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AQUARII, a name given to the Christians who substituted water for wine in the Eucharist. They were not a sect, for we find the practice widely in vogue at an early time, even among the orthodox. In Greek they were called Hydro parastatae, or those who offer wa ...

... emy catalogued forty-five stars, Tycho Brahe forty-one, Hevelius forty-seven. C Aquarii is a well-defined binary, having both components of the fourth magnitude; it is probably of long period.

AQUARIUM (plural aquaria), the name given to a receptacle for a marine flora and fauna. Until comparatively recently, aquaria were little more than domestic toys, or thow-pUce» of a popular character, but they have now not only utumed a profound scientific imp

... ented the humanity of Jesus, as wine his godhood. The users of water were named Aquarii or hydroparaslalae in the 4th century, and were liable to death under the code of Theodosius. Some of the Monophysite churches, e.g. the Armenian, eschewed water and used p ...