a duchy of Germany, in the circle of lower Saxony, one hundred miles long, and fifty broad. It is bounded by Sleswig or south Jutland on the north, by the Baltic sea and the duchy of Sax-Lauenburg on the east, by the river Elbe on the south, and by the German sea on the west.

HOLY-GENST, one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity. Order of the Holy Ghost, the principal military order in France, instituted by Henry III. in 1569. It consists of an hundred knights, who are to make proof of their nobility for three descents. The king is the grand-master, or sovereign; and as such, takes an oath on his coronation-day, to maintain the dignity of the order.