Lusignan [d’Outremer], king of Jerusalem, taken captive by the Saracens, and confined in a dungeon for twenty years. When 80 years old, he was set free by Osman, the sultan of the East, but died within a few days.—A. Hill, Zara (adapted from Voltaire’s tragedy).
Lusita´nia, the ancient name of Portugal; so called from Lusus, the companion of Bacchus in his travels. This Lusus[Lusus] colonized the country, and called it “Lusitania,” and the colonists “Lusians.”—Pliny, Historia Naturalis, iii. 1.
Luther (The Danish), Hans Tausen. There is a stone in Viborg called “Tausensminde,” with this inscription: “Upon this stone, in 1528, Hans Tausen first preached Luther’s doctrine in Viborg.”
Lutin, the gypsy page of Lord Dalgarno.—Sir W. Scott, Fortunes of Nigel (time, James I.).
Lux Mundi, Johann Wessel; also called Magister Contradictionum, for his opposition to the Scholastic philosophy. He was the predecessor of Luther (1419-1489).
Luz, a bone which the Jews affirm remains uncorrupted till the last day, when it will form the nucleus of the new body. This bone Mahomet called Al Ajb, or the rump bone.
Eben Ezra and Manasseh ben Israil say this bone is in the rump.
The learned rabbins of the Jews
Write, there’s a bone, which they call luez (1 syl.)
I’ the rump of man.