Cecilians

pl. (Zool.) A name given to a genus of naked serpents, from their supposed blindne . Cecilia, (St.,) a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the patrone of musicians, who suffered martyrdom A. D. 230. Her heathen parents, as we are told, belonged to a noble Roman family, and betrothed their daughter, who had been converted to Christianity, to a heathen youth named Valerian. This youth and his brother Tiberius became Christian converts, and suffered martyrdom. C., when commanded to sacrifice to idols, firmly refused, and was condemned to death. Her persecutors, it is Ce'dar, in Mi ouri , a county in the W.S.W. part of the State ; area , 435 sq. m. It is watered by Sac River and by Cedar and Horse creeks; the surface is uneven, and soil moderately fertile. Cup . Stock ton. Cedar, in Nebraska , 'a N.E. county, bordering on Dakotah. It is bounded on the N. by the Mi ouri River, and drained by the Big Bow and other creeks; area , abt. 650 sq. m. The soil is productive and diversified. Cap . Hartington. Pop . (1890) 7,028. Cedar, in Texas , a post-office of Fayette co. Cedar Bayou, in Texas , flows along the boundary of Harris and Liberty counties, and empties into Galves- ton Bay. Ce'dar-bird, n. (Zool.) See AMPELIDE. Cedar Bluff, in Alabama , a post-village of Cherokee co., on the Coosa river, 28 m. below Rome in Georgia. Cedar Bluff, in Illinois , a village of Johnson co. Cedar Bluff, in Iowa , a post-office in Cedar co. Cedar Bluff, in Mi i ippi , a P. O. of Clay co. Cedar Bluff, in Virginia , a post-office of Tazewell co. Ce'darburg, in Wisconsin, a city and township of Ozaukee county, on Cedar creek, 19 m. N. of Mil- waukee. Pop . (1895) 1,652. Cedar City, in Utah, a post-village of Iron co., 18 m. 8. W. of Parovan. Cedar Creek, in Alabama , rises near the S. border of Lowndes co., and enters the Alabama in Dallas co.Another, in Franklin co., flows N. W. into Bear creek. Cedar Creek, in Georgia , on the S. line of Putnam co., enters Little river a few miles from its mouth. -Another, in Elbert co., flows eastward into the Savannah. Cedar Creek, in Illinois , a village of Johnson co. Cedar Creek, in Indiana , after a course of 40 miles, flows into the St. Joseph's river, in Allen co. -A township of Allen co. -A township in Lake co. Cedar Creek, in Iowa , in Mahaska co.; enters the Des Moines river from the S. -A village of Greene co. Cedar Creek, in Michigan , a post-office of Barry co. Cedar Creek, in Maryland , a village of Dor chester co. Cedar Creek, in Mi i ippi , in Lowndes co, flows into the Tombigbee River from the W. Cedar Creek, in Mi ouri , in Cedar co., flows into Horse Creek. said, first threw her into a boiling bath, but on the fol--Another, forms the entire boundary between Boone lowing day they found her unhurt. The executioner next attempted to cut off her head, but found it impo ible. She died three days after. As early as the 5th century, there is mention of a church dedicated to her at Rome; and in 821, by order of Pope Pascal, her bones were deposited there. St. C. is regarded as the inventor of the organ, and in the Roman Catholic Church her festival-day, November 22, is celebrated with splendid music. Chaucer, Dryden, and Pope have celebrated St. C., and the painters Raphael, Do men i chino, Dolce, and others have represented her in fine pictures. Cecil's, in Oregon , a post-office of Umatilla co. Ce'cilton, in Maryland , a post-village of Cecil co., 78 m. N.E. of Anna polis. Ce'cilville. in California , a mining village in Klamath co., about 20 m. S.E. of Orleans Bar. Cecity, (ses'e-te,) n. [Fr. cécité; Lat. cæcit as , from cæcus , blind.] State or condition of being blind; deprivation of sight. (R.) Cecropia, n . [From Cecrops , whose legs were fabled to be like snakes.] ( Bot .) A genus of plants, order Artocar paceæ. C. pellata , a tree growing in the W. Indies and S. America, is remarkable for its stems being hollow, except at the nodes. Owing to this peculiarity, the small branches are often used for making wind-instruments. Cecrops, a mythical personage, who is said by Apollo dor us to have been the first king of Attica. According to some authorities he was an Egyptian, who emigrated into Attica about 1580 в. с. He is said to have instructed the semi-barbarous inhabitants in the advantages of social life, of marriage, property, justice, and civil rights. To him is also attributed the erection of the first temples in the country, the institution of the court of Areopagus, and the distribution of the inhabitants of Attica into 12 local sections. Cecutiency, (se-kü'shen-sy,) n. [From Lat. cæcus , blind.] A tendency to blindne . (R.) "There is in them no cecity, yet more than a cecutiency." Browne. Ce'dar, n. [Lat.cedrus; Gr. kedros ; Fr. cèdre; Ger. zeder ; It. and Sp. cedro.] ( Bot .) The common name of the genus CEDRUS, q. v. Red Cedar. See JUNIPER US. White Cedar. See Cu-