Chapter Cave of Mammon to Cento of C by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Ced Kêd, or Ceridwen. The Arkite goddess or Ceres of the Britons.

“I was first modelled into the form of a pure man in the hall of Ceridwen, who subjected me to penance.”- Taliesin (Davies's Translation.

Cedar Curzon says that Solomon cut down a cedar, and buried it on the spot where the pool of Bethesda used to stand. A few days before the crucifixion, this cedar floated to the surface of the pool, and was employed as the upright of the Saviour's cross. (Monasteries of the Levant.) (See Cross .)

Cedilla The mark under a French sibilant c. This mark is the letter z, and the word is from the Italian zediglia (“zeticula,” a little z. (Greek, zeta; Spanish, ceda, with a diminutive.)

Ceelict (St.) or St. Calixtus, whose day is the 14th of October, the day of the Battle of Hastings.    Brown Willis tells us there was a tablet once in Battle parish church with these words:

“This place of war is Battle called, because in battle here
Quite conquered and o'erthrown the English nation were.
This slaughter happenëd to them upon St. Ceelict's day,” etc.

Ceinture de la Reine The octroi levied at Paris, which at one time was the queen's pin-money or private purse.

Celadon The lover of Amelia, a “matchless beauty.” Being overtaken by a storm, Amelia became alarmed, but Celadon, folding her in his arms, exclaimed, “ `Tis safety to be near thee, sure, and thus to clasp perfection.” As he spoke, a flash of lightning struck Amelia dead. (Thomson: The Seasons; Summer.)

Celandine a shepherdess in love with Marina. Finding his suit too easily granted, he waxed cold, and discarded the “matchless beauty.” (W. Browne: Britannia's Pastorals; 1613.)

Celestial City (The). Heaven is so called by John Bunyan in his Pilgrim's Progress.

Celestial Empire (The). China; so called because the first emperors were all celestial deities

Celestians Followers of Celestius, disciple of Pelagius. St. Jerome calls him “a blockhead swollen with Scotch pottage”- Scotch being, in this case, what we now call Irish.

Cella [heavenliness ]. Mother of Faith, Hope, and Charity. She lived in the hospice called Holiness. (Spenser Faërie Queene, bk. i. 10.)
   Celia or Cælia. A common poetical name for a lady or lady-love. Thus, Swift had an ode in which Strephon describes Cælia's dressing-room.

“Five hours, and who can do it less in
By haughty Cælia spent in dressing.”

Celt A piece of stone, ground artificially into a wedge-like shape, with a cutting edge. Used, before the employment of bronze and iron, for knives, hatchets, and chisels.

Celts (The), or The Kelts. This family of nations includes the Irish, Erse, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, and Low Bretons. According to historic fable, Celtina was the daughter of Britannus. She had a son by Hercules, named Celtus, the progenitor of the Celts.

Cemetery properly means a sleeping-place. The Jews used to speak of death as sleep. The Persians call their cemeteries “The Cities of the Silent.” The Greeks thought it unlucky to pronounce the name of Death. (Greek, koiiheterion.)

Cenobites (3 syl.). Monks. So called because they live in common. Hermits and anchorites are not cenobites, as they live alone. (Greek, koihobioles)

Cenomanni The inhabitants of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, referred to by Caesar in his Commentaries.

Cenotaphs The most noted in ancient times-
   ÆNEAS to Deiphobus (Æneid, 1. 6: v. 505).
   ANDROMACHE (4 syl.) to Hector (Æneid. 1.3; v. 302)
   ARGENTIER to Kallaischros (Anthologia, bk. iii. 22).
   ARISTOTLE