Talapoins, priests or friars of the Siamese and other Indian nations. The}' reside in monasteries under the superintendence of a superior, whom they call a Sanerat. Celibacy is obligator}- upon them, and a breach of chastity in the case of any one of tliem is punished with death. They perform penance for such of the peo- ple as pay them for it ; are very hospitable to stran- gers, and strict in their rules of chastity. There are also female Talapoins, who live according to rules simi- lar to those of the men. The residences of the Tala- poins are much superior to those of the priests in Cey- lon and Burmab, having richly carved entrances and ornamental roofs.
Talbot, Peter, a Roman Catholic divine, was the son of sir William Talbot, and was born in the county of Dublin in 1620. He entered the society of Jesuits in Portugal in 1635; and after studying philosophy and di- vinity, went into holy orders at Kome, whence he re- turned to Portugal, and afterwards to Antwerp, where he read lectures on moral theology. He is supposed to be the person who, in 1656, reconciled Charles 11. then at Cologne, to the popish religion ; and Charles is re- ported to have sent him to Madrid to inform the court of Spain of his conversion. Sent to England in the interest of the Komish Church, he paid court to Cromwell, whose funeral he attended as a mourner. In 1069 pope Clement IX dispenscil with his vows as Jes- uit, and advanced him to the titidar archbishopric of Dublin. He immediately began to persecute those of his order who had signified their loyalty to the king, quarrelled with Plunket, the titular jM-imate; and when the popish plot was discovered in England in 1678, he was imprisoned in Dublin Castle on suspicion of being
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concerned in it, and died there in 1080. He was a man of ability and learning, but vain, ambitions, and turbu- lent. Among his publications are, iJe Natura Fidei et /hr7-esis, Tractatus de Rdi(jione: — A Treatise of Rel'uj- ion and Government (1670, 4to) : — Letters to the Roman Catholics in Ireland (Paris, 1074, 4to). See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A ulhors, s. v. ; Chalmers, Biof/. Diet. s. V.
Talbot, Robert, D.D., an English divine and an- tiquarian, was born at Thorp, Nortliamptonshire, and was admitted to New College, Oxford, in 152ii. He left the university in 1530; in 1541 was made prebendary of Wells; and treasurer of the cathedral church of Nor- wich, April 9, 1547, wliich position he retained until his death, Aug. 27, 1558. He was a diligent searcher into the antiquities of his country, and his collections proved of great service to Leland, Bale, Cains, Camden, and oth- ers. He also furnished archbishop Parker with many Saxon books. He was the first Englishman who illus- trated Autoninus's Itinerary with various readings and notes, but his notes reach only to the sixth journey. See Chalmers, Biof;. Diet. s. v.
Talbot. Samson, D.D., a Baptist minister, was born at Mt. /ion. Champaign Co., 111., and was a grad- uate of Granville College, now Denison University, 0., in 185"2, and of Newton Theological Institute in 1855. He was ordained in 185G, and was pastor of che Bap- tist Church in Dayton, O., eight years, 1856-64, and was then appointed president of Denison University, which position he held until his death, which occurred at Newton Centre, Mass., June 29, 1873. President Tal- bot was an accomplished scholar, a profound thinker, and bade fair to stand in the very front rank of scholars in tliis country. (J. C. S.)
Talbot, "William, D.D., an English prelate, was born at Stourton Castle in 1659, and in 1674 entered as a gentleman commoner of Oriel College, Oxford. After graduation he entered holy orders, and in the reign of king James II preached and acted with great zeal against popery. In April, 1691, he was nominated to the dean- cry of Worcester, and Sept. 24, 1699, was advanced to the bishopric of Oxford. He was translated to the bishopric of Sarnm, April 23, 1715; and in September, 1722, was translated to that of Durham, of which coun- ty he was made lord-lieutenant and cnstos rotulorum. He died Oct. 10, 1730. There are in print two speeches of his in the House of Lords, and a volume o{ Sermons (8vo). See Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Talent, representing the Greek TaXavTov, Lat. ta- lentiim, is the rendering of the Heb. and Chald. likkar, "133, a circle, the coin being no doubt of that form. It was the largest weight among the Hebrews, being used for metals, whether gold (1 Kings ix, 14; x, 10, etc.), silver (2 Kings v, 22), lead (Zech. v, 7), bronze (Exod. xxxviii, 29), or iron (1 Chron. xxix, 7). A hill suffi- cient for the site of a citj' was sold for two talents of silver (1 Kings xvi, 24); and for 1000 talents of silver the friendship of the Assyrian king was purchased (2 Kings XV, 19) ; another Assyrian king laid the kingdom of Judah under a tribute of 300 talents of silver and 30 of gold (xviii, 14) ; a similar tribute imposed by an Egyptian king consisted of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold (xxiii, 33); the crown of an Ammonitish king weighed one talent of gold (2 Sam. xii, 30). The sacred utensils of the Tabernacle and the Temple amount- ed to many talents of silver and gold (Exod. xxv, 39 ; xxxviii, 24, 25, 27; 1 Kings ix, 14, etc.). But there must be some error in the numbers at 1 Chron. xxix (see Kitto, Piet. Bible, note ad loc). See Number. In the post-exilian period, likewise, talents were a mode of estimation (1 Mace, xi, 28; xiii, 16, 19; xv, 31; 2 :Macc. iii, 4, 8, etc.). In the New Test, the talent onlv occurs in a parable (Matt, xxv, 15 sq.), and as an esti- mate of a stone's weight (Rev. xvi, 21). From Exod. xxxviii, 25, 26, it appears that one talent was equiva-