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ABERDOUR , a See also:village of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pleasantly situated on the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, 172 M. N.W. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway and 7 M. N.W. of See also:Leith by steamer, it is much resorted to for its excellent See also:sea-bathing. There are ruins of a See also:castle and an old decayed 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, which contains some See also:fine See also:Norman See also:work. About 3 m. S.W. is Donibristle See also:House, the seat of the See also:earl of See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray (See also:Moray), and the See also:scene of the See also:murder (Feb. 7, 1592) of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, 2nd (See also:Stuart) earl of Murray. The See also:island of Inchcolm, or Island of See also:Columba, m. from the shore, is in the See also:parish of Aberdour. As its name implies, its associations date back to 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 Columba. The See also:primitive 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-roofed See also:oratory is supposed to have been a See also:hermit's See also:cell. The Augustinian monastery was founded in 1123 by See also:Alexander I.
The buildings are well preserved, consisting of a See also:low square See also:tower, church, cloisters, See also:refectory and small See also:chapter-house. The island of Columba was occasionally plundered by See also:English and other rovers, but in the 16th See also:century it became the See also:property of See also:Sir James Stuart, whose See also:grandson became 2nd earl of Murray by virtue of his See also:marriage to the See also:elder daughter of the 1st earl. From it comes the earl's See also:title of See also:Lord St Colme (1611).
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