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T E N

TELESCOPE. See O'TI CS. p. 421.

TELESIN. a provinee of Ihe kingdom of Algien, in A.

frica, fituated on lhe confines of the empire of

Mo–

roceo.

IfELLER, an ollieer of Ihe exehequer, in aneien, record.

caBed tallier. There

~re

four of {Itere officers, whofe

duty is

receive all

fUnlS

due

the king, and

gi. e

,he crerk of Ihe pell, a bi ll 'o eharge him Ihere\Vi,h.

They like\\life pay

.I!

money due frem ,he king. by war.

nnt from the auditor of the receipt; and make weekly

and yearly book•• bOlh of Iheir reeeipts aod paymenlS,

" hieh ,hey deliver to Ihe lord 're. Curer.

TELLICHERRY. a pon 10\\ln on ,he M alab.r coarl. in

,he Hilher India. 1hiny ruile. nOrlh of C.llieul : E . Ion.

75°

N. ,lat. 12'°.

TEMESWAER. the eapi,.1 ei,y o( ,he Ranna, of Temef.

waer, lately annexed to Huogary. c.xty miles north·eatl

o( Belgrade: E ...loog .

22 0 ,

N . lat.

45° 55' ,

TEMPERAMENT, .mong phyr.eian., denoles ,he fame

'Wifh conllitiltioo ; or a cenaio habitude of the humours

of [be human body, wbereby

may be denominated

hOI,

~old.

moill, dry. biliou,. faoguine. phlegma,ie, melaneho·

Iie.

&c.

TEMPLARS, •

rcli~iou,

arder iorlÍtuled

jerufalem.

abouth the year

118. 500lc religious I cotlemen

pUl

,hemCel... uoder ,he g<>veromen, of Ihe p.tri.reA of J e·

rural~Rl,

renouDced propcny, m2de

the

vow of cdibaey

and

obedience,

and

Jived Jike

canans

regular. King

B.ldwin alligned them an apar!mcn, iD ,hi, palaee. They

had likewire land. given ,hem by,'he kiog, Ihe p.triareh,

IDd the nobility,

for

the;r maiDteoance. At

6rfi

{herc

were botaiDe

of Ihis order, al d

the

two princip'aJ perCoDs

were Hugo de Pagani•••od Geoflrey o( SI,Om.n. A·

bout nioe

yea"

after their infiitution, a rule :was

drawn

(or ,helD••nd a white habi, alligoed ,helD, by pope

Honorius

About twenty

years aftcrwards,

ia the

popedom of Eugeoiu.

IlI.

,hey h.d red crolfe. fewed

UpOIll

;heir

eJolk"

a lDark of difi iotlion;

¡nd

in a Ihort

timC"tbey

were inereaCed

to about three hundred,

their

cooven,

JeruCalem. They ,ook ,he oame of Knights

Templan. beeaure ,h';r firCt 'hooCe flood near ,he ' em·

pie

dedicated to

our

Saviour al

JeruC2lem.

This

order,

after having

performec;l

many ,real exploits againll:

{he

in6del., beeame rieh and powcful

.11

over

Europe; bu,

the kDigh..,

abur.Dg

,beir weahh and eredit.

(e11

into

grut

díforders and irregularities.

Many

crimes and

e·

narmi,i.. being olledged againrl ,hem, ,bey were proCe.

cuted

Franec,

1t~ly.

and 8pain; aodal Jan, lhe pope,

bi. bull of the 22d o(May

1312,

given in Ihe eOUD.

eil

Vienfla,

pronounced the extin6ion

of the

order of

T.nJpla.., .nd unitcd (heir efl..e. tO Ihé order of SI J ohn

of Jer.Calem.

TEMPLE. a general name for place. of public worOlip.

whetbcl

pagan, Ch'riflian , or

otherwiCe.

BUI

~he

worct,

in a

rdlrained Cenfe.

uCed

denote

the

places,

edi–

fiee,. in whieb ,he pagan. o(fered r.erifiee 10 their falfe

god. ,

TEMPORAL. a lerm generally ufrd for feeular. as a diC.

liM:tion from

eeeldia(lical. T hus we

(ay

temporal lords,

and Cpiritu:;¡)

or ecclcfiaOical

Jords.

T EMPORUM O"A , Se< AN A'r O"Y. p. tSí '

TENAILLE . in fonijieation. See ¡,'ORTlfl CATION, p.

61 9

VOL.

1II. N· 97.

