MEDABA
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MEDE
between the nobles and the biu^rher and equestrian i he refused at first, but was finally induced to accept by
landowners, the former am>gaiing to themselves the king Clotaire himselt\ and the two dioceses continued
exclusive rijjht of electing members into the equestrian to be administered by the same bishop imtil 1146. when
oriler. nominating to benefices, juid mouopolizing other they were again di\-ideil. St. Medatd was one of the
pren>s:atives of the ancient feudal nobility. The revo- most iniiucntial and most universally-respected bishops
lutionar^- excitement of 1848 gave a fresh stimulus to of his time. King Clotaire came to visit him shonly
the popular ferment, and the disturbances coidd only be before his death, which occurreil about 545. and alter-
qnelleti by the uitervention of IMissian mxips. In iSG6 wanls causeil his remains to be buried in the nn\>d es-
the duchies were inci.>rporated in the North German tate of Crouy, near S.>is«sons. The renowneil cathetlral
Confederation, and since the establishment of the new of St. Medanl is erectetl over his grave. He is com-
German empire they form pjirt of the latter. Religions memoratetl on June fi. He is highly praisoil by Gregory
toleration and freedom of speech, which were compara- of Tours ^ib- iv. c. l?"*, who. like his biographers Yenan-
tively unknown in the duchies of Mev.kle*ibiu^. have tius. Fortunatus, and Kadbotlus. attributes to him a great
since' ISOG gaineil quite a footing there, and jjromise numlier of miracles. Thebestbic^raphyof St.Metlardis
much aid in the extinction of a veri- lukewarm proles- ciuitaineil in the .4 eta Sanctorum for JiUy 8. See Perz,
sion of Christianity, and the establishment of vital Christianity in its stcacL See Adam. Bremens. Hist. Hecks, in Pertz, J/iwi. Script. voL iii ; Ernst BoU. Ge~ schichte MecUeiiburff's mit besondtrer Beriicisichtiffunff der Culttirpesch. (Xeubrandenbui^, 1855-56); Heizog. JReal-EiHyUopddie. s. v.; Ikutsch-AmeriL Conr. Lexi- hMi.s.y. (J.H.W,-*
Momim. Hist. Chrvi. vol. i and ii : Gregorius Turon. Hisi.
/ rtinc. lib. iv.c. 19: sami^. Ik Gloria Cottj'ess.c. 9b: Kad-
boilus, Vita S. JfedanU, Xoriom. episc. aptid Surium, 8
Junii : Galiia Christ. voL ix, coL 979. (J. X. P.)
Medatha. See H-VitMEPAxn-v.
Mede ^Hcb. JJada^', "^ j^. a wonl of Indian origin,
Medaba ^M,,cn3«, 2 Macc.ix.36\ SeeMEOEB.^. meaning, acorvling to Gesenius, Thes. /M. p. 768, the
^, -^ -, ,, , ,, . ,. . - -.r - i\ »Mt/(«f countr\-. ta>m US position, as in Polvbuis, v.44;
Me dad ^lU^h. Ma/^iad . ^-l^-Z.hir: &ept. Ma,c«f\ • :^„t^_ y^^ .•iledes," "Me.lia." "Madai." Gen. x. 2; 2 a person mentioneil in connection with Eldad, as two j^j^^^^ xvii. 6; xviii, 11:1 Chron. i. 5 : Esth. i. 3. 14. 18, of the seventy elders who were nominated to assist Mo- jc> , ^ o . j^a^ xiii, 17 : xxi. 2 : Jer. xxv, 25 ; li. 11. 28 ; ses in the gvn-ernment of the pe.>ple but who remained ^^ \V ._j^; . ."^ ^; ^j'^ ^^., -^ . ji^ile,- Dan. xi,
m the camp, prob.iblv as modestlv deeminc themselves _ ^. ,, ,, , , . ,, j ••" Ar ^ •• r- • .^
unfit for the ofti.-e. when the other; presented themselves 1 = C^»^^^^- -^^"'^''^ • " T' " ^^^- " ^*>^^^^ ^zra v.. 2 ; at the tabernacle. The diviue Spirit, however, restetl Dan- v, 28 : vi. 8. 12. lo : and Madaah'. f'^'^J- " ^e- on them even there. " and they prophesied in the camp" dian."' or Madaa'. S""":, Dan. v, 31 : Gr. Mi/coc), the (Xumb. xi. 24-29>. The Targum of Jonathan alleges ethnographic title of a Mtdian. oi inhabitant of Media; that these two men were brothers of Moses and Aaron the same of that of Mauai [q.v.]. The Hebrew form, by the mothers side, being sons of Jochebeil and Eliza- •• which occurs in tien. x, 2. among the list of the sons phan, — Kitto. B.C. 1657. See Eu>ai>. I of Japhet. has been commonly regarvleti as a personal
Me'dan (Fleb-.l/ft/art', '(t^. twj?en/it)n, as in Prov. appellation: and niivst commentators call Msidai the
thinl son of Japhet. and the prv>genitor of the Meiles. But it is extremely doubtfid whether, in the mind of the writer of Gen. x. the term Madoi was reganleii as representing a person. That the genejdogies in the hapter are to Si>mc extent ethnic is universally allow-
vi. 14, lii : Sept. Mnrdi' v. r. in Chron. 'Slactdft ; Tulg, J/iji/(»;i>, the thinl son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. xxv. 2>. B.C. post 2024. He and his brother ilidian are l>elieved to have jieopled the countrj- of Midi.an. east of the Dead Sea. " It has l>een supposed, from the
similaritv of the name, that the tribe descended ftvra ed. and may be seen even in our Aulhortteil ^ ersion M<<lan was more ckv<elv allieii to Midiait than bv mere Oe»^ 16-18\ As Gomer. Magv^g. Javan. Tukil. and bUxKl-relaiion. and that it was the same as, or a portion ' Meshech. which are conjoineil in Gen. x. 2 with Madai. of the latter. Ihere is. however, no ground for this are elsewhere in Scriptiure alwa\-s ethnic and not pei^ thei^rv bevond its pLausibilitv. The traditional citv sonal appellatives ^;Ezek. xxvii. 13; xxxviii.6; xxxix, Metlven of the Arab £:et>-:raphers (the classical Motlia- 6: Dim. viii, 21 : Jivl iii, 6: Psa. cxx. 5: Isa. Ixvi, 19, na^, situate in Anibi.i^on the eiistern shore of the Gulf etc.), so it is probable that they stand for nations rather of Evleh. must be held to have been Midianitish. not than ^lersons here. In that case no one would regattl Medanitish (^but Bunsen, BiMirerk: suggests the latter iladai as a person : and we must remember that it is identiticationX It has been elsewhere" remarked [see the exact wonl useil elsewhere thmnghout Sv-ripture for