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St. Mary's Church, Chennai, the Glossary

43 relations: Anglicanism, Architecture, Bengal, Carnatic wars, Chennai, Chester B. Bowles, Church of South India, Cotton Mather, Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India, East India Company, Elihu Yale, Elizabeth Gwillim (bird artist), Fort St. George, India, French East India Company, George Harris, 1st Baron Harris, George Stephen Jayaraj, Henry George Ward, Hyder Ali, India, John Call, Lady Day, Last Supper, Latin, Madras High Court, Margaret Clive, Mary, mother of Jesus, Myanmar, Pagoda (coin), Pondicherry, Portuguese language, Ramanagara, Raphael, Robert Clive, Siege of Bangalore, Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet, Streynsham Master, Suez, Tamil Nadu, Teak, The Hindu, Third Anglo-Mysore War, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), Yale University.
1680 establishments in the British Empire
Archaeological monuments in Tamil Nadu
Church of South India church buildings in India
Churches completed in 1680
Churches in Chennai
History of Chennai

Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

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Architecture

Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.

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Bengal

Geographical distribution of the Bengali language Bengal (Bôṅgo) or endonym Bangla (Bāṅlā) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

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Carnatic wars

The Carnatic wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India's coastal Carnatic region, a dependency of Hyderabad State, India.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chester B. Bowles

Chester Bliss Bowles (April 5, 1901 – May 25, 1986) was an American diplomat and ambassador, governor of Connecticut, congressman and co-founder of a major advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, now part of Publicis Groupe.

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Church of South India

The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India.

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Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects.

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Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India

The Diocese of Madras is a diocese of Church of South India in Tamil Nadu state of India.The diocese is one among the 22 dioceses of Church of South India.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. St. Mary's Church, Chennai and Elihu Yale are history of Chennai.

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Elizabeth Gwillim (bird artist)

Elizabeth, Lady Gwillim (Symonds; 21 April 1763 – 21 December 1807) was an English artist and naturalist.

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Fort St. George, India

Fort St. St. Mary's Church, Chennai and Fort St. George, India are history of Chennai.

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French East India Company

The French East India Company (Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a joint-stock company founded in France on 1 September 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch trading companies in the East Indies.

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George Harris, 1st Baron Harris

George Harris, 1st Baron Harris GCB (18 March 1746 – 19 May 1829) was a British soldier.

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George Stephen Jayaraj

George Stephen Jayaraj was consecrated Bishop of the Madras Diocese of the Church of South India (CSI) by G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator, CSI on 19 March 2016 at St.

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Henry George Ward

Sir Henry George Ward GCMG (27 February 17972 August 1860) was an English diplomat, politician, and colonial administrator.

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Hyder Ali

Hyder Ali (Haidarālī; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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John Call

Sir John Call, 1st Baronet (30 June 1731 – 1 March 1801) was an English engineer and baronet.

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Lady Day

In the Western liturgical year, Lady Day is the common name in some English-speaking and Scandinavian countries of the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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Last Supper

The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Madras High Court

The Madras High Court is a High Court located in Chennai, India.

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Margaret Clive

Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive (née Maskelyne; 26 October 1735 – 28 December 1817) was a British society figure.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Pagoda (coin)

The pagoda, also called the hoon, was a unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half-gold minted by Indian dynasties as well as the British, the French and the Dutch.

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Pondicherry

Pondicherry (Pondichéry) is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Ramanagara

Ramanagara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Raphael

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.

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Robert Clive

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency.

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Siege of Bangalore

The siege of Bangalore was a siege of the town and fortifications of Bangalore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the British East India Company, led by Charles, Earl Cornwallis against a Mysorean garrison, while Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, harried the camps and positions of the besiegers.

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Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet

Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (27 May 17616 July 1827) was a Scottish soldier and British colonial administrator.

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Streynsham Master

Sir Streynsham Master (28 October 1640 – 28 April 1724) was an English colonial administrator who was one of the 17th-century pioneers of the English East India Company.

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Suez

Suez (as-Suways) is a seaport city (population of about 700,000) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Third Anglo-Mysore War

The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–1792) was a conflict in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company, the Kingdom of Travancore, the Maratha Confederacy, and the Nizam of Hyderabad.

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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary's_Church,_Chennai

Also known as St Marys Church Chennai, St. Mary's Church (Chennai), St. Mary's Church (Fort St. George), St. Mary's Church Chennai, St. Mary's Church, Chennai, India, St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George.

St. Mary's Church, Chennai, the Glossary

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See also

1680 establishments in the British Empire

Archaeological monuments in Tamil Nadu

Church of South India church buildings in India

Churches completed in 1680

Churches in Chennai

History of Chennai

References