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E'BIN, orYBiN.one of the fmaller Philippine Iflands, 
in the Eaftern Indian Sea. 
EftlN'GEN, or Ehingen, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Snabia, and duchy of Wurtemburg: thirty- 
fix miles fouth of Stutgart, and twenty-two fouth of 
T ubingen. 
E'BION, and E'BIONITES. There is much difagree- 
ment among ecclefiaftical hiftorians refpefting the exift- 
ence of a perfon named Ebion, in 1 the age that is by many 
aftigned to him. According to Epiphanius, Tertullian, 
Optatus, St. Hilary, St. Jerome, aivd others, a perfon fo 
called lived in the latter end of the fir ft or the beginning 
of the fecond century, who was a ftoic philofopher, and, 
embracing many of the opinions of Cerinthus, became the 
leader of a new feet, who after him were called Ebionites. 
Jrenaeus, however, as well as Eufebius and Origen, by 
their making not the lead: mention of filch a perfon as 
Ebion, and by the derivation which the two latter give 
of the name of the fe< 5 t, from a term fignificative of po¬ 
verty, meannefs, or vilenefs, leave it at leaft doubtful 
whether Ebion be not an imaginary character. But it is 
not a matter of much moment how the queftion is decided. 
The Ebionites, according to the teftimony of Origen and 
Epiphanius, held the fame tenets with the Nazarenes. 
From all the information that has reached our day, it is 
not poffible to afeertain precifely what thofe tenets were. 
Many of the reprefentations given concerning the Ebion¬ 
ites by the ancient fathers are fo confided and contra¬ 
dictory, that they do not merit ferious attention. And 
fome of the tales which they relate concerning them, are 
exaff copies of the calumnies which were propagated by 
the Pagans, to diferedit the characters of the early Chril- 
tians. One of their leading doctrines appears to have 
been a belief that Jefus Cfirift was a mere man, like them- 
felves, though poflfeffing fupernatural powers, which were 
communicated for the purpofe of qualifying him for his 
divine million. They appear alfo to have confidered the 
law's of Mofes to be binding on them ; but to what extent 
cannot be affirmed with any certainty. According to fome 
writers, they received only the Gofpel of St. Matthew as 
of divine authority, which they poffeffed in the Hebrew 
or Syro-chaldaic language, and rejected the reft of the 
New Teftament, particularly the Epiftlesof St. Paul. The 
learned Lardner, however, is of opinion, that there is 
room for fairly arguing that they received all the four 
Gofpels ; and that fome of the fed at leaft, by the quo¬ 
tations which they adduced from the A 61 s of the Apoftles, 
and fome of the Epiftles, have given reafon for conclud¬ 
ing that they did not reject all the Epiftles attributed to 
the great apoftle of the Gentiles. But there is much ob- 
fCurity in the relations which remain refpedting the tenets 
of this fe6t ; and little more can be advanced on that head, 
from the concurrent teftimony of the moft ancient and; 
refpeCtable ecclefiaftical writers, than that, to ufe the 
words of Jnftin Martyr, “ they acknowledged Jefus to 
be the Chrift, yet maintained that he was a man, born of 
man.” 
EB'MAT, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper 
Saxony, and circle of the Vogtland : five miles fouth of 
Oelfnitz. 
EB'ON, adj. Made of ebony: 
And from the golden quiver at her fide 
Hatties the ebon arrow’s feather’d pride. Prior. 
EB'DNIST, f. A worker in ebony. Scott. 
EB'ONY,y. [ebenus, Lat.] A hard, heavy, black, va¬ 
luable, wood, which admits a fine poliflt. For the various 
fpecies, &c. fee Ebenus. 
Oft by the w inds extindt the fignal lies,.. 
Ere night has half roll’d round her ebon throne'. Gay. , 
EBORA'CUM, anciently a city of the Brig-antes in 
Britain, the refidence of Septimius Severus, and Conftarr- 
tius Chlorus, and where they both died; a Roman co¬ 
lony, and the ftation of the Legio Sexta ViCtrix. Now-' 
York, Cacr-Jjock, or Caer-e^roc^ in Britilh. Camden ». 
