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christianity into that island
Moore has a poem on the subject in his Irish Melodies.
Christians of St
Thomas. There are said to have been in the southern parts of Malabar some 200,000 persons who called themselves "Christians of St. Thomas" when Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498.
Christmas box
A small gratuity given on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day). Boxes placed in churches for casual offerings used to be opened on Christmas Day, and the contents, called the "dole of the Christmas box," or the "box money," were distributed next day by the priests. Apprentices used, also, to carry a box round to their masters' customers for small gratuities.
Christmas cards
These are of compara- tively recent origin, the earliest having, it is said, been designed in 1844 by W. C. T. Dobson, R.A., a painter of pretty works of that nature.
Christmas come early
An event happens sooner than expected
Christmas comes but once a year
One should enjoy and indulge during special occasions
christmas compliments
A cough, kibed heels, and a snotty nose.
Christmas decorations
The great feast of Saturn was held in December, when the people decorated the temples with such green things as they could find. The Christian 'custom is the same transferred to Him who was born in Bethlehem on Christmas Day. The holly or holy-tree is called Christ's-thorn in Germany and Scandinavia, from its use in church decorations and its putting forth its berries about Christmas time.
Christmas graduate
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Christmas tree bill
A bill overloaded with unnecessary amendments
Christopher Croker
Famous at the siege of Bordeaux, and companion of the Black Prince when he helped Bon Pedro to the throne of Castile.
Christy Minstrels
For many years the mid- Victorian publics of London and New York were entertained and delighted by the troupe of black-faced minstrels organized by an American, Edwin Christy (1815-62). To the accompaniment of various stage-negro antics they sang plantation songs and cracked innocent jokes with Bones, Sambo, and the rest. They were succeeded by the Moore and Burgess, and other troupes of the same genre.
chrome
handguns
chrome dome
A bald or partially bald person
chrome horn
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Chronicle of Worcester
Early in the 12th century a monk of Worcester, named Florence, wrote a chronicle from the creation to the year 1118, when he died. The work was carried on until 1141, and it was printed in London in 1592. With all its inevitable defects and errors it serves as a key to the Saxon chronicle.
chub
He is a young chub, or a mere chub; i.e. a foolish fellow, easily imposed on: an illusion to a fish of that name, easily taken.
chubby
Round-faced, plump. Probably from the same derivative as CHUB, which means literally a fish with a big head.
chuck
Food.
chuck
My chuck; a term of endearment.
chuck
Bread or meat; in fact, anything to eat. Also a particular kind of beefsteak.
chuck a jolly
To bear up or bonnet, as when a costermonger praises the inferior article his mate or partner is trying to sell. See CHI-IKE.
chuck a stall
To attract a person’s attention while a confederate picks his pockets, or otherwise robs him.
chuck it
to give up or abandon something
chuck you Farley
Fuck you.
chuckaway
Food.
chuckle-head
Much the same as "buffle head," "cabbage head," "chowder head," "cod’s head,"—all signifying that large abnormal form of skull generally supposed to accompany stupidity and weakness of intellect; as the Scotch proverb, "muckle head and little wit."—Originally Devonshire, but now general.
chuckle-headed
Stupid, thick-headed.
chucks!
Schoolboy’s signal on the master’s approach.
chuff it
I.e., be off, or take it away, in answer to a street seller who is importuning you to purchase. Halliwell mentions CHUFF as a "term of reproach," surly, &c.
chuffy
Round-faced, chubby.
chull
Make haste. An abbreviation of the Hindostanee CHULLO, signifying "go along." CHULL is very commonly used to accelerate the motions of a servant, driver, or palanquin-bearer.
chum
A chamber-fellow, particularly at the universities and in prison.
chum
An intimate acquaintance. A recognised term, but in such frequent use with slangists that it almost demands a place here. Stated to be from the Anglo-Saxon, CUMA, a guest.
chum in the water
Something that attracts people's attention or interest
chum up
to become or try to become friendly with someone
chummage
Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. When prisons are very full, which is too often the case, particularly on the eve of an insolvent act, two or three persons are obliged to sleep in a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room, and sleep on the stairs, or, as the term is, ruff it.
chumming-up
An old custom amongst prisoners before the present regulations were in vogue, and before imprisonment for debt was abolished; when a fresh man was admitted to their number, rough music was made with pokers, tongs, sticks, and saucepans. For this ovation the initiated prisoner had to pay, or "fork over," half-a-crown—or submit to a loss of coat and waistcoat.
chummy
A chimney-sweep—probably connected with chimney; also a low-crowned felt hat. Sometimes, but rarely, a sweep is called a clergyman—from his colour.
chump
The head or face. Also one end of a loin of mutton. A half-idiotic or daft person is said to be off his chump.
chump change
A small amount of money
chunder
Vomit.
chunk
To throw.
chunk
Among printers, a journeyman who refuses to work for legal wages; the same as the flint among taylors. See FLINT.
chunk
A thick or dumpy piece of any substance, as a CHUNK of bread or meat.—Kentish.
chunky
Large.
church a yack
(or watch), to take the works of a watch from its original case, and put them into another one, to avoid detection.—See CHRISTEN.
church and state
Separation of religious and governmental institutions
Church at Istanbul
It was built by Justinian (532-7), but since the capture of the city by the Turks (1453) has been used as a mosque. It was not dedicated to a saint named Sophia, but to the "Logos," or Second Person of the Trinity, called Hagia Sophia (Sacred Wisdom).
Church at Rome
They are (1) 1123; held under Calixtus II; it confirmed the Concordat of Worms; (2) 1139, when Innocent II condemned Anacletus II and Arnold of Brescia; (3) 1179, under Alexander III; it was concerned with the election of popes; (4) 1215, when Innocent III condemned the Albigenses; and (5) 1512-17, under Julius II and Leo X, when the Canons of the Council of Pisa were abrogated.
Church of Christ on earth
In the medieval hierarchy (see ANGEL) the Archangels comprise an order of the third division.
Church of Rome
Ultramontane opinions or tendencies are those which favour the high "Catholic" party. Ultramontane (beyond the mountains, i.e. the Alps) means Italy or the old Papal States. The term was first used by the French, to distinguish those who look upon the Pope as the fountain of all power in the Church, in contradistinction to the Gallican school, which maintained the right of self- government by national churches. Cp. TRAMONTANE.
Church of Scotland
See PRESBYTERIAN, which became the established religion of Scotland on the abolition of Episcopacy in 1638. The head of the Church is the Mod- erator, and it is regulated by four Courts: the General Assembly, Synod, Presbytery, and Kirk Sessions.
church officers
He ordained metropolitans, convened councils, received appeals, and was the chief bishop over several countries or provinces, as an archbishop is over several dioceses. It was also the title given by the popes to the archbishops of Lisbon and Venice, in order to make the patriarchal dignity appear distinct from and lower than the papal, and is that of the chief bishop of various Eastern rites, as the Jacobites, Armenians, and Maron- ites.
church scot
A tribute paid on St. Martin's pay (November llth) in support of the clergy in Anglo-Saxon times. It was originally paid in corn, but later other goods in kind, or money, were taken.
church warden
A Sussex name for a shag, or cormorant, probably from its voracity.
church work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
Churches dedicated to St
Giles were usually situated in the outskirts of a city, and originally without the walls, cripples and beggars not being permitted to pass the gates. See CRIPPLE- GATE.
churchwarden
A long pipe, "a yard of clay;" probably so called from the dignity which seems to hedge the smoker of a churchwarden, and the responsibility attached to its use. Sometimes called an Alderman.
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