Bible Encyclopedias

Seven Champions of Christendom
st. george, of england; st. denis, of france; st. james, of spain; st. anthony, of italy; st. andrew, of scotland; st. patrick, of ireland; and st. david, of wales—often alluded to by old writers.

Seven Deadly Sins
pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, avarice, and sloth.

Seven Sages of Greece
Solon of Athens, his motto "Know thyself"; Chilo of Sparta, his motto "Consider the end"; Thales of Miletus, his motto "Whoso hateth suretyship is sure";

Seven Sleepers
seven noble youths of ephesus who, to escape the persecution of decius, fled into a cave, where they fell asleep and woke up at the end of two centuries.

Seven Wise Masters
The title of a famous cycle of mediæval tales which centre round the story of a young prince who, after baffling all efforts of former tutors,

Seven Wonders of the World
the pyramids of egypt, the hanging gardens of babylon, the tomb of mausolus, the temple of diana at ephesus, the colossus of rhodes, the statue of jupiter by phidias at olympia, and the pharos at alexandria.

Seven Years' War
The name given to the third and most terrible struggle between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa, empress of Austria, for, the possession