See also: JOHN (Heb. llni') , Volt¢nan, " Yahweh has been gracious," Gr. 'Iw&vvrls, See also:Lat. Joannes, Ital. Giovanni, Span. Juan, See also:Port. Joao, Fr. See also:Jean, Ger. Johannes, Johann [abbr. Hans], Gael. Ian, Pol. and See also:Czech See also:Jan, Hung. Janos), a masculine proper name See also:common in all See also:Christian countries, its popularity being due to its having been See also:borne by the " Beloved See also:Disciple " of See also:Christ, St John the Evangelist, and by the forerunner of Christ, St John the Baptist. It has been the name of twenty-two popes—the See also:style of Popes John XXII. and See also:XXIII. being due to an See also:error in the number assumed by John XXI. (q.v.)—and of many sovereigns, princes, &c. The See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order followed in the See also:biographical notices below is as follows: (1) the Apostle, (2) the Baptist, (3) popes, (4) See also:Roman emperors, (5) See also:kings; John of See also:England first, the See also:rest in the alphabetical order of their countries, -(6) other See also:sovereign princes, (7) non-sovereign princes, (8) See also:saints, (9) theologians, chroniclers, &c. Those princes who are known by a name in addition to John (John See also:Albert, &c.) will be found after the See also:article JOHN, See also:GOSPEL OF.
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