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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Waits

Waits were anciently minstrels or musical watchmen who sounded the watch at night. They have now degenerated into itinerant musicians, who give notice of the approach of Christmas. The term is also applied to angelic musicians with horns, represented on corbels and ceilings.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.