CHORD

in music, the simultaneous combination of different sounds, consonant or di onant, by playing CHURCH, different notes together. There are major, nrn^or, diminished, tonic, dominant, and subdominant chords. In geometry a chord is a straight line drawn, or supposed to extend from one end of an arc of a circle to the other. originally a Greek term fora troop of singers. and dancers at public festivals. At one time the chorus performing in a tragedy never quitted the stage, but chanted songs in the intervals of the action, and even took part in the performance, by advising, consoling, or exhorting the actors and actre es. In music the [chorus is that part of a composite vocal performance which is executed by the whole body of singers, or the term may be applied to the verses of a song in which the company join the singer. (from the Greek, Christos means ‘the anointed, and Me iah is the Hebrew equivalent. ) (See JESUS. KNOWLEDGE. SOCIETY FOR PRO- MOTING, founded in London in 1698 in connection with the Church of England, having for its chief objects the establishment of schools, churches, libraries, and the publication and circulation of religious and moral literature. In 1811 the National Society branched off from it, and both are doing excellent work. Queen of Sweden, was born in 1626, and came to the throne at the age of six. The States General appointed guardians, and she was educated in ancient languages, history, geography, and politics, and in 1644 she took upon herself the Government. She terminated the war with Denmark, and obtained several provinces by the treaty of Bromsebro in 1645. Her subjects wished her to marry, but she refused to do so, and in 1650 was crowned as King. From that time her conduct changed, and became most unwise, and in 1654 she abdicated in favour of a male cousin. Soon afterwards she became a Roman Catholic, entering Rome publicly to be confirmed, dre ed as an Amazon. She stayed there till her death, when she left a number of valuable MSS. and a large art collection. Her writings were published in 1752. Hospital (generally known as the Bluecoat School) is in London, and was founded for orphans by Edward VI. The education is cla ical, but modern languages, literature, etc., are taught. There is a mathematical school attached, and scholarships are given to Oxford or Cambridge. The average number of pupils in London and at the preparatory school in Hertford, which includes girls, is 1000. in music, a term applied to notes and peculiarities not belonging to the diatonic scale. a method of producing a coloured or tinted lithographic picture, by the use of various stones with different parts of the picture drawn on them in inks of different colours, and so arranged as to make a complete picture. any instrument that measures time, as a clock, watch, or dial, but specifically the term is applied to time-keepers which determine longitude at sea. The chronometer differs from an ordinary watch in the principle of its escapement, and in being fitted with a ‘ compensation adjustment to allow for effects of temperature. ' a form which butterflies, moths, and most insects a ume when they change from the state of larva before arriving at their winged state. The insect is then insensible and needs no nutriment. St., was bom at Antioch about A.D. 344, and he was brought up by his widowed mother, Arcthusa. He lived many years in retirement, studying, and then returned to Antioch to become priest in 386. In 397 the Emperor Arcadius hearing of him as a celebrated preacher, sent him to Constantinople as archbishop, where he made enemies by his repre ion of heresy and paganism, so that the Emperor ordered his banishment, Dut the night after he left there was an earthquake, so he was recalled. Eventually the Empre Eudoxia, his enemy, had him exiled to Armenia. He died and was buried at Coinana. but in 438 his body was taken to Constantinople and interred in the Emperor's sepulchre. He wrote sermons, commentaries, and treatises upon the characteristics of his age. a word in its widest sense denoting the whole community of Christians, but, in a more re-