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From: "David Lamb" <>
Subject: Re: Odd Christian names
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:23:15 +0100
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Hello,

Some of the Latin "number-names" are in the New Testament, such as Secundus,
Tertius, and Quartus, but if the name in question is still Septimus, it
doesn't occur in any English translation of the Bible that I know of. It
does occur in the Latin Vulgate version, but with a small s, not as a name,
but as an adjective meaning "seventh."

Regards,
David Lamb (Paignton, Devon, UK)
Interests (Essex): BAXTER, BERRY, EREY, GOLDSTONE, LAMB, MOTT, PARTRIDGE,
SARGENT, TICHBORNE, WEBB, WHEELER, WILLSHER
(Suffolk): BRYNGLOVE, CRISPE, FINCH, PARTRIDGE, PORTER, PRATT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Greenall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: Odd Christian names


> It's also biblical I think, so it is possible (though not I imagine taken
> for granted) that the parents attended some form of church in earnest.
> Whether that could be taken as a pointer to Wales is another question!
>
> Lawrence


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