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RAYMOND OF SABUNDE, or SABIENDE (fl. 1434)

HENRY JARVIS RAYMOND (1820-1869)

RAYMUND OF TOULOUSE (sometimes also called Raymund of St Giles, after a town to the south of Nimes)

RAYMUND OF TRIPOLI

GUILLAUME THOMAS RAYNAL

RAYNALD OF CHATILLON (d. 1187)

FRANCOIS JUSTE MARIE RAYNOUARD (1761-1836)

STEPHEN TIMOFEEVICH RAZIN (d. 1671)

RAZOR (O.F. razor, mod. rasoir, from racer, to scrape, rase, Late Lat. rasare, frequentative of radere, to scrape)

RC (:N•OH)R'-RC(OH)

CHARLES READE (1814-1884)

SIR COWASJI JEHANGIR READYMONEY (1812-1878)

JOHN HENNINGER REAGAN (1818-1905)

REALISM (from Low Lat. realis, appertaining to res, things, as opposed to ideas and imaginations)

REAM (either through Du. riem, or O.Fr. reyme, reyme, mod. rame, Med. Lat. risma, from Arabic rizmah, bale or bundle)

REAPING (from O.E. rypan, rypan, probably allied to " ripe," mature, i.e. " fit for reaping "; the cognate forms are found in other languages)

REAR VAULT (Fr. arriere voussure)

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR (1683-1757)

REBAB, or RABAB (Persian rubab;2 Arabic rebab, rababa;3 Sp. rave, rabe,' rabel, arrabel, arrabil;s Fr. rubebe; It. rubeba)

REBATE (Fr. rabat, from rabattre, to beat back)

REBEC, or REBECK (Med. Fr. rubebe, rebelle, rebec, gigue; Ger. Rubeba, Rebek, Geige, Lyra ; Ital. ribeba, ribeca, lyra; Sp. rabel, rabeca, rave, rabe)

JOHANN PETER REBEL (176o-1826)

REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

JEANNE FRANCOISE JULIE ADELAIDE RECAMIER (1777-1849)

RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

RECENT LITERATURE

RECENT LITERATURE (where references to older works will be found)

RECENT SCHOOLS OF

RECEPT (from Lat. recipere, to take back)

RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

RECHABITES, or SONS OF RECHAB

RECIDIVISM (from Fr. recidiver, to relapse and fall again into the same fault, or repeat the same offence as one committed before)

RECIFE, or PERNAMBUCO

RECIPROCITY (Lat. reciprocus, returning back the same way, alternating, probably from re back and pro forward)

RECITAL (from Lat. recitare, to read out, particularly of a public document)

RECLAMATION OF LAND

JEAN JACQUES ELISEE RECLUS (1830-1905)

RECOGNIZANCE (from Lat. recognoscere, to acknowledge)

RECONNAISSANCE (from Fr. reconnaitre, to recognize, Lat. recognoscere)

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

ROBERT RECORDE (c. 1510-1558)

FIPPLE FLUTE RECORDER

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

RECUSANT (from Lat. recusare, to refuse)

RED RIVER SETTLEMENT

RICHARD REDGRAVE (1804-1888)

JOHN EDWARD REDMOND (1851- )

REDOUBT (Fr. redoute, from Med. Lat. reductus, a place of retreat, refuge, reducere, lead back, retire; the intrusive b is due to the O. Fr. redoubter, to fear, Lat. dubitare, to doubt)

REDWING (Swed. Rodvinge, Dan. Roddrossel, Ger. Rotdrossel, Du. Koperwiek)

FREIHERR VON OSKAR REDWITZ (1823-1891)

REED INSTRUMENTS (Fr. instruments a anche; Ger. Blas-instrumente mit Zungen; It. Strumenti a ancia)

ANDREW REED (1787-1862)

ISAAC REED (1742—1807)

JOSEPH REED (1741—1785)

THOMAS BRACKETT REED (1839—1902)

REEDBUCK (Dutch rietbok)

REEL (O.E. hreol, glossed by the Med. Lat. alibrum in .lelfric's Glossary, c. 1o5o; the word is of unknown origin; it does not appear in cognate languages, and Celtic forms such as Gaelic ruidhil are from English)

THOMAS REES (1777–1864)

REEVE (O. E. gerefa)

CLARA REEVE (1729–1807)

HENRY REEVE (1813–1895)

JOHN SIMS REEVES (1818-1900)

REFECTORY (med. Lat. refectorium, from reficere, to refresh)

REFLECTION OF LIGHT

THE REFORMATION

REFORMATORY SCHOOL

REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

REFORMED CHURCHES

REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH

REFRACTION (Lat. refringere, to break open or apart)

REGALIA (Lat. regalis, royal, from rex, king)

REGENERATION OF LOST PARTS

REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

REGGIO CALABRIA (anc. Regium, q.v.)

