Looking-glass. See Mirror.
Loop (only in the plural 7^^V^h ,luladth' , windings ; Sept. rtyicuAof, Vulg. anhda>), an attachment or knotted "f^e," probably of cord, corresponding to the knobs or " taches" (D^plp) in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle for joining them into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain, and formed of blue material (Exod. xxvi, 4, 5, 10, 11 ; xxxvi, 11, 12, 17), See Tabernacle.
Loos (Callidius), Cornelius, a German Roman Catholic theologian, was born at Gonda, Holland, in 1546, and was educated at Louvain. He entered the priesthood, and was made doctor of theology at IMentz, where, in a sojourn of several years, he composed most of his works. He afterwards became archbishop of Treves; but, on account of his opinions upon magic, pub- lished in a book styled Be vera etfcdsa magia (1592), he was forced to remove from his diocese, though he retracted his heretical views. He went to Brussels, and there exercised the humble functions of vicar of the par- ish. He was soon accused of falling back into his old opinions, and was arrested and imprisoned. He was about to be accused a third time, when he died at Brus- sels, Feb. 3, 1595. Loos was very zealous against Prot- estants. Among his works the following are of theo- logical and general interest: Defensio adversus, Chr, Franckeniuin caterosqiie sectarios panis adorationem im- pie asscrmtes (Mayenee, 1581) ■.—Thurihulum aureum iaiKiarumprecationum (ibidem, 1581) :—Illustrium Ger-
nianice Scriptorum Catalogus (ibidem, 1581) : — Ecclesice Venatus (Cologne, 1585) : — Annotationes in Ferum su- per Joannem, often reprinted. See Sweert, A thence Bel- gicce; Foppens, Bihlioth. Belgica ; Martin Delrio, Dis- quisit. magicce, liv. v ; Bayle, Diet. Hist, et Crit. (Callid- ius) ; Niceron, Memoires; Paquot, Memoires; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Lope de Vega. See Vega.
Lope de Vera y Alarc.vn, a Christian convert to Judaism, suffered martyrdom for his apostasy bj' the hands of the inquisitors' tribunal of Spain. The de- scendant of a noble Spanish family, he had, while a stu- dent at Salamanca, interested himself in the study of Jewish literature and Judaism, and finally made a pub- lic confession of his belief in Judaism as the only re- vealed religion. He was imprisoned at Valladolid, and, persisting in his decision, was condemned to death at the stake, July 25, 1644. He was at the time of his death only about twenty-five years old, and had suffered imprisonment for nearly five years. See Griitz, Gesch, der Juden, x, 101.
Loqui, Martix. See Taborites.
Lorance, James Houston, a Presbyterian minis- ter, was born at Mount Pleasant, Tenn., June 1, 1820. He was educated in Princeton College, N. J., and in di- vinity in the Princeton Theological Seminary (class of 1846), and was licensed by New Brunswick Presbytery, commenced active work at Whitesville, Ala., and sub- sequently was ordained by PalmjTa Presbytery as pas- tor at Hannibal, Mo. He removed to Courtland, Ala., in 1851, and there continued his pastoral labors until his death, June 1, 1862. Mr. Lorance was an able and em- inent preacher, pleasing and affable in manners, and firm but not obstinate in his conscientious attachment to the doctrines and polity of the Church of his fathers. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Im. 1867, p. 444, (J. L. S.)
Lord is the rendering in the A. V. of sever."! Heb. and Greek words, which have a very different import from each other, " Lord" is a Saxon word signifying ruler or governor. In its original form it is hlaford, which, by dropping the aspiration, became laford, and afterwards, by contraction, lord.
1, ilTiT^, Yehovah', Jehovah, the proper name of the God of the Hebrews, M-hich should always have been retained in that form, but has almost invariably been translated in the English Bible by Lord (and printed thus in small capitals), after the example of the Sept, (Kvpioc) and Vulg. (Dominus). See Jehovah.
2. 'jITX, adun', one of the early words (hence in the early Phcenico- Greek Adonis') denoting the most abso- lute control, and therefore most fitly represented by the English word lord, as in the A. V. (Sept, Kvpiog, Vulg. dominus). It is not properly a divine title, although occasionally applied to God (Psa. cxiv, 7 ; properly with the art. in this sense, Exod. xxiii, 13), as the supreme proprietor (Josh, iii, 13) ; but appropriately denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. xxiv, 4, 27 ; xxxix, 2, 7), or a king, as ruler of subjects (Gen. xlv, 8 ; Isa. xxvi, 13), a husband, as lord of the wife (Gen. xviii, 12). It is frequently a term of respect, like our Sir, but with a pronoun attached ("my lord"), and often occurs in the plural. See Master.
A modified form of this word is A donay' C^nX ; Sept. KvpioQ, lord, master), " the old plural form of the noun ')ilN, adon, similar to that with the suffix of the first person, used as the pluralis excelleniice, by way of dig- nity, for the name of Jehovah. The similar form with the suffix, is also used of men, as of Joseph's master (Gen, xxxix, 2, 3 sq.), of Joseph himself (Gen. xlii, 30, 33 ; so also Isa. xix, 4). The Jews, out of superstitious rever- ence for the name Jehovah, alwaj-s, in reading, pro- nounce .1 donai where Jehovah is written, and hence the letters (lltT^ are usually written with the points be- longing to Adonai, Jehovah.' The view that the word