SYDNEY MORGAN (c. 1783-1859)

THOMAS MORGAN (d. 1743)

MORGANATIC MARRIAGE

RAFFAELLO SANZIO MORGHEN (1758-1833)

SIMON MORHIER (d. c. 1450)

DANIEL GEORG MORHOF (1639-1691)

JAMES MORIER (1780-1849)

SIR ROBERT BURNETT DAVID MORIER (1826-1893)

EDUARD FRIEDRICH MORIKE (1804-1875)

JEAN MORIN (latinized JOANNES MORINUS) (1591-1659)

MORION (the French form of a word occurring in Spanish as morrion, Ital. morione, usually connected with the Span. morra, top or crown of the head)

MORISCOS (i.e. little Moors)

JAMES AUGUSTUS COTTER MORISON (1832-1888)

KARL PHILIPP MORITZ (1757-1793)

GEORGE MORLAND (1763-1804)

JOHN MORLEY MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN]

BARONS AND EARLS OF MORLEY

GEORGE MORLEY (1597-1684)

HENRY MORLEY (1822-1894)

SAMUEL MORLEY (18o9–1886)

MORMAOR, or MORMAER (from two Gaelic words mor, great, and maor, a steward or bailiff)

PHILIPPE DE MORNAY (1549-1623)

CHARLES AUGUSTE LOUIS JOSEPH MORNY

ANTONIO MORO (c. 1512-1575)

MORON DE LA FRONTERA

GIOVANNI MORONE (1509-1580)

GIAMBATTISTA MORONI (c. 1510-1578)

MORPHOLOGY (Gr. yopdsil, form)

PAUL CHARLES MORPHY (1837–1884)

JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL (1810–1898)

CLARA MORRIS [MORRISON] (1849– )

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (1752–1816)

JOHN MORRIS (1810-1886)

RICHARD MORRIS (1833–1894)

ROBERT MORRIS (1734–1806)

SIR LEWIS MORRIS (1833–1907)

WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)

ARTHUR MORRISON (1863– )

RICHARD JAMES MORRISON (1795-1874)

ROBERT MORRISON (1782-1834)

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE (1791—1872)

DUKE OF TREVISO EDOUARD ADOLPHE CASIMIR JOSEPH MORTIER (1768-1835)

LOUIS LAURENT GABRIEL DE MORTILLET (1821-1898)

MORTIMER (Family)

MORTISE, or MORTICE (adapted from the Fr. mortaise; cf. Ital. mortise and Spanish mortaja; the origin is unknown; Celtic equivalents, such as Gaelic moirteis, are of French origin)

MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. Lat. mortua manus, dead hand)

4TH EARL OF JAMES DOUGLAS MORTON (c. 1525-1581)

JOHN MORTON (c. 1420-1500)

JOHN MADDISON MORTON (1811-1891)

LEVI PARSONS MORTON (1824- )

OLIVER PERRY MORTON (1823-1877)

THOMAS MORTON (1564-1659)

THOMAS MORTON (c. 1590-1646)

MORTUARY (Med. Lat. mortuarium, from mortuus, dead)

HUGH DE MORVILE

FYNES MORYSON (1566-163o)

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)

IGNAZ MOSCHELES (1794–1870)

JOHANN MICHAEL MOSCHEROSCH (1601–1669)

MOSCHOPULUS ("little calf," probably a nickname), MANUEL

MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)

MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)

MOSEL (Fr. Moselle)

JULIUS MOSEN (1803—1867)

JOHANN JAKOB MOSER (1701-1785)

JUSTUS MOSER (172o-1794)

MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)

MOSES OF CHORENE

ASSUMPTION OF MOSES

JOHANN LORENZ VON MOSHEIM (c. 1694-1755)

HENRY MOSLER (1841– )

MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

MOSQUITO (Span. mosquito, a gnat, diminutive of mosca, a fly)

MOSQUITO COAST AND RESERVE (MOSQUITIA or RESERVA MOSQUITA)