in Ecclesiastical Writers, denotes a cemetery or burying-ground. The arenaria were properly a kind of pits or holes underground, in which the ancient Christians not only buried their dead, but held their religious assemblies in times of persecution.

ARENDEL, a seaport town of Norway, on the Skagerrack, 35 miles north-east of Christiansand. Lat. 58. 27. N. Long. 8. 50. 25. E. It has a considerable shipping trade, particularly in iron and timber. Population, 3229, engaged in the distilleries, tobacco factories, dockyards, and in the iron mines around. The vicinity is remarkable for the number of beautiful and rare minerals found there.