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sid does not here mean a " plaister," but indicates that the stones, after they had been engraved, were covered ■with a coat of tenacious hme white-wash, employed for similar purposes by the Egyptians, who, when the face of a rock had been sculptured in relievo, covered the whole with a coat of this wash, and then painted their scidptured figures (Kitto's Pict. Bible, note ad loc). See
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Limina Mart^rum {the houses of the martyr s\ a phrase sometimes used in ancient writers to designate churches. — Farrar, Eccles. Diet. s. v.
Limiter Qimitour'), the name given to an itinerant and begging friar employed by a convent to collect its dues and promote its temporal interests within certain limits, though under the direction of the brotherhood who employed him. Occasionally the limiter is a per- son of considerable importance. See Eussell's Notes; Works of the Emjlish and Scottish Reformers, ii, 536, 5-12. —]^\^ck', Theol. Did. s. v.
Lincoln, Ensigx, a noted philanthropist and lay minister in the Baptist Church, was born at Hingham, ]\lass., Jan. 8, 1779. He was brought into the Church when about nineteen years old, under the ministry of the Kev. Dr. Baldwin. He had been apprenticed to a printer, and in 1800 he commenced business on his own account. He also advanced the interests of Christian truth by preaching, for which he was licensed about 1801, and, though he was not ordained, and therefore never rehnquished his secidar profession, he preached, and prayed, and performed the ordinary offices of a min- ister of the Gospel with all the holy fervor of an apostle. He «'on the unaffected respect of all men, as a generous neiglibor, an honest friend, and a virtuous citizen. He died Dec. 2, 1832. " If I should live to the age of Methu- selah," he remarked, " I could find no better time to die." Mr. Lincoln was prominent in the organization of the Evangelical Tract Society, the Howard Benevolent So- ciety, the Boston Baptist Foreign Mission Society, the ^Massachusetts Baptist Education Society, and other m- stitutions of a similar character. He edited Winchell's Watts, the Pronouncing Bible, and the series of beautiful volumes styled The Christian Librari/. His own Scrip- ture Questions and Sabbath-school Class-book are weU known. See Dr. Sharp's Funeral Sermon ; A merican Baptist Mar/azine, April, 1833. (J. H. W.)
Linda or Lindanus, William Dasiasus van, a
Roman Catholic prelate, noted as a controversialist, born at Dordrecht, Holland, in 1525, was professor of Romish theology at Louvain and DiUingen; later, dean in the Hague, and then bishop of Ghent. He is remarkable for the severity which characterized his acts as inquis- itor. In 1562 he was appointed by Philip II bishop of Rusemond. He died in 15G8 or 1588. His most popu- lar work was Panoplia Evangelica (1563). See A. Ha- vensius, Vita G. Lindani (1609). — Thomas, Biogr. Diet. p. 1433 ; Wetzer und Welte, Kirchen-Lexikon, vol. xii, s. v.
Lindblom, Jacob Axel, a Swedish prelate, was born in Ostrogothia in 1747. He was professor of belles- lettres in the University of Upsal, became bishop of Linkiiping in 1789, and was afterwards chosen archbish- op of Upsal. He died in 1819. — Thomas, Biographical Dictionary, p. 1433.
Linde, Ciikistopii Ludwig, a German theologian, was born at Schmalkalden June 5, 1G7G. In 1698 he attended the University of Erfurt, and the f(jllowing year that of Leipsic. After he was graduated he be- came tutor, first at Leipsic, in order to develop his knowledge more fully, and in 1705 at his native place. In 1700 he accepted a call as preacher to Farnbach, in
1729 he returned to Schmalkalden as subdean, and in
1730 was chosen pastor. He died Aug. 27, 1753. His productions are mostly dedicated to" the youth and Gchool-teachers of the Lutheran Church ; we mention or.ly his Theologia in Hymnis (Schmalkalden, 1712, 8vo). — Doring, Gelehrte Theol. Deutschlands, vol. ii, s. v.
Lindevrood, Lind^vood, or Lynde^vood, William, an English prelate who flourished in the 15th centurj-, was divinity professor at Oxford in the time of Henry V, and bishop of St. David's in 1434. He died in 144G. He \\TOte Const it utiones Provinciales Ecclesim Anglicanm (Oxon. 1679, fol.). — Lowndes's Bibl. Man. p. 1135; Marvin's Leg. Bibl. p. 482; AUibone's Dictionary of British and American Authors, ii, 1101.
Lindgerus (Ludgerus), St., a noted theologian, was born about the year 743 in Friesland. He became a cUsciple of St. Boniface, who admitted him to holy or- ders, and afterwards he went for four years and a half to England to perfect himself under the renowned Al- cuin, then at the head of the school of York. He re- turned in 773, and in 776 was ordained priest by Alberic, successor of St, Gregory. He preached the Gospel with great success in Friesland, converted large numbers, and ibmaded several convents, but was obliged to quit the country in consequence of the invasion of the Saxons. He then went to Rome to consult with the pope, Adrian II, and withdrew for three years to the monastery of Mount Cassin. Charlemagne having repulsed the Sax- ons and liberated Friesland, Lindgerus returned, preached the Gospel to the Saxons with great success, as also in Westphalia, and founded the convent of Werden. In 802 he was, against his wishes, appointed bishop of Mi- migardeford, which was afterwards called Munster. He always enjoyed the favor of Charlemagne, notwithstand- ing the intrigues of enemies jealous of his usefuhiess. He died iu A^D. 809.— Herzog, Real-EncyUop. vol. xix, s. V.