Abattoir

(a-bat-wor'.) [ Fr., from abattre, to knock down.) A large public slaughter-house for cattle, ., usually erected without the walls or precincts of a city, and placed under the direct control and management of the municipality of the city, for the expre purpose of insuring the killing and preparation of animal food under the conditions most favorable to the health of the population consuming it. Abbas-BEN-ABDUL-MOTTALIB, (ab-bas',) uncle ofMohammed, and the progenitor of the Abbas sides family, B. 566. He fought against his nephew in the battle at the well of Bedr, and was taken prisoner. So soon, however, as Mohammed's career seemed prosperous, his uncle gave in his adhesion, and became one of the most zealous supporters of the new faith. D. 652. Ab'bas THE GREAT, a king of Persia, of the dynasty of the Sophis, B. 1557, s. to the throne 1585, on the murder of his two elder brothers. Notwithstanding his cruelty and bloodthirstine , he proved a powerful and wise monarch; favored commerce, encouraged the trade of Europe ans with Persia, established an effective pofice, and elevated the Persian monarchy to its highest pitch of modern greatne . D. 1628. Abbas sides, (ab-bas'i-dez,) the name of a family of Arab i an caliphs, who reigned from 749 to 1257, and derived their name from Abbas-Ben-Abdul-Mottalib, q. v. The most celebrated of the A. was the wealthy, luxurious, and splendid caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, whose of their dominion. (ab-be-o-koo'tah,) a large town of W. Africa, cap. of the Eyba nation, 60 m. N.E. of Badagry, in the Bight of Benin. Pop. about 50,000. (ab'bes.) [Fr. abbe e.] (Eccl. Hist.) The female superior or governe of a convent or nunnery. By a decree of the Council of Trent she must be of the age of 40 years, and have profe ed 8 years at least. (abb-veel',) a fortified town of France, dep. Somme, on the river Somme, 94 miles N.W. of Paris. Manuf Textile goods, hosiery, jewelry, . The cathedral is a magnificent edifice; its façade, a splendid example of the flamboyant Gothic,is deservedly much extolled. Pop. 21,761. in S. Carolina, a district bordering on Georgia; pop. 31,129. (ab'be.) [Fr. abba ye.] (Eccl. Hist.) A monastery or society of persons, of either sex, secluded from the world,devoted to religion, and governed by a superior, under the title of abbot or abbe . The term was often applied, also, to the church attached to the establishment. [s. 2]