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PISCINA , a Latin word first applied to a See also:fish-See also:pond, and later used for any See also:pool of See also:water for bathing, &c., either natural or artificial, and also for a tank or See also:reservoir. In ecclesiastical usage the See also:term was given to a shallow 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 See also:basin (the See also:French cuvette) placed near the See also:altar in a 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, with drains to take away the water used in the ablutions at the See also:mass. " Piscinae " seem at first to have been See also:mere cups or small basins, supported on perforated stems, placed See also:close to the See also:wall, and afterwards to have been recessed therein and covered with See also:niche heads, which often contained shelves to serve as aumbries. They are rare in See also:England till the 13th See also:century, after which there is scarcely an altar without one. They frequently take the See also:form of a See also:double niche, with a See also:shaft between the arched heads, which are often filled with elaborate tracing.
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