1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Maccabees 10:89 | And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the custom is, to be given to such as are of the royal blood. And he gave him Accaron, and all the borders thereof, in possession. | Buckle, to be worn on the shoulder. (St. Isidore) --- This honour was very extraordinary, 2 Machabees 11:35. (Alex. Genial. 2:29.) --- Blood. Literally, "relations of kings." (Haydock) --- The highest officers of the court of Persia bore this title, 1 Machabees 11:31., Esther 16:11. (Xenophon, Cyr. viii.) |