J
Ji:
w
833
L
or lay·Lrothers, lake
c.reof lhe
lC~lporal
airairs of
gcd 10 marry, and aman who lives to twcnlyunlllar'
the fociety; and lhe profelTed Olembers, which com-
ried, is
~cconntd
as aau.lly :i vi ng in fin .
poCe the body of lhe Cociety, befides lhe lhree fimple
The
Je~vs,
it is Caid, l'Iere formcrly at the (lirpoCal
vows, add a [pecial
\'OW
of obedience to the head of
of thc clnef lord wheTe they Jived , and likewife
~Il
lhe church in every thing relating to miffions among i-
th~ir
goods. A
Jew
may be a IVitneCs by our J.w,
dolalers aod heretics. They have profelTed houCes for
belng [woro on the OldTeflament, and takiog lhe
oath~
their profelTed members and their coadjutors ; colleges,
10 the government.
in IVhich the fciences are taught lO rlrangers; .nd fe-
For a farther accounl of the Jew,
Cee
l!le anieles
minaries, in ",hieh lhe young JeCuits go through
a
CARA ITES, CI RCUMC ISION, L EV ITES, PASSOV6R ,
courfe of philofophy and theology. Theyare
govern-
PII ARIS EES, RABB INS , SAO DUCE DS, S,l.IllfE D&Ht ,
ed by a,general, who has four . ffirlants, and who ap-
S YN ~COC UE,
TAL MU D,
&c.
poinls rca on, fuperiors of houCes, provincials, vifi tors, ]EIV'S E<AR S, in botany, Sce TUt4ELLÁ.
and commilTaries. The difciplineof lhefe houfes, and IGLAW,
a
10IVn of Germany , in the province of Mo.
efpcei.lly of the colleges, \Vas regul. ted by Ignatius
ravia, Gtuated on the river Igla, on the CraD, iers of
himfclf. On aecount of lhe grofs doarines and bad
Bohemia ; fu bjea 10 the houCe of Aullria:
E.
long.
praélices of the Jefuits, the order, wit,hin Ihefe felV
1
S· 7',
N. Jal.
49°
16'.
yem, has been fupprelTed in mofl Roman-catholic IGNAVOS, in 'Zoology. Sce BUOTPU I.
countries; Ihe members
b~nifhed,
and their goods con· IGNIS. Sce FIRD.
Gfeated.
IcN tS-rATuus. Sce WILL.wiJh'(J-'U';¡¡"
JET, io natural hiflory, a folid, dry, opake, inAamma- IGNITLON, in chcmiflry, the heating mClals red.bot,
ble fubrlanee, found in large detaebed matres, of
a
fine
",ithout melting them.
and regular nruélure, having
a
grain like that of wood, IGNORANCE, Ihe privatioo orabf"".e of knowledcc.
fplitting more eafily horizontally than io any olher
The caufes of ignorance, according 10 Loeke, . re
direaion, very light. moderately hard, not fufible,
chieRy thefe tbree.
¡,
Want of ideas.
2 .
Wao! of
but readily inAammable, and burning
a
loog time with
a
difeoverable eODnea ioo between the ideas "'e /uve.
a
fine greenifh Rame.
3.
Waot of tracing and examining onr idea!l. See
It is of a fioe deep brack colour, , ery glolTy and
METAPHY$lCS.
fhioiog, eKcept upon its furface, ",here it has oeen IGUANA, in zoology. See LÁCElTA.
fouled by accidento When examined
by
Ihe miero- IHOR. the capital of Ihe proviDee of Ibor, io Malacca,
(cope, it is found
1<1
be eompofed of a number of pa-
nea¡ Ule fouth cape of the further peninfula of lodia,
ralle! pl¡tes, very Ihin, and b id c10fely upon one a- fubjea to the DUlch : E. loo.
103°,
N. lar.
~o.
aother. It is hat foluble in, nor makes any effervef- lLCHESTER, a borough·tolVo of SometfetOlire, four -
c:ence ",ith acids. It Ihould be chofen of the deepelt
teen miles fouth of
Wdls.
Ir
feods two members to
black, of
a
moderate hardnefs, very light, and fuch
parliament.
as
\lliII
fpl il mofl evenly in an horizontal direétion ; ILEX, lhe KOLM'OAK, or EVER' CHEN OAK , io bo-
thil being its great charaaerillic, by which it isdillin-
lany, a genus of the tetrandria letragYDia clafs. The
guilhed from tbe caonel coal, which breaksequally eafy
calix has four teeth; Ihe corolla is rotated ; il has no
aDy way.
Itylus; and the berrycontaios four feeds. There are
Jet is of grm ufe 10 perfumers, and is fomelimes five fpeeies, none of them natives of Brilain. The
prefcribed iDmedicine. Diofcorides tells us, that it
kermes of the fhops adheres and ís gathered off the
is ao exeellent emollient and difeutieor, and recom-
branches of the ilex aquifolium. T he kermes is
~
mends a fumigation of it for difeafes of the womb ;
round grain about the bulk of a pea. Thefe grains
and among the eaflero nations, it is rlill io Itigh repute
appear full of fmall reddifh ovula, or animalcules, of
as a cordial, a flrengthener, and prolonger of Jife.
whieh Ihey are the oidús.. T hc kermes is a grateful
Emy pound of jet pays on importatian a duty of
mild relhingent and corroborant.
7T\,%-<!.
aod draws back
6~'Jrd .
on exportation.
ILHEOS, or RIODE ILHE OS, a provinee of Brazil in
JET D'
H U,
a
Freneh term, frequently alfo Ilfed with
foulh America, fubjea to Portugal.
lt
is bounded
us, for a founlainthat ealls
up
water lO a confidcrable
by the bay of AII·faints
00
the
n~nh,
aod by Ihe At·
height io Ihe airo
lantic oceao onthe ean.
JEWEL, any precious (\one, or ornament befet wilh ILIAC . ASSION , in medicine. See MEOICI NE,
them. See lhearticles DJAM OND, RUBY,
&c.
ILlACUS MUSCU LUS, in anatoOly. See ANA TO/H ,
JEWS, IhoCe who profcCs obedience to the IaIVS aod re–
ligion of Mofes.
When a modem Jewbuilds an houfe, he murl leave
part of il unfuroifhed, in remembrance that tite temple
.nd JeruCalem nolV Jie defolate. Theylay great (Irefs
upon frequent IVa(h ings. T hey abflain fr6m meats
plOhibiled by Ihe Levilical law; for whieh rcafon,
",halever they
ea!
mull be drelTtd by Jews, . nd after
a manner peculiar la Ihemfdves. Every Jew is obli-
VO L.
11.
No.
61.
1
P·
2
04·
ILIAD, Ihe name of an ancien! epie poem, Ihe fi rCl and
fi nefl of tbore compofed by Homer.
Thepoet's dcfi gn inIhe iliad IVas to (hcw Ihe
Gr~eks,
\Vito IVcre di,·ided into fcveral little /lates, halV mllch
il IVas tbri r
i~leren
to prefer.e a harmony and good
\lnderllanding among themfdves: for which end, he
fcts befole thcm tbe calamities that befe! Iheir ancef·
tors (rom the \Vrath of Achilles, and his r.Jifunder-
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