Calamoraltis (KoXa/K^XoXoc, Vulg. CKornus), given (1 Esdr. ▼, 22) as the name of a place whose ** ions'* were restored after the exile; apparentiy a rarmpt a^lomeration of the names Elaji, Harih, LoD, and Hadid in the genuine text (Ezra ii, 81, 82).
CalSmon. See Stcamina.
Cal'amiui occurs in three passages of the Auth. Vers, for the Heb. ro^, kanek' (Sept. jcoAa/ioc, else- wliere »*reed"): Exod. xxx, 28, among the faigredi- ents of the holy anointing oil ; Cant, iv, 14, in an ennmeration of sweet scente; and Ezra xxvii, 19, anwog the articles brought to the markets of Tyre. The term designates the marsh and river reed gener- ally [see Reed] ; but in the pkces just referred to it ^pears to signify the Mweetfag (cdXa/ioc apiafinrucSc, Dwscor. i, 17), an Oriental plant (cakmaa odoratus, PBn. xfi, 12, 48), of which the Lhrnaean name is Aconu odamas. No doubt the same phint is intended in Isa. xlni,24; Jer. yi, 20, where the Auth. Vers, has sweet «■«. In the latter text the Heb. is y\Utl W^, Ao- «*' hat4oir (L e. ^ood eane), and in Exod. xxx, 28, ^ rog, itmeh^ Wsem (I e. odoriferous cane), "A J«wtod cane is sidd to have been found in a val- |w of Mount Ubanon (Polyb. v, 46; Strab. xvi, 4). The plut has a reedJike stem, which is exceedin^y jngnnt, like the leaves, especially when bruised. It tt of a tawny color, much jointed, breaking mto splin- tos, and having the hollow stem filled with pith like
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Oriental CaUmoa.
a spider's web" (Kalisch on Exod. xxx, 28.) The cal- amus of Scripture is probably the reed by that name sometimes found in Europe, but usual- ly in Asia (The- phrast Piantt. ix, 7; Pliny, xii, 12)i and especially in India and Arabia (Died. Sic ii, 49; Pliny, xii, 48). It grows id moist places in Egypt and Judssa, and in several parts of Syria, bearing
firom the root a knotted stalk, containing in its ^ cavity a soft white pith. It has an agreea* ble aromatic smell, and when cut, dried, and powdered, it forms an ingredient in the rich- est perfhmes (Pliny, xv, 7 ; see Celsii Hie- rob. ii, d26 sq.). The plant from which the "calamus aromaticus" of modem shops u obtained appears to be a different species (Penny Cydopadia, s. v. Acorus). See Cane.
Cal&ntUi saoer (also called pugUkais or fistula), a tube made of gold or silver, with a larger orifice at one end than at the other, through which the conse- crated wine was drawn into the mouth, the large end of the tube being inserted into the chalice. See Chalics.
Calamy, Edmund, an eminent English divine, was bom in London A.D. 1600, and took his B.A. degree at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1619. After spending some years as chaplain to the bishop of Ely, in 1626 he was made a lecturer at Bury St Edmund's, where he continued until the publication of bishop Wren's *' Articles," and the enforcement of the order for the reading of the **Book of Sports," compelled him to protest, and to leave the diocese. He then re- ceived the living of Rochford, but in 1689, having avowed himself a Presbyterian, he was made lecturer of St. Ifary's, Aldermanbnry, in London, which ofilce he filled for twenty years. In the ecclesiastical con- troversies of the times he bore a prominent part He joined with Marshall, Young, Kewcomen, and Spur- stow in writing, under the title of Smectymmuu^ a re- ply to bishop Hall's " Divine Right of Episcopacy." As a preacher Mr. Calamy was greatiy admired, and listened to by persons of the first distinction during the twenty years that he officiated in St Mary's. His ce- lebrity was so well established by his writings, as well as by the distinguished station which he occupied anoong the ministers in the metropolis, that he was one of the divines appointed by the House of Lords in 1641 to devise a plan for reconciling the differences which then divided the Church in regard to ecclesiastical dis- cipline. This led to the Savoy Conference (q. v.), at which he appeared in support of some alterations in the Liturgy, and replied to the reasons urged against them by the Episcopal divines. As a member of the Westminster Assembly (q. v.), he earnestly opposed the execution of king Charles, and promoted the res- toration of his son, who made him one of his chaplains, and offbred him the see of Lichfield and Coventry, which he refused. When the Act of Uniformity was passed he resigned his preferment, but refused, like many others, to gather a congregation, preferring reg- ularly to attend the church in which he had so long officiated. He died Oct. 29, 1666, of a nervous disorder oecasioned by the sight of the misery caused by the fire of London. He published The Godly Man's Ark, Ser- mons on Psa. cxix, 72 (Loud. 1698, 17th ed. 12mo) ; The Nobb-man's Pattern (Loud. 1648, 4to), and many single sermons, etc — Jones, Christ, Biog, s. v.
Calamy, Bdmnnd, D.D., grandson of the pre- ceding, was bom in London April 6, 1671. At the
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