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CAROLINA

Volume 2 · 123 words · 1771 Edition

a province of N. America, belonging to Great Britain: It is situated, comprehending Georgia, between 75° and 86° W. long, and between 31° and 36° N. lat, and bounded by Virginia on the north, by the Atlantic ocean on the east, by Spanish Florida on the south, and by the Appalachian mountains on the west; or rather extends westward, without any limits. It is divided into three distinct governments, viz. North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

CAROLINE-books, the name of four books, composed by order of Charlemagne, to refute the second council of Nice. These books are couched in very harsh and severe terms, containing one hundred and twenty heads of accusation against the council of Nice, and condemning the worship of images.