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tion, and rejefted all the books of the Old Teftament, as 
coming from an evil principle. Marcion, his difciple, fuc- 
ceeded him in his errors. 
To CERE, <v.a. [from cera, Lat. wax.] To wax.—Sew 
up the wound with a needle, and ftrorjg brown thread 
cere'd, about half an inch from the edges of the lips. Wife- 
man. 
CEREA'LTA,feftivals in honorcf Ceres; firft inftituted 
at Rome by Memmius the edile, and celebrated on the 19th 
of April. Perfons in mourning were not permitted to ap¬ 
pear at the celebration ; therefore they were not obferved 
after the battle of Canute. They are the fame as the Thef- 
■ lnophoria of the Greeks. 
CEREBEL'LUM,yl [dim. of cerebrum.'] Thatportion of 
the brain which is fituated under the polterior lobes of the 
cerebrum. 
CERE'BRUM,/. [from Gr.’the head.] The brain. 
The foft medullary fnbftance contained within the Ikull. 
See Anatomy, vol. i. p. 592,&c. 
CE'RECLOTH, f. Cloth fmeared over with glutinous 
matter, ufed for wounds and bruifes.—The ancient Egyp¬ 
tian mummies were fhrowded in a number of folds of 
linen, beliueared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon. 
CEREFO-LlUM,y; inbotany. SeeC h^rophyllum 
and Scandix. 
CE'REMENT, f [from cera, Lat. wax.] Cloths dip¬ 
ped in melted wax, with which dead bodies were infolded 
when they were embalmed : 
Let me not burlt in ignorance, but tell 
Why canonized bones, hearfed in earth. 
Have burlt their cerements ? Sbakefpeare. 
CEREMONIAL, adj. Relating to ceremony, or out¬ 
ward rite-.; ritual.—Chrilt did take away that external ce¬ 
remonial worlhip that was among the Jews. Stilhngfleet .— 
Formal; obfervant of old forms : 
Oh monftrous, fuperftitious puritan, 
Of refin’d manners, yet ceremonial man. 
That, when thou meet’ft one, with enquiring eyes 
Doftfearch, and, like a needy broker, prize 
The filk and gold-he- wears. Donne. 
CEREMONIAL,/ Outward form ; external rite; pre- 
fcriptive formality.—The only condition that could make 
rt prudent for the clergy to alter the ceremonial, or any in¬ 
different part, would be a refolution in the legiflatufe to 
prevent new lefts. Swift— The order for rites and forms 
in the Roman church. 
CEREMONIALNESS,/The quality of being ceremo- 
Jiial; overmuch ufe of ceremony. 
CEREMONIOUS, adj. Confiding pf outward rites.— 
Under a different ceconomy of religion, God was more 
tender of the ceremonious part of his worfliip. South. —Full 
of ceremony; awful: 
O, the facrifice, 
Hove ceremonious, folemn, and unearthly 
It was i’ th’ offering! Sbakefpeare. 
Attentive to outward rites, or preferiptive formalities: 
You are too fenfelefs obftinate, my lord; 
Too ceremonious and traditional. .Sbakefpeare. 
Civil ; according to the ftrift rules of civility, formally 
_refpe£tful.T-They have a fet of ceremonious plirafes, that run 
through all ranks and degrees among them, Addifon, —■ 
Obfervant.of the rules of civility ; 
Then let us take a ceremonious leave, 
And loving farewel, of our feveral friends. Sbakefpeare. 
Civil and formal to a fault.—The old caitiff was grown 
fo ceremonious, as he would needs accompany me fome miles 
an my way. Sidney. 
CEREMONIOUSLY, ad-v. In a ceremonious manner ; 
formally, refpeftfully s ' • 
C E R 
Ceremonioiifly let us prepare 
Some welcome for the miltrefs of the houfe. Sbakefpeare'. 
CEREMONIOUSNESS,/. Addiftednefs to ceremony; 
the ufe of too much ceremony. 
