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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 218 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ADULLAM , a Canaanitish See also:

TOWN

town in the territory of the tribe of See also:

JUDAH

Judah, perhaps the See also:

MODERN

modern `Aid-el-Ma, 7 M. N.E. of See also:

BEIT, ALFRED (1853-1906)

Beit-Jibrin. It was in the stronghold (" See also:

cave " is a scribal See also:

ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error) of this town that See also:

David took See also:

REFUGE

refuge on two occasions (I Sam. xxii. 1; 2 Sam. V. 17). The tradition that Adullam is in the See also:

GREAT

great cave of. Khareitun (St See also:

CHARITON

Chariton) is probably due to the crusaders. From the description of Adullam as the resort of " every one that was in See also:

DISTRESS

distress," or " in See also:

DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt," or " discontented," it has often been humorously alluded to, notably by See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott,, who puts the expression into the mouth of the See also:

Baron of See also:

BRADWARDINE, THOMAS (c. 1290-1349)

Bradwardine in Waverley, See also:

CHAP

chap. lvii., and also of See also:

Balfour of Burley in Old Mortality. In modern See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

HISTORY

history the expression " cave of Adullam " (hence " Adullamites ") came into See also:

COMMON

common use (being first employed in a speech by See also:

John See also:

Bright on the 13th of See also:

March 1866) with regard to the See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent attitude of See also:

Robert See also:

Lowe (See also:

Lord See also:

Sherbrooke), See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

HORSMAN, EDWARD (1807–1876)

Horsman and their Liberal supporters in opposition to the Reform See also:

BILL

Bill of 1866. But others had previously used it in a similar connexion, e.g. See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

Lincoln in his second electoral See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign (1864), and the Tories in allusion to the Whig remnant who joined C.

J. See also:

Fox in his temporary See also:

SECESSION

secession. From the same usage is derived the shorter political See also:

TERM

term " cave " for any See also:

BODY

body of men who secede from their party on some See also:

SPECIAL

special subject.

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