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Ezra Stiles, the Glossary

Ezra Stiles (– May 12, 1795) was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author.^[1]

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18th-century Congregationalist ministers
American Arabists
American Hebraists
Brown University people
Presidents of Yale University

Aaron Lopez

Aaron Lopez (1731–1782), born Duarte Lopez, was a merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist in colonial Rhode Island. Ezra Stiles and Aaron Lopez are American slave owners and Brown University people.

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Abiel Holmes

Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763 – June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian. Ezra Stiles and Abiel Holmes are American Congregationalist ministers.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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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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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Aramaic

Aramaic (ˀərāmiṯ; arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Ezra Stiles and Benjamin Franklin are American slave owners and university and college founders.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Chosen people

Throughout history, various groups of people have considered themselves to be the chosen people of a deity, for a particular purpose.

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Chowan County, North Carolina

Chowan County, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Clarke Street Meeting House

The Clarke Street Meeting House (also known as the Second Congregational Church Newport County or Central Baptist Church) is a historic meeting house and Reformed Christian church building at 13–17 Clarke Street in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1735.

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Commencement speech

A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions and in similar institutions around the world.

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Congregationalism

Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government.

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Connecticut Colony

The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut.

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Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Dighton Community Church is a non-denominational church in Dighton, Massachusetts.

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Dighton, Massachusetts

Dighton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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East Greenwich, Rhode Island

East Greenwich is a town and the county seat of Kent County, Rhode Island.

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Edmund Morgan (historian)

Edmund Sears Morgan (January 17, 1916 – July 8, 2013) was an American historian and an authority on early American history.

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Edward Taylor

Edward Taylor (1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin. Ezra Stiles and Edward Taylor are American Congregationalist ministers.

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Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.; the TWA Flight Center (now TWA Hotel) at John F.

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Ezra Stiles College

Ezra Stiles College is one of the fourteen residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen.

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Ezra Stiles House

The Ezra Stiles House is an historic house at 14 Clarke Street in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield is the only city in, and the seat of, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Harvard College

Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Hogshead

A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity).

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. Ezra Stiles and Isaac Watts are 18th-century Congregationalist ministers.

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Jacob

Jacob (Yaʿqūb; Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam.

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John Locke

John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".

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John Ward (academic)

John Ward (1679?–1758) was an English teacher, supporter of learned societies, and biographer, remembered for his work on the Gresham College professors, of which he was one.

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Jonathan Leavitt

Jonathan Leavitt (1764–1830) was a Greenfield, Massachusetts attorney, judge, state senator and businessman for whom the architect Asher Benjamin designed the Leavitt House, now the Leavitt-Hovey House on Main Street, in 1797.

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Josias Lyndon

Josias Lyndon (March 10, 1704 – March 30, 1778) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a single one-year term.

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Kabbalah

Kabbalah or Qabalah (קַבָּלָה|Qabbālā|reception, tradition) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.

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Latitudinarian

Latitudinarians, or latitude men, were initially a group of 17th-century English theologiansclerics and academicsfrom the University of Cambridge who were moderate Anglicans (members of the Church of England).

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Liberal arts education

Liberal arts education (from Latin 'free' and 'art or principled practice') is the traditional academic course in Western higher education.

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List of presidents of Yale University

Yale University was founded in 1701 as a school for Congregationalist ministers. Ezra Stiles and List of presidents of Yale University are presidents of Yale University.

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Naphtali Daggett

Naphtali Daggett (September 8, 1727 – November 25, 1780) was an American academic and educator. Ezra Stiles and Naphtali Daggett are 1727 births, Burials at Grove Street Cemetery, clergy in the American Revolution, people from colonial Connecticut and presidents of Yale University.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.

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Niantic, Connecticut

Niantic is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut in the United States.

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North Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

The North Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is a historic Congregational church located in Market Square.

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North Haven, Connecticut

North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut on the outskirts of New Haven, Connecticut.

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Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich (also called "The Rose of New England") is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.

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Patriot (American Revolution)

Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal

Raphael Hayyim Isaac CarregalAlso spelt: Carigal, Carrigal, Karigal, Karigel, Karigol, Kargol, Kragol.

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Reading law

Reading law was the primary method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools.

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Redwood Library and Athenaeum

The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a subscription library, museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Reformed Christianity

Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

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Rhode Island General Assembly

The State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Samuel Hopkins (theologian)

Samuel Hopkins (September 17, 1721 – December 20, 1803) was an American Congregationalist theologian of the late colonial era of the United States. Ezra Stiles and Samuel Hopkins (theologian) are people from colonial Connecticut.

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Samuel Johnson (American educator)

Samuel Johnson (October 14, 1696 – January 6, 1772) was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America. Ezra Stiles and Samuel Johnson (American educator) are people from colonial Connecticut.

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Samuel King (artist)

Samuel King (January 24, 1749 − December 20, 1819) was an American painter of miniature portraits and instructor.

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Semitic studies

Semitic studies, or Semitology, is the academic field dedicated to the studies of Semitic languages and literatures and the history of the Semitic-speaking peoples.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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Society of the Cincinnati

The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States.

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Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts, United States.

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The Reverend

The Reverend is an honorific style given before the names of certain Christian clergy and ministers.

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The United States elevated to Glory and Honor

The United States elevated to Glory and Honor is a book by Ezra Stiles, published in 1783.

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Thomas Clap

Thomas Clap or Thomas Clapp (June 26, 1703 – January 7, 1767) was an American academic and educator, a Congregational minister, and college administrator. Ezra Stiles and Thomas Clap are American Congregationalist ministers, Burials at Grove Street Cemetery, clergy in the American Revolution, people from colonial Connecticut and presidents of Yale University.

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Thomas Farnaby

Thomas Farnaby (or Farnabie) (c. 157512 June 1647) was an English schoolmaster and scholar.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Ezra Stiles and Thomas Jefferson are American slave owners and university and college founders.

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Timothy Dwight IV

Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. Ezra Stiles and Timothy Dwight IV are American Congregationalist ministers, American slave owners, American theologians, Burials at Grove Street Cemetery, clergy in the American Revolution and presidents of Yale University.

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Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island)

Trinity Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.

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University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a not-for-profit university press associated with the University of North Carolina.

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Urim and Thummim

In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim (אוּרִים ʾŪrīm, "lights") and the Thummim (תֻּמִּים Tummīm, "perfection" or "truth") are elements of the hoshen, the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod, a type of apron or garment.

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Valedictorian

Valedictorian (VD) is an academic title for the highest-performing student of a graduating class of an academic institution.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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White Americans

White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people.

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Wigwam

A wigwam, wickiup, wetu (Wampanoag), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ) is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events.

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William Ellery

William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rhode Island. Ezra Stiles and William Ellery are 1727 births, Brown University people and university and college founders.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Stiles

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See also

18th-century Congregationalist ministers

American Arabists

American Hebraists

Brown University people

Presidents of Yale University

References