REGICIDE (Lat. rex, a king, and caedere, to kill)

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

REGINON, or REGINO

REGIOMONTANUS (1436-1476)

REGIUM (Gr. `Pi ytov: in Latin the aspirate is omitted)

REGIUM DONUM, or ROYAL GIFT

JEAN FRANCOIS REGNARD (1655-1709)

REGNAULT DE SAINT JEAN

HENRI REGNAULT (1843-1871)

HENRI VICTOR REGNAULT (1810-1878)

JEAN BAPTISTE REGNAULT (1754-1829)

HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER (1864– )

MATHURIN REGNIER (1573–1613)

REGRATING (O.Fr. regrater, to sell by retail)

MARCUS ATILIUS REGULUS

ADA REHAN (186o- )

REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)

REHOBOAM (Heb. re)zab`am, probably " the clan is en-'arged," see Ecclus. xlvii. 23, although on the analogy of Rehabiah and Bab. ra'bi-ilu, `Am may represent some god; Septuagint reads po(3oa,u)

ANTON JOSEPH REICHA (1770-1836)

GEORG VON REICHENBACH (1772–1826)

REICHENBERG (Czech, Liberec)

AUGUST REICHENSPERGER (1808–1895)

NAPOLEON FRANCIS JOSEPH CHARLES REICHSTADT

ROBERT REID (1862– )

SIR GEORGE REID (1841- )

SIR ROBERT GILLESPIE REID (184o-19o8)

SIR WILLIAM REID (1791-1858)

THOMAS REID (1710-1796)

THOMAS MAYNE REID (1818-1883)

WHITELAW REID (1837- )

HERMANN SAMUEL REIMARUS (1694-1768)

JOSEPH REINACH (1856- )

JOSEPH TOUSSAINT REINAUD (1795-1867)

CARL HEINRICH CARSTEN REINECKE (1824—1910)

CHARLES STANLEY REINHART (1844—1896)

JOACHIM CHRISTIAN REINHART (1761—1847)

KARL LEONHARD REINHOLD (1758-1823)

JOSEPH HUBERT REINKENS (1821-1896)

JOHANN JACOB REISKE (1716-1774)

GABRIELLE REJANE

ADRIAN RELAND (1676-1718)

RELAPSING FEVER (Febris recurrens)

AND DENSITY RELATION OF PRESSURE

AND DENSITY OF TEMPERATURE RELATION OF PRESSURE

RELATIONSHIPS AND

RELATIVES OF THE PROPHET

RELATIVITY OF KNOWLEDGE

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

CUSTOM FOLKLORE RELIGION

REVERSION REMAINDER

REMAND (Lat. remandare)

REMBRANDT (1606-1669)

REMEDIOS, or SAN JUAN DE LOS REMEDIOS

ST REMIGIUS (c. 437-533)

FREDERICK REMINGTON (1861-1909)

REMINISCENCE (from Lat. reminisci, to remember)

JEAN PIERRE ABEL REMUSAT (1788-1832)

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN BELGIUM AND

THE RENAISSANCE

ERNEST RENAN (1823-1892)

ALPHONSE FRANCOIS RENARD (1842-1903)

RENAUD DE MONTAUBAN (Rinaldo di Montalbano)

EUSEBE RENAUDOT (1646-1720)

THEOPHRASTE RENAUDOT (1586-1653)

RENE LOUIS DE VOYER DE PAULMY

RENEE OF FRANCE (1510-1575)

EUGENE RENEVIER (1831– )

JAMES RENNELL (1742-1830)

RENE AUGUSTE CONSTANTIN DE RENNEVILLE (1650-1723)

JOHN RENNIE (1761–1821)

FIRMIN AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841– )

SIR PETER LE PAGE RENOUF (1822-1897)

CHARLES BERNARD RENOUVIER (1815-1903)

JAMES RENWICK (1662–1688)

REP, REPP, or REPS

REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

ILJA JEFIMOVICH REPIN (1844– )

REPINGTON (or REPYNGDON), PHILIP (d. 1424)

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

REPRIEVE (reprise, from Fr. reprendre)

REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

REPRODUCTION OF

IN ANATOMY REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

JOHANN GEORG REPSOLD (1771–1830)

REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

REPUBLICAN PARTY

LUIS DE ZUNIGA Y REQUESENS (? -1576)

LETTERS OF REQUEST

COURT OF REQUESTS

REREDOS (Anglo-Fr. areredos, from arere, behind, and dos, back)

RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

ANDRE DE RESENDE (1498-1573)

GARCIA DE RESENDE (1470-1536)

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

RESERVATION OF THE

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

RESIDUE (through the French, from the Lat. residuum, a remainder, from residere, to remain)

RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

RESORCIN (meta-dioxybenzene), C5H4(OH)2i one of the dihydric phenols. It is obtained on fusing many resins (galbanum, asafoetida, &c.)

TRUST COMPANIES RESOURCES OF STATE BANKS

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, modern repit, Lat. respectus, regard, consideration, respicere, to look back at)

RESPONDENT (from Lat. respondere, to answer)

RESPONSE OF TISSUES TO

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

REST OF THE WORDS OF BARUCH

NICOLAS EDME RESTIF (1734–1806)

JEAN RESTOUT (1692–1768)

RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

JEAN DE RESZKE (1850- )

RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened form derived from Med. Lat. retrotabulum)

RETAINER (from " retain," Lat. retinere, to hold back, keep)

RETENE (methyl isopropyl phenanthrene), C18H

RETFORD (officially EAST RETFORD)

ALFRED RETHEL (1816–1859)

RETINITE (Gr. /o/T1vrt, resin)

RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)

RETORT (Lat. retorquere, to twist or turn back)

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

RETRENCHMENT (Fr. retrenchemen.t, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short)

RETROGRADE (from the Lat. retro, backwards, gradiri, to go)

CARDINAL DE JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL DE GONDI RETZ (1614-1679)

SEIGNEURS AND DUKES OF RETZ

JOHANN REUCHLIN (1455–1522)

ALFRED VON REUMONT (1808-1887)

FRANZ HEINRICH REUSCH (1823-1900)

HANS HENRIK REUSCH (1852– )

EDOUARD GUILLAUME EUGENE REUSS (1804–18gr)

FRITZ REUTER (1810-1894)

BARON DE PAUL JULIUS REUTER (1821-1899)

BARON GUSTAF ADOLF REUTERHOLM (1756-1813)

REVAL, or REVEL (Russ. Revel, formerly Kolyvan; Esthonian, Tallina and Tannilin)

REVEILLE (Fr. reveillez, imperative of reveiller, to awaken, Lat. re- and vigilare, to watch)

BOOK OF REVELATION

MASTER OF THE REVELS

COUNT CHRISTIAN DITLEV FREDERICK REVENTLOW (1748-1827)

REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

PAUL REVERE (1735–1818)

REVEREND (Lat. reverendus, gerundive of revereri, to revere, pay respect to)

REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

ALBERT REVILLE (1826- )

REVIVAL FIRST SEEN IN SCULPTURE

REVIVAL OF PALNTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE

THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL (le tribunal revolutionnaire)

JEAN FRANCOIS REWBELL (1747-1807)

MARIE ROCH LOUIS REYBAUD (1799-1879)

ERNEST REYER (1823- )

REYNARD THE FOX

JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS (182o-1863)

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)

WALTER REYNOLDS (d. 1327)

RHADAMANTHUS (Gr. Rhadamanthys)

RHAETIC (Fr. Rhetien or Rhcetien; Ger. Rhdt or Rhktisch; It. Retico)

RHAMNUS PURSHIANA

RHANKAVES (commonly also RHANGABE), ALEXANDROS RHIZOS (1810-1892)

RHAPSODIST (Gk. Rhapsodos)

RHAYADER (Rhaiadr-Gwy)

JOSEPH GABRIEL RHEINBERGER (1839-19or)

BEATUS RHENANUS (1485-1547)

RHETICUS, or RRAETICUS (1514-1576)

RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (OSTEO-ARTHRITIS, ARTHRITIS DEFORMANS)

CONSTANTINE RHIGAS

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

RHINE PROVINCE, or RHINELAND

RHINTHON (c. 323–285 B.C.)

CECIL JOHN RHODES (1853-1902)

JAMES FORD RHODES

RHODESIA (so named after Cecil Rhodes)

RHODIUM [symbol Rh; atomic weight 102.9 (0=16)]

RHONDDA (formerly YSTRADYFODWG)

RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)