Dort

or Dordrecht, (dort,) an anc. city of Holland, on an island in the Meuse, 11 m. W. of Rotter dam. It is a considerable manufacturing place, and commands a large export trade. Historically, D. is famous for the a embly held there, 1572,by the States of Holland, immediately after their emancipation from the Spanish yoke; also, for the well-known Synod which sat Nov. 13, 1618-May 25, 1619, at which Calvin ism was declared the true Scriptural doctrine, rather than Arm in i an ism. Pop. 25,647. [s. 299]