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Ussher

noun
1.
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).  Synonyms: James Usher, James Ussher, Usher.





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... and at this hour it is hardly worth appealing to the authority of Lanigan and the scholars of the past. Much evidence not available in Lanigan's day is now at the service of scholars. We are to look rather at the reasoning of Colgan, Ussher, and Lanigan than to the mere weight of ...
— Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda • Anonymous


Words linked to "Ussher" :   James Usher, archpriest, primate, prelate, high priest, hierarch


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