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Yahweh

The proper name of God in the Old Testament ; hence the Jews called it the name by ...

Yakima Indians

A Shahaptian tribe formerly dwelling on the banks of the Columbia, the Wénatchee, and ...

Yamasee Indians

A tribe of Muskhogean stock, mentioned frequently in the history of South Carolina, residing ...

Yaqui Indians

A tribe of Cahita stock, formerly dwelling near the Rio Yaqui, and now dispersed throughout ...

Yazoo Indians

A small tribe formerly living on the lower course of Yazoo River, Mississippi, in close ...

Yellow Knives

A sub-arctic Déné tribe, called the Copper Indians by Hearne and other early English ...

Yom Kippur

( Hebrew Yom Hakkippurim . Vulgate, Dies Expiationum , and Dies Propitiationis — ...

York, Ancient See of

(EBORACENSIS). The seat of metropolitan jurisdiction for the northern province. It is not ...

York, Cardinal of

Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, ...

York, Use of

It was a received principle in medieval canon law that while as regards judicial matters, as ...

Youghal

The Wardenship of Youghal, in the Diocese of Cloyne, was founded by Thomas, Eighth Earl of ...

Young Men's Institute

A Catholic fraternal organization, founded on 4 March, 1883, at San Francisco, California. The ...

Youville, Marie-Marguérite d'

( née Dufrost de Lajemmerais). Foundress of the Gray Nuns, or Sisters of Charity, ...

Ysambert, Nicolas

Theologian, born at Orléans in 1565 of 1569; died at Paris, 14 May, 1642. He studied ...

Yucatán, Archdiocese of

(YUCATANENSIS). Located in the Republic of Mexico ; Campeche and Tabasco are its ...

Yukon, Prefecture Apostolic of

Occupies the extreme northwestern portion of the Dominion of Canada. It extends from 54 degrees ...

Yun-nan

The Mission of Yun-nan includes the whole Province of Yun-nan which is situated in the ...

Yuracaré Indians

A Bolivian tribe living between Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba in the wooded regions ...

Yves of Chartres, Saint

(YVO, YVES). One of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture ...

Yves, Saint

(St. Yves) St. Ives, born at Kermartin, near Tréguier, Brittany, 17 October, 1253; died ...