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Decking Churches

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Isaiah (lx. 13) says: “The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir-tree, the pinetree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary.” The “glory of Lebanon” is the cedar-tree. These are not the evergreens mainly used in church decorations. At Christmas the holly is chiefly used, though those mentioned by Isaiah a bound.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Débris
Debt of Nature
Decameron
Decamp
Decaniller
December. (Latin, the tenth month.)
Deception
Decide
Decimo
Deck
Decking Churches
Décolleté [da-coal-ta]
Decoration Day
Decoy Duck
Decrepit
Decuman Gate
Dedalian
Dedlock (Sir Leicester)
Dee
Dee (Dr. John)
Dee Mills