~sacristy~: a room adjoining a church where sacred vessels, vestments, &c. are kept. 24. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. PART II. ~Inigo Jones~ (born 1572, died 1652) was a celebrated architect. ~Portico~: a row of columns in front of a building. ~Exchange~: a building where merchants meet to transact business. ~nave~: the main body of a church, the aisles being on each side of the nave. ~King Charles II. returned~ at the Restoration in 1660. ~Sir Christopher Wren~ (born 1632, died 1723): the greatest English architect. After the great fire he rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral, fifty London churches, and many public buildings. Over his tomb in St. Paul's is the inscription in Latin: 'If you seek for his monument, look round about you.' ~The Peace of Ryswick~, 1697, made by England, Spain, and Holland with Louis XIV. of France. ~Dr. Johnson~ (born 1709, died 1784): one of the great names in English literature, and author of a celebrated dictionary. ~oriental scholar~, or ~orientalist~, is a man who studies Eastern or Indian languages, such as Persian, Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, &c. ~sarcophagus~: a stone chest for holding a corpse. ~porphyry~: a hard kind of stone coloured purple and white. ~Battle of the Nile~, 1798; ~Cape St. Vincent~, 1797; ~Camperdown~, 1797. ~Lord Almoner~: the official who dispenses the royal charities and bounties. ~Slavonic~: a group of kindred languages, including Russian, Polish, and Bulgarian. 25. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. ~Embattled~: built with battlements. ~minor canons~: clergy of the cathedral who intone the services and look after the music. ~charnel~: containing the bones of the dead. ~Finsbury Fields~: the _fenny_ or marshy ground lying north of the Moorgate of the old City walls. ~Papal Bulls~: decrees and orders issued by the Pope, so called from the seal attached to them. ~Latimer~ (born 1470, died 1555), Bishop of Worcester, burnt at the stake for his Protestant opinions together with Ridley, Bishop of London. ~chapter house~: the building where the chapter or clergy belonging to the cathedral meet. ~Sacrist~: the official in a cathedral who copied and took care of the music and books. ~Paul's Chain~: so called because traffic was stopped by a chain during the hours of service. 26. THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES. ~Forester~: one who has charge of a forest to cut wood, plant new trees, &c. ~vicar~: one who acts in place of another; hence a priest who on behalf of his monastery conducted services in a parish church. ~orders~: the different brotherhoods into which monks were divided. ~indiscriminate charity~: giving without thinking, whether the charity is well or ill bestowed. ~Minorites~: monks or nuns belonging to the Franciscan Order, who in their humility called themselves the 'lesser' (_minores_) brethren, or sisters. ~Blackfriars~ were the Dominicans; ~Whitefriars~ were the Carmelites; ~Greyfriars~ were Franciscans, from the colour of their respective dresses.