CHAVEZ, a strong town of Tralos-Montes in Portugal, is seated at the foot of a mountain on the river Tamega. It has two suburbs, and as many forts; one of which looks like a citadel. Between the town and suburb of Magdalena, is an old Roman stone-bridge above 92 geometrical paces long. W. Long. 7. 1. N. Lat. 41. 45.

CHAZIN- CHAZINZARIANS, a sect of heretics, who rose in Armenia in the seventh century. The word is formed of the Armenian, chazus, "crofs." They are also called *flavolatres*, which, in Greek, signifies the same as *chazinuzarians* in Armenian, *viz.* adorers of the crofs; they being charged with paying adoration to the crofs alone. In other respects they were Nestorians; and admitted two persons in Jesus Christ. Nicephorus ascribes other singularities to them; particularly their holding an annual feast, in memory of the dog of their false prophet Sergius which they called *artikhartesi*.