89 1

T E N

T ENANT. one Iha, holds lands or lenemenlS of (ome

lord . or landlord. byrent. feahy.

&c,

See TACK.

TENBURY, a marke' . lown of Woreellerlnire, H IOCD

miles nonh·well of Worcd ler.

TENBY. a

port.lo\

Vnof Pembrokcrhire. r.lua,ed on Brillol

channel : W . long .

4° 45' .

N . I.I.

510. 40"

TENCH , iD ichlhyology. SeeCv"INuS.

TENDE R, a fOl.

Chip, in Ihe·fervieeofmcoofwa r. (ore.r–

rying

ormcn,

provifion"orany

IhingelCe

that is necelf¡¡ ry.

TENDONS, are whitc,

(¡rm,

and tellaeious

parts, conti·

nuous

tO the

murcies, and urually forming their extremi ..

tieso

8ee

ANAT OMY,

Pan 11,

TENEBRJE. an olliee in ,he RomiCh chureh, performed

on W ed neCday. Thurday,

~nd

Friday, iDP anion·wcek,

at which time nei,her flowers nor ¡mages areallowed

(el upon

the

altars,

bUI

they muO be

covered

wilh purple.

TENEBRrO, a genus o( inCeas belonging 'o Ihe order o(

coleoptera.

The

Ja(l

joint

of the

antennz

rou nd jlh ;

lhe brcan is

Comcwhu

convex,

and

marginau:d;

and the

ely'" are hard. T oere .re

fpeeies, priDcipally dif.

tinguilhed

their

colour.

TENEDOS. one of Ihe Cmallen illand. of ,he Arehipclago,

"tua,ed ne", Ihe coarl o( lelfer Ar.a. werl of ,be ruin.

of T roy , E . long.

27°.

N. la, .

3'9

30'.

TENEMENT. properly

fignir.es

a houfe; bu' in a larger

{enfe il is takeg for any

boufe.

hnd, renl, or other thing,

whieh • perCon hold, of .nolher.

TENERIF. one of Ihe largorl of the Canary Inands,

11tu·

aled in the Atlanlie Oeean : W . long.

,,0.

la'.

~8.

beiog ..abo\lt

130

miles in circumference.

frui tful

iOand,

abounding in

coro,

wint:, and oiJ; thotlgh preuy

mucb incumbered with mountaios. of

which

Ihe

ruo11:

remarkabJe

lhat

calJed

lhe Pico of Tenerif, being one

of the highefi

mountains

in the world, in tbe

form

fugar-loaf, ,he whhe 10p whereof may be rceo a, rea up'

wards

one

hundred miles.

TENES,

provinee of Ihe

king~om .r

Igie.., in Afriea.

TENESMUS,

in medicine,

name

given, by

medical

wri·

ters, lO a complainl which is a

(ontigua)

delire

goiog

'o llool. bu' withoul any (1001 being

re.dy

'o be voided.

This

is ufually

aHended with

fome

enmOlH,

Cometimes

wirh

very confiderable

one, in the pare This is pro..

perly no primary difeare, bUI merely a fymptomatie

one,

and

differs

in degrce

according

to Ihe

diCea{e

on which

ie';s

an atteodant.

T E NOR, or T ENOUk. ,he purporl or eoo'ent of a wriling

or in(lrumeol

in law,

O G.

:/!flion

oí

proving

Ihe

TENOR. io Seo..,law. Sec LAW,

T il.

« xx,

22.

T ENOIl,

mufick. the

hr(lI11Can,

middle

pan,

that

which is the ordinary piech

lhe voiee, when

ocilbor

ra¡(ed

a treblc. nar

lowered

lOa bars .

TENSE, in gramOl;¡r. an ¡nOtélion of

.erbs. whereby

they

are made to fi gnify,

difi inguiO\ (he circuru(l,lOce

time. in wh.u

they affirm .

Sec

GItAMr-1AR..

T E NT, '" furgery. ,roll of lin' worked iOlo ,he Chape of

;¡

nail,

wit h :..

broad tLu

head,

T ENT E R, a machine

uCed in

Ihe

c1ol h.manufaélure,

Ilrctch om Ihe pieces of cloth, Huff,

&c.

or ooly to

make th('m

e\'cn, and (el thcm fq uare.

is ulual!y abuul four feel " Id a half high , and for

lengl h excctds Iha, of th e longel! pieee of clulh . 1,

eonlill. of ¡''''eral picees of wood, plaeed Ilke Ihofe whieh

8 M

form

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