Chapter Dudman and Ramhead to Duli'a of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Dulcimer (Italian dolcimello), according to Bishop (Musical Dictionary, p. 45), is "a triangular chest strung with wires, which are struck with a little rod held in each hand;" but the word "symphonia," translated dulcimer in Daniel iii. 5, was a species of bagpipe. Fürst deduces it from the Hebrew smpn (a pipe).

"The sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut psaltery, [symphony] or dulcimer, and all kinds of music." - Dan. iii. 5.

Dulcinea A lady-love. Taken from Don Quixote's amie du coeur. Her real name was Aldonza Lorenzo, but the knight dubbed her Dulcinea del Toboso.

"I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head - it harmonises the soul." - Sterne.

Dulcinists Heretics who followed the teaching of Dulcin, who lived in the fourteenth century. He said that God reigned from the beginning to the coming of Messiah; and that Christ reigned from His ascension to the fourteenth century, when He gave up His dominion to the Holy Ghost. Dulcin was burnt by order of Pope Clement IV.

Duli'a An inferior degree of worship or veneration, such as that paid by
Roman Catholics to saints and angels; Hyper-dulia is a superior sort of veneration reserved for the Virgin; but that worship which is paid to God alone is called latri'a. "Dulia" means that sort of veneration which slaves pay to their lords (Greek, doulos, a slave); "Latria" means that sort of veneration which mortals pay to the gods (Greek, latreu'o, to worship the gods).