Choctaw Indians
An important tribe or confederacy of Muskogean stock formerly holding most of Southern Alabama and Mississippi, with adjoining portions of Louisiana.
Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, Gilbert
French bishop, b. 1613; d. at Paris, 31 December, 1689.
Choiseul, Etienne-François, Duc de
French statesman, b. 28 June, 1719; d. in Paris 8 May, 1785.
Chorepiscopi
A name originally given in the Eastern Church to bishops whose jurisdiction was confined to rural districts.
Chrismal, Chrismatory
Formerly used to designate the sheath, or cloth-covering (theca) in which relics were wrapped up.
Christ, Order of the Knights of
A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple.
Christchurch
Its centre being Christchurch, the Capital of Canterbury, New Zealand. Diocese comprises the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, a small portion of the Province of Nelson, and th…
Christendom
In its wider sense this term is used to describe the part of the world which is inhabited by Christians.
Christian Archæology
That branch of the science which is the study of ancient Christian monuments.
Christian Brothers of Ireland
An institute founded at Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, by Edmund Ignatius Rice, a merchant of that city.
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