CE'REMONY, / [ ceremonia , Lat.] Outward rite; ex¬ 
ternal form in religion : 
Bring her up to the high altar, that fhe may 
The iacred ceremonies partake. Spenfer. 
Forms of civility.—The fauce to meat is ceremony. Shak- 
fpeare. —Not to ufe ceremonies at all, is to teach others not 
to ufe them again, and fo diminifti refpeft. Bacon. —Out¬ 
ward forms of Rate : 
What art thou, thou idle ceremony? 
What kind of god art thou, that fuffer’R more 
Of mortal grief, than do thy worfhippers ? 
Art thou aught elfe but place, degree, and form ? 
Sbakefpeare. 
Mafler of the CE'REMONIES, an officer inftitut¬ 
ed by James I. for the more honourable reception of am- 
bafiadors and ftrangers of quality. He wears about his 
neck a chain of gold, with a medal, having on one fide an 
emblem of peace, with this motto : Beati pacifci ; and on 
the other, an emblem of war, with Dieu et mon droit. 
CEREN'CES, or Cerance, a town of France, in the 
department of the Channel, and chief place of a canton, in 
the dillrift of Coutances : two leagues and a half fouth of 
Coutances. 
CE'RENS, a town of France, in the department of the 
Sarte: ten miles fouth of Le Mansi 
CEREN'ZA, or Gerenza, a town of Italy, in the 
kingdom of Naples, fituated on a rock, in the province of 
Calabria Citra, the fee of a bifhop, united to Cariali, fuf- 
fragan of St. Severina : ten miles north of St. Severina. 
CE'RES, in fabulous hiftory, the goddefs of corn and 
of harvefts, was daughter of Saturn and Vella. She had a 
daughter by Jupiter, whom fhe called Pherephata,yh«V- 
bearing, and afterwards Proferpine. This daughter was 
carried away' by Pluto, as fhe was gathering flowers in the 
plains near Erma. The rape of Proferpine was grievous to 
Ceres, who fought her all over Sicily ; and, when night 
came, fhe lighted two torches in the flames of mount zTt- 
11a, to continue her fearch by night all overthe world. She 
at laft found her veil near the fountain Cyane; but no in¬ 
telligence could be received of the place of her conceal¬ 
ment, till at laft thenymph ArethUfa informed her thather 
daughter had been carried away by Pluto. No fooner 
had Ceres heard this, than fhe flew to heaven with her cha¬ 
riot drawn by two dragons, and demanded of Jupiter the 
reftoration of her daughter. The endeavours of Jupiter to 
foften her by reprefenting Pluto as a powerful god, to be¬ 
come her fon-in-law, proved fruitlefs, and the reftoration 
was granted, provided Proferpine had not eaten any thing 
in the kingdom of Pluto. Ceres upon this repaired to 
Pluto, but Proferpine bad eaten the grains of a pomegra¬ 
nate which fhe had gathered as fhe walked over the Eiy- 
fian fields, and Afcalaphus, tire only one who had feen her, 
difeovered it to make his court to Pluto. The return of 
Proferpine upon earth, was therefore imprafticable ; but 
Afcalaphus, for his unfolicited information, was changed 
.into an owl. The grief of Ceres for the lofs of her daughter 
was fo great, that Jupiter granted Proferpine to pafs fix 
months with her mother, and the reft of the year with Plu¬ 
to. During the inquiries of Ceres for her daughter, the 
cultivation of the earth was neglefted, and the ground be¬ 
came barren ; therefore, to repair the lofs which mankind 
had fuffered by her abfence, the goddefs -went to Attica, 
which was become the moft defolate country in the world, 
and inftrufted Triptolemus of Eleufis in every thing which 
concerned agriculture. She taught him how to plough the 
ground, to low and reap the corn, to make bread, and to 
take particular care of fruit-trees. After thefe inftruc- 
tions, flie gave him her chariot, and commanded him to 
travel 