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EBREICH'STORF, a town of Germany, in the arcfi-> 
duchy of Auftria ; eight miles north-north-eaft of Eben» 
furth, 
EBREU'IL, or Ebreuille, a town of France, in the 
department of the A llier, and chief place of a catiton, ini 
the diftrict of Gannat, on the Soioule, containing about 
3000 inhabitants : two leagues weft of Gannat. 
EBRI'ETY, /. [ ebrietas , Lat.] Drnnkennefs; intoxi¬ 
cation by ftrong liquors.—Bitter almonds, as an antidote 
againft ebriety, hath commonly failed. Brown. 
EB'RILLA'DE, /. [French.] A check of the bridle 
which a horfeman gives a horfe, by a jerk of one rein,, 
when he refufes to turn. 
EBRIO'SITY,/! [ebriojitas, Lat.] Habitual drunken.* 
nefs.—That religion which excufeth Noah in funprifal, 
will neither acquit ebriofity nor ebriety in their intended- 
perverfion. Brown. 
E'BRIOUS, adj. [from ebrius , Lat.] Drunken; given- 
to drnnkennefs. Not much ufed. 
E'BRO, anciently Iberus, a river of Spain, which, 
taking its rife in Old Caftile, runs through- Bifcay and- 
Arragon, pafles by Saragoffa, and, continuing its courfe- 
through Catalonia, difeharges itfelf with great rapidity 
into the Mediterranean, about twenty miles below the 
city of Tortofa. 
EBRO'NAH, the thirtieth encampment of the Tf-. 
raelites, in their journey from Egypt to Canaan. Numb. 
xxxiii. 34. 
EB'STORF, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Lower Saxony, and principality of Lunenburg, celebrated* 
for its honey, of which the inhabitants fell annually to. 
the amount of feveral thoufand crowns: feven miles weft— 
north-weft of Ultzen. 
EBU'DiE, or Hebudes, in ancient geography, iflands 
on the weft of Scotland. Now called the V/eJiern IJles, or- 
Hebrides , a corruption of Hebudes. By Beda called Mevauia 
To EBUL'LIATE, v. n. \ebullio , Lat. to bubble.] To- 
bubble out 
EBULL'IENCY, f A bubbling out;. an ebullition. 
Not much uftd. 
EBULLI'TIONj f. [ebullio , Lat.] The a6t of boilingj 
up with heat. Any inteftine motion.—Iron, in aqua-fortis, 
will fall into ebullition with noife and emication. Brown .—. 
That ftruggling of effervefcence which arifes from the- 
mingling together any alkalizate and acid liquor; any in¬ 
teftine violent motion of the parts of a fluid, occafionecL 
by the ftruggling of particles of different properties. 
Quincy. —A violent cold, as well as heat, may be pro~> 
duced by this ebullition ; for if fal ammoniac, or any pure- 
volatile alkali, diflolved in water; be mixed with an acid, 
an ebullition> with, a greater degree of cold, will eniue. 
Arbuthnot. 
EB'ULUS.yi in botany. See Sambucus. 
E’BUR, J. [Lat.] Ivory. 
EBUR'NEAN, adj. [from ebur, Lat.] Confifting of» 
ivory; made-of ivory. 
EBU'SUS, in ancient geography, the greater of the 
two iflands called Pityufa r in the Mediterranean, near the 
eaft coaft of Spain, to the fouth-weft of Majorca; famous 
for its paftures for cattle, and for its figs. Now lvica t 
100 miles in compafs, without any noxious animals, 
ECALE'SIA, &-c. See Hecalesia. 
ECALGRA'IN, abay or creek of theEnglifh Channel, 
on the weft coaft of France, between C a pe Andervillc 
and the Nez de Jobourg. 
ECA'NUS, a man’s name. lEJd. xiv. 24. 
ECASTAPHYL'LUMjy. in botany. See Dalberoia.. 
ECATOMBdi'ON, f. [ £K «- rof&oum, Gr.] The fir ft- 
month of the Athenian year. It confided of thirty days, 
and began on the firft new moon after the fummer folftice,, 
and confequently anfwejred to the latter part of our June 
and beginning of July. The Boeotians called it Hippc~ 
dromus, and the Macedonians Lous. 
EC'DASISj J. [Greek.] A figure in rhetoric ; a di= 
greflicM. 
ECBATAfNAj. 
