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years later St Cyril is said to have been condemned by many at the Council of Chalcedon (451 a.c.). He wrote against the “sensele opinion {that) the Eucharistic Consecration lost its efficacy if (the elements were) reserved a day”—an opinion which Rome and the Anglicans never regard as admi ible. Cyril died still Patriarch of Alexandria in 444 a.c, Cyrus. Founder of the Persian empire (see Kuras). D Da. A root meaning to “give” or “put,” in many tongues of East and West. [Aryan da “give”: Egyptian ta “give”: Akkadian and Mongol te “take,” “lay”: A yrian idw “put”: Hebrew yad “hand,” —Ep,] Dabistan. A Persian book treating of schools, of sects, or manners (Mazdhab), which mentions various older works now lost. The sage Dawir (supposed to have written only a few centuries ago) here says that neither angels nor prophets are superior to the sun god, who is the spirit of spirits, and renewer of nature (English translation in 3 vols., Shea and Troyer, 1844). Dad: “Father,” in many languages (see Ad). The Syrian god Dadu, Didu, or Addu, was the same as Rimmon—god of the air— and the Bible Ha-dad. 535