A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French

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A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French
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The Taborites, a sect very similar to the Hussites, also take their name from the latter mountain.
TALISMAN.
Talismak, an Arabian word, signifies properly 'con- secration.' The same thing as * telesma,* or ' philactery,' a preservative charm, figure, or character: a superstition which has prevailed at all times and among all people.
It is usually a sort of medal, cast and stamped under the ascendancy of certain constellations. The famous .talisman of Catherine de Medicis still exists.
TART0FFB
...— TARTUF£RIB. — ^TASTB. 229 TARTUFFE— TARTUFERIE.
Tartuffe, a name iDvented by Moli&re, and now adopted in all the languages of Europe to signify hy- pocrites, who make use of the cloak of religion, is a TartufFe ; he is a true Tartuffe.'' Tartuferie, a new word formed from Tartuffe — the action of a hypocrite> the behaviour of a hypocrite, the knavery of a false devotee; it is often used in the disputes concemmg the bull Unigenitus.
TASTE.
SECTION I.
The taste, the sense by which we distinguish the flavour of our food, has produced in all known Ian* guages the metaphor expressed by the word ' taste ' — a feeling of beauties and defects in all the arts.


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