Soncino (son-che'no)

A town in the province ✓ of Cremona, northern Italy, situated near the Oglio, 33 miles east of Milan. Population (1881), commune, 7,534. Sonder bund (zon'der-bönt). [G., 'separate league.] A league of most of the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland, formed in 1843 and including eventually Lucerne, Uri, Unterwalden, Schwyz, Zug, Fribourg, and Valais. It was reactionary in its aims, and in favor of the Jesuits. Its abolition was resolved on by the Swi Confederation July 20, 1847. War upon it was begun in Nov., 1847, the Federal Swi troops being commanded by Dufour. The result was the overthrow of the Sonder bund, and the adoption of a - new constitution in 1848. IMG:content-1057.png:[blocks in formation] Söndre Bergenhus (sen'dre ber'genhös). ['South Bergenhus.'] A maritime province in southwestern Norway, intersected by lat. 60° 30′ N. Area, 6,024 square miles. Population (1891), 128,213. Songaria. See Sungar i a . Songe (song'ge), or Basonge (bä-song'ge). A Bantu tribe of the Kongo State, between the Lubilashi and Lomami rivers, about lat. 5°-6° S., related to the Luba nation. Songhai (song-gi'). See Surhai . Song-koi. See Red River. Songo (song'gō), or Masongo (mä-song'gō). A Bantu tribe of Angola, western Africa, occupy- ing Great and Little Songo, between Malange and the head waters of the Luandu River, on the right bank of the Kuanza (lat. 9°-11° S.). They are a tall and strong race, closely resembling the Mba- lundu (Bailundo) people; but they speak a dialect of Kim- bundu. They are agricultural and pastoral, and engage in the carrying busine for white traders. Most of the petty Songo chiefs are independent. Song of Solomon. The Songs, otherwise called the Song of Songs, or Canticles (LL. Canticum Cantico rum Salomonis ), one of the books of the Old Testament. Until the 19th century it was univer- sally ascribed to Solomon, but critics now regard it as of later date. the fiery furnace. Songs without Words. See Lieder ohne Worte . Sonho (son'yō). A native countship and tribe of the Kongo Nation, on the Kongo River south of its mouth. The counts of Sonho always gave much trouble to the kings of Kongo. They nominally adopted Christianity about 1500, but have always been practically heathen. state of Mexico, between Arizona (United States), Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and the Gulf of California. Capital, Hermosillo; principal port, Guaymas. The eastern part is mountainous; the west ern part is lower, and has extensive arid plains. Except in the higher valleys, little of the land can be used for agriculture without irrigation. The most important in- dustry is mining (silver, gold, etc.). Large districts are occupied exclusively by Indians. Area, 77,534 square miles. Population (1895), 191.281. rado. Population (1892), est., 11,000. Sontag (zon'täg), Henriette, Counte Ro i. Soph on isba Sopherim(sō'fe-rim). [Heb.] Writers; scribes. In the Old Testament the title Sopher is applied to Ezra, who is called "a ready scribe in the law of Moses" (Ezra vii. 6). It was in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, when the law became the center of Jewish life, that the institution of the Sopherim took its origin. The task of these men was to explain the law, and to adapt it to the ever changing conditions and requirements of daily life. They were thus, in a measure, the succe ors and followers of the prophets. As the name would indicate, they were also engaged in multiplying copies of the Torah (Pent a teuch) by writing, or by transcribing it from the old Hebrew script, no longer intelligible to their generation, into ered their interpretations of and decisions on the law be the square characters still in use. The Sopherim delivfore audiences in schools. They were called collectively "the men of the great synagogue," and were succeeded by the Tanaim and Amoraim. The results of the mental activity of these teachers of the law through several centuries are laid down in the Talmud.