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Chalcis

noun
1.
Type genus of the Chalcididae.  Synonym: genus Chalcis.



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... highly esteemed and venerated; he buried himself in the catacombs, and lived like a monk. Then his inquiring nature compelled him to travel for knowledge, and he visited whatever was interesting in Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor, and especially Palestine, finally fixing upon Chalcis, on the confines of Syria, as his abode. There he gave himself up to contemplation and study, and to the writing of letters to all parts of Christendom. These letters and his learned treatises, and especially the fame of his sanctity, excited so much interest that Pope Damasus summoned ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV • John Lord



Words linked to "Chalcis" :   family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae, Chalcididae, Chalcidae, genus Chalcis, arthropod genus



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