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See Seul. Sepharad (sef'a-rad). A region where deported Israeli tes lived. Its geographical location is uncertain. The Septuagint renders it by Ephratha, the Vulgate by Bosphorus. Some identify it with Spard which occurs in the Persian cuneiform inscriptions, and which is Sept. 15, 1864, between France and Italy, in accordance with which France was to withdraw troops from Rome in two years, and Italy was to guarantee the retention of Rome by the Pope. September Laws. In French history, laws restricting the freedom of the pre , promulgated in Sept., 1835. Septembrists (sep-tem'brists). 1. The instigators of the September ma acres in Paris in 1792.-2. In Portuguese history, the partizans of the liberal constitution of Sept., 1822. Septennial Act. In English history, an act of Parliament pa ed in 1716, which superseded Septennial Act the Triennial Act, and prolonged to seven years the po ible life of Parliament: Parliament must be di olved at the end of seven years. Septentriones (sep-ten-tri-ō'nēz). [From sep tem , seven, and trio , a plow-ox.] The seven stars belonging to the constellation of the Great Bear (or Charles's Wain); hence, this constellation itself, which is also called Sep ten trio . Sept Îles (set el). [F., 'seven islands.'] A group of seven small islands, situated in the English Channel 26 miles northeast of Morlaix. They form a part of the department of Côtesdu-Nord, France. Sept i mania (sep-ti-mania), or Gothia (go thi-ä). [Named from seventh Roman legion, which established a colony at Beterræ (Béziers).] An ancient territory in the southern part of France, of varying limits. Chief place, Narbonne. It comprised part of the Roman Narbonensis, extending from the mouth of the Rhone to the Pyrenees along the Mediterranean coast, and northwestward to the Cévennes, and comprising also Nimes and Car cas sonne. It formed part of the West-Gothic kingdom, and was retained by the West Goths in the Me roving i an epoch; was conquered by the Saracens early in the 8th century; and was conquered by Pepin the Short 752-759. It was made a duchy, and in the 9th century became a marquisate. Later it followed the fortunes of Toulouse. Sep timer (zep'ti-mer). An Alpine pa in the southern part of the canton of Grisons, Switzer land. It leads from Bivio and the Oberhalbstein valley to Casaccia and the valley of the Maira. Height, 7,582 feet. Septimius Felton. An unfinished story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1872, after his death. IMG:content-1032.png:[blocks in formation] Sept insular (sep-tin'sū-lär) Republic. A name sometimes given to the republic of the seven Ionian Islands. Septuagint version of the Hebrew (sep'tū-a-jint). [From L. septuaScriptures made, according to tradition, by about seventy translators: usually expre ed by the symbol LXX ('the Seventy'). The legend is that it was made by seventy-two persons in seventy-two days. It is said by Joseph us to have been made in the reign and by the order of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, about 270 or 280 B. C. It is supposed, however, by modern critics that this version of the several books is the work not only of different hands but of separate times. It is probable that at first only the Pent a teuch was translated, and the remaining books gradually; but the translation is believed to have been completed by the 2d century B. C. The Septuagint is written in the Hellenistic (Alexandrine) dialect, and is linguistically of great importance from its effect upon the diction of the New Testament, and as the source of a large part of the religious and theological vocabulary of the Greek fathers, and (through the Old Latin version of the Bible and the influence of this on the Vulgate) of that of the Latin fathers also and of all western nations to the present day. In the Greek Church the Septuagint has been in continuous use from the earliest times, although other Greek versions (see Hexapla ) were anciently also in circulation, and it is the Old Testament still used in that church. The Septuagint contains the books called Apocrypha intermingled among the other books. It is the version which agrees with most of the citations in the New Testament. Sepulcher (sep'ul-ker), Knights of the Holy. A military order established by Godfrey de Bouillon in 1099 to watch the sepulcher of Christ. Sepulcher, The Holy. The sepulcher in which the body of Christ lay between his burial and resurrection. Its traditional site at Jerusalem has been marked since very early times by Sepulveda spola, Juan Ginez de. Born near Cordova about 1490: died at Mariano, near Cordova, 1573. A Spanish theologian and historian. He was royal historiographer from 1536, and preceptor of Prince Philip, afterward Philip II. He was one of the most noted opponents of Las Casas, holding in his treatise "Demo crates Secund us" that war on the In dians and Indian slavery were justifiable. Sepulveda's numerous works are all in Latin. They include histories of the reigns of Charles V. and Philip II., and many theological treatises. Referring to the elegance of his Latinity, Erasmus called him "the Spanish Livy." Sequana (sek'wa-nä). The Roman name of the Seine. Sequani (sek'wa-nī). In ancient history, a people of eastern Gaul who dwelt east of the Ædui (from whom they were separated by the Saône) and west of the Jura. They were allied with the Arverni against the Ædui. They invited Ariovistus and the Germans acro the Rhine; allowed the Helvetii pa age through their country in 58 B. C.; and joined the league against Cæsar in 52 B. с. Serafshan. See Zerafshan . Seraglio (se-räl'yō). [It., 'an inclosure.'] The chief or official palace of the Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople. It is of great size, and contains government buildings, mosques, etc., as well as the sultan's harem. IMG:content-1033.png:[blocks in formation] and its Turkish quarters. Poole , Story of Turkey, p. 262. of Constantinople, and divides the city into its European Serbs' Rout. See Maritza .