1000000030

call il fi xty, fome eighlY, ano fome an hundred acres.

HID E·ROUNO. See FARKIERY, p. 563.

HIERACHIUM, HAWKWEED, in bOlany, genus of

Ihe fyngenelia polyg'Olia requalisclafs. Thereeeplacle

is naked; Ihe ealix is oval and imbriemd; and Ihe

pappus is fimple and fenile. There are 28 fpeeies,

8 of Ihemnalives of Brilain. T he leaves of the pilo.

fella, or eomOlon creeping moufe·ear, are reeommend·

ed as anringenls.

HIERACITES, in ehureh.hinory, Chrinian hemies in

the third eentury, fo ealled fromIheir leaoer Hierax,

a philofopher of Egypt; who taught thal Melchifedek

was Ihe Holy Cho!!, denicd Ihe refurretlion, and con·

demnedmarriage.

HIERARCHY, among divines, denotes the fubordína·

tion ofangels.

Someof the rabbins reekon four, others ten, orders

or ranks of angels; and give Ihem dilferent names,

aeeording 10Iheir dilferent degrees of powerand know–

ledge.

HI ERARCH

likewife denotes the fubordination of the

c1ergy, eeclefia(lieal polity, or Ihe eonnilulion and go–

vernment of the Chnl\ian ehureh eonfidered as a fo–

ciety.

H1EROCLYPHICS, in anliqu:ly, myl\ieal eharatlers,

fymbol~

in ufe among Ihe Egyptians, ano Ihat as

well in tbeir wrilings as inferiplions; being Ihe figures

of vanous anifTlQls, the parls of human bodies, and me–

cbaoieal in(lruments.

BUI befides Ihe hieroglyphies in eommon ufe among

the people, Ihe priens had eerlain myflieal eharatlers,

in whieh Ihey wrapped up and eooeealed Iheir doc–

trines from Ihe vulgar.

is raid, Ihal Ihefe fome–

thing refembled the Chinefe charatlers, and that

Ihey \Vere Ihe inrcmion of Hermes. Sir John Mar–

Ibam conjetlures, that Ihe u[e of Ihefe hieroglyphi–

cal figures of animals introdueed the /lrange wor–

Ibip paid themby Ihal nation :

Eor

as thefe figures were

made choice of, aceording to the refpetlive qualilies

of eaeh animal, to exrrefs Ihequalilies and dignilYof

the perfons reprefeoled by them, wbo were generally

Iheir gods, prinees and great men, and being placed

in Iheir temples, as Ihe images of Iheir deities; heoee

they came tOpaya fupernilious veneration 10 Ihe ani–

mals rhemfeJve!.

The meaning of a few of Ihefe hicroglyphics, has

been prefcrved by aoeienl w, ilers. Thus we are lold

Ihey reprcfcnled Ihe fupreme DeilYby a ferpeot wilh

IbeAcad of a hawk. The hawk ilfelr was Ihe hiero·

glyphie of Ofiris; Ihe river·horfe, of T yphon; Ihe

dog, ofMereury; Ihe

cat,

of Ihemoon, or Diana; Ihe

beel!e, of aeouragious warrior; a new·boro child, of

• Ihe rifing fun ; and Ihe like.

HIEROGRAMMATlSTS,

holy regiOers, were

an order of priells among Ihe ancienl Egyplians, who

prefid ed over learning and religion.

They had Ihe eare of Ihe hieroglyphics, and were

Ihe ex pofilorS of religious doélrines and opin:ons. They

\Vere 10o!led upon as a klOd of prophels, and il is pre–

lended tI,al oneof Ihcm prcditled 10nn Egyplian king,

Ihat aD Ifraclile, (mtwing Mofes) cDlincOl for

hi~

qualifiealions and alchievemenls, IVould Idren'and de.

prefs Ihe

E ~y plian

monarchy.

HI EROMANCY, in amiquilY, Ihal pan of divinalion

whieh predifted fUlure events from obférving Ihe va–

rious Ihings

olf~red

in faerifi ce. See DIVINATION

aod SACR,r'C E.

HEROMNEMON, Ihe name of an ollieer in the Creek

chureh, whofe principal funtlion it was 10 lIand behind

Ihe palriareh al the facramenls and olher eeremonies

of the ehureh, and

lhe\V him Ihe prayers, pfalms,

ce.

in Ihe order iD whieh Ihey were 10 be rehm[ed.

HIEROPHANTES, in Greeiao antiquilY, rhe name

whieh Ihe Athenians ealltd Ihofe priens and prietleffes

who were appoinled by the /lale 10 have Ihe fupenifal

of Ihings faered, and 10 takeeare of Ihe faerifiees.

HIEROPHYLAX, an oflieer in Ibe Creekehureh, whG

was guardian or keeper of Ihe holy ulenfils, veflmenl5,

&e.

anfwering 10our faerina or venry.keeper.

HICH WAY, a free paffage for Ihe kiog's fubjetls, on

whieh aeeount il is ealled Ihe kiog's high-way, Iho'

Ihe freehold of Ibe /oil belong 10 Ihe owoer of Ihe

land. Thofe ways Ibat lead from one town 10 ano–

Iher, and fueh as are drifl or eart-ways, and are fo!

all travellers in great roads, or Ihat eommunieale with

Ihem, arehigh-ways only; and as 10 Ibeir reparation,

are under Ihe eare offurveyors.

HICHAM·FER:RERS, a borough 10WO of Nouhamp–

lonlhire, IweJve miles nonh·ea/l of Northamplon:

il fends two members 10 parliamenl.

HIGHNESS, al title giveo 10 priAees. Befare king

Jamts

Ihe kings of England had 00 olher litle bUI

Ihal of highnefs ; whiehwas alfo Ihe cafe of Ihe kings

of Spain before Charles

At prefenr all rhe fons of crowned heads JIre nyled

royal highnefs, as Ihe eletlors of Cermaoy are elee–

IQral highne(s.

HIGHWORTH, or HIGWORTH, a markel-Iown of

Wiltlhire, (¡Iualed thirty miles north of Salifbury.

HILARlA, an aneicnl Roman fenival, obferved on Ihe

eighlh of Ihe ealends of April, or Ihe Iwemy.fifrh day

of March, in honour of Ihe goddefs Cybele.

was

fo ealled from Ihe various expreffions ofjoy and minh

on Ihis oeeafion.

HILARODl, in Ihe ancient mufie and poetry, a fort of

poels among Ihe Greeks, who wenl aboul Gnging

li~tlegay poems or fongs, fomewhal gral'er IhanIhe 100le

piem , aeeompanied wilh fomeinltrument. FromIhe

I\reets Ihey IVere al lenglh inlrodueed inlo tragedy,

as Ihe magodi were inlo eomedy. They appea"J

dreffed in while, and lVere erolVned wilh gold. Al

fi rll lheywore Ihoes, bUl aflerwards Ihey affuOled Ihe

erepida, being only a fole tied over wilh a nrap.

HILARY·TE RM . See T ERM .

HILDESHEIM, Ihe eapilal of a biO,oprie, furrounJed

by Ihe Imilories of Hrunfwie, and

f"bj~ft

10 ils 01\11'

biO'oP: E. long. 10°, N. lal.

52 °

17 .

HILUM, amoog bOlanitls, denotes Ihe eye nr a hean .

HIN,

hebrewmeafuT< of eapaeily for Ihingsli9"irl. con·

" ining Ihe fixlh pm of an cphah, or one g.l\lon IIVO

pinl5, or 2.533 folid inches, EngliO, meJlurc.

11,

NO,