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LEFT SABER 166 SABLE Patripassianism. Also the doctrine of the adherents of Sabellius (an African pres- byter of the 3rd century), if not of Sa- bellius himself. It resolved the doctrine of the Trinity into three manifestations of God to man, and taught that the same Person was the Holy Ghost when mani- festing himself to the Christian Church, and, by parity of reasoning, the Son, when he appeared in Christ. Thus Patri- passianism was avoided, but the Incarna- tion, as well as the Trinity, was denied, for the manifestation of God in Christ could differ only in degree, not in kind, from his union with other holy men. Akin to this teaching was that of Marcellus (Bishop of Ancyra in the early part of the 4th century), who made the Logos a mere attribute of God, manifesting it- self in the creation, the Incarnation, and the sanctification of Christians. SABER, or SABRE, a sword having a curved blade, specially adapted for cut- ting. SABIANISM, SABIANISM, or TSA- BAISM, a faith which recognized the unity of God, but worshiped angels or in- telligences supposed to reside in the stars and guide their motions, whence the lapse, at least on the part of the com- mon people, to the worship of the stars became easy. They had sacrifices and sacred days, and believed in a future state of retribution. They were once nu- merous in Arabia, Syria, and Mesopo- tamia, and their sacred books were in Syriac. The early Mohammedans did not rank them with polytheists. SABICtr, or SAVICXT, a leguminous tree, Lysiloma Sabicu, native of Cuba. It furnishes an exceedingly heavy and hard wood, with a texture as smooth, close, and firm as ivory almost, and of a rich, warm, red color. It is much em- ployed for shipbuilding and cabinet mak- ing. SABINE, a river of the United States, forming the boundary between Louisiana and Texas. It rises in northeastern Texas, and after a course of some 500 miles flows into the Gulf of Mexico through Sabine Bay. It is too shallow to be of much use for navigation. SABINE CROSSROADS, a place in De Soto parish, La., about 4 miles S. of Mansfield, where, in the Civil War, the Confederate troops under command of Generals E. Kirby Smith, Taylor, Moul- ton, and Green, defeated the Federal troops under command of Generals Lee, Franklin, Banks, and Ransom. The Union forces lost 10 guns and about 7,000 of their men were taken prisoners. SABINE LAKE, a body of water formed by an expansion of the Sabine river, on the boundary of Louisiana and Texas, about 5 miles N. of the Gulf of Mexico. It is about 18 miles long, aver- ages about 9 miles in breadth, and has an area of about 150 square miles. SABINE MOUNTAINS, a range that is a branch of the Apennines, near the border of ancient Latium, E. of Rome. Its highest point is about 4,200 feet. SABINES (sa'binz), an ancient peo- ple of Italy, supposed to have been named from "Sabus," one of their deities. Little is known of their history. They were at war with the Romans at a very early period. A contest broke out between them 504 B. C, and a body of the Sabines migrated to Rome, where they were wel- comed, and founded the powerful family and tribe of Claudii. The Sabines car- ried their ravages to the very gates of Rome, 469 B. c. On their defeat by Mar- cus Horatius, 449 B. C, their camp was found full of plunder obtained in the Ro- man territories. They were again at w,ar with the Romans, 290 B. C, and having been vanquished, many of them were sold as slaves. The remaining citizens were admitted to the Roman franchise. SABLE, the Mustela zibellina, a digi- tigrade carnivorous mammal, nearly allied to the common marten and pine marten, found chiefly in Siberia and Kamtchatka, and hunted for its fur. Its length, ex- clusive of the tail, is about 18 inches. Its fur, which is extremely lustrous, and SABLE hence of the very highest value, is gen- erally brown, grayish-yellow on the throat, and with small grayish-yellow spots scattered on the sides of the neck. It is densest during winter. Two other species of sable are enumerated, the Japanese sable (M. melanopus) and a North American species (M. leucopus). The Tartar sable (M. siberica) is the name given to a species of the weasel genus found in northern Russia and Si- beria, and the pekan (M. canadensis or M. pennantii) of North America is some-