in Jewish antiquity, were those offerings which had life, in opposition to the minchah, or those which had not. It is derived from the word karab, which signifies to approach, because the victims were brought to the door of the tabernacle.

CORBAN is also a ceremony which the Mahommedans perform at the foot of a mountain in Arabia, near Mecca. It consists in killing a great number of sheep, and in distributing the carcases among the poor.

CORBELL, an arrondissement of the department of the Seine and Oise, in France. Its extent is 420 square miles; and it is divided into four communes, containing 51,759 inhabitants. The city which gives name to the circle, is situated at the junction of the Essonne with the Seine, and contains 800 houses, and 3404 inhabitants, who carry on a great trade in corn, and manufacture leather and linen cloth. Long. 4. 21. E. Lat. 48. 48. N.