| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...Religion and Education.] The Roman Catholic is (he established religion, and the church is very rich. There are said to be about 10,000 monks and nuns in...lent out at an interest of five per cent, per annum. There are two bishoprics in Chili ; that of Santiago, comprehend* ing the territory north of the river... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...Religion and Education.] The Roman Catholic is the established religion, and the church is very rich. There are said to be, about 10,000 monks and nuns...lent out at an interest of five per cent, per annum. There are two bishoprics in Chili ; that ofSantiago^ comprehending the territory north of the river... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - America - 1823 - 532 pages
...dollars. % Religion. The Roman Catholic is the established religion, and the church is very rich ; there are said to be about 10,000 monks and nuns in...institutions with which they are connected hold nearly one-third of the landed property of the country. Government. • Chili was formerly a Spanish colony... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - America - 1826 - 550 pages
...Catholic is the established religion, and the church is very rich ; there are said to be about 1 ().()()() monks and nuns in Chili, and the religious institutions with which they are connected hold nearly one-third of the landed property of the country. Government. Chili. was formerly a Spanish colony under... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...religion by law established is the Roman Catholic, and the church is very rich. There are said to be 10,000 monks and nuns in Chili ; and the religious institutions with which they are connected, monopolize nearly one-third of all the landed property in the country, The connexion between Chili... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 636 pages
...Chile, and the church is very rich. There are said to lie about 10,000 monks and nuns in this country, and the religious institutions with which they are...nearly one third of the landed property of the country. The army, in 1818, was stated at 8400 CHILE. regular troops ; the militia at 28,960 men, and the revenue... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pages
...Chile, and the church is very rich. There are said to be about 10,000 monks and nuns in this country, and the religious institutions with which they are connected hold nearly one third of the landed proj>erty of the country. The army, in 1818, was stated at 8400 regular troops ; the militia at 28,960... | |
| George Newenham Wright - Geography - 1835 - 660 pages
...Chile, and the church is very rich. There are said to be about 10.000 monks and nuns in this country, and the religious institutions with which they are...hold nearly one third of the landed property of ;the repub. The army in 1818 was stated at 8400 regulars; the militia at 28,960 men, and the revenue at... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 630 pages
...Chile, and the church is very rich. There are said to be about I 0,000 monks and nuns in this country, and the religious institutions with which they are...nearly one third of the landed property of the country. The army, in 1818, was stated at 8400 regular troops ; the militia at 28,960 men, and the revenue at... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 822 pages
...religion by law established is the Roman Catholic, and the church is very rich. There are said to be 10,000 monks and nuns in Chili; and the religious institutions with which they arc connected, monopolize nearly one-third of all the landed property in the country, The connexion... | |
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