GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the chagrin of the fusion managers.

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.

Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.

COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.