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Relieve the Sentries is to put fresh men upon that dutyfrom the guard, which is generally done every two hours, by a cor-poral who attends the relief, to see that the proper orders are deli-vered to the soldier who relieves.

Relieve the Trenches is to relieve the guard of thetrenches, by appointing those for that duty who have been therebefore.

RELIEVERS, a name given to that sect of PresbyterianSeceders, who are joined with the Church or Presbytery ofRelief.

RELIEVO, or RELIEF, in sculpture, &c. is the projecture of a figure from the ground or plane on which it is formed; whe-ther that figure be cut with the chisel, moulded, or cast. Thereare three kinds or degrees of relievo, viz. alto, basso, and demi-rehevo. The. alto-relievo, called also haut-relief, or high relievo,is when the figure i; formed after nature, and projects as much asthe life. Basso-relievo, bass-relief, or low relievo, is when thework is raised 3 little from the ground, as in medals, and the fron-tispieces of buildings ; and particularly in the histories, festoons,foliages, and other ornaments of friezes. Demi-relievo is whenone-half of the figure rises from the plane. When, in a basso-relievo, there are parts that stand clear out, detached from therest, the work is called a demi-basso. In architecture, the relievoof tl; . ornaments ought always to be proportioned to the magni-tude of the building it adorns, and to the distance at which it is tobe viewed.

Relievo, or Relief, in painting, is the degree of boldnesswith which the figures seem, at a due distance, to stand out fromthe groin.d of the painting.

RELIGION is derived, according to Cicero , from rclegerc,to re-consider ; but according to Servius , and most modern gram-marians, from religare, to bind fast. The reason assigned by theRoman orator for deducing rcligio from relego, is in these words,“ qui aulem omnia, qua; ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligen-ter retraetareut, et tanquam relegerent, sunt dicli ve.ligiosi ex re-legendo.” The reason given by Servius for his derivation of theword is, “ quod mentem religio religet.” Religion is used todenote that worship and homage which is due to God , consideredas our creator, preserver, and most bountiful benefactor. Religionis divided into natural and revealed: by natural religion is meantthat knowledge, veneration, and love, of God , and the practice ofthose duties to him, our fellow-creatures, and ourselves, which arediscoverable by the right exercise of our rational faculties, fromconsidering the nature and perfections of God , and our relation tohim and to one another. See Moral Philosophy . And by re-vealed religion is meant, natural religion explained, enforced, andenlarged, from the express declarations of God himself, from themouths or pens of his prophets, &c. Religion, in a more con-tracted sense, is used for that system of faith and worship, whichobtains in several countries of the world ; and even for the varioussects into which each religion is divided. See Pagans , Moham-medans, Jews, &c. Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Calvi-nists , &c.

RELIGIOUS, a person engaged by solemn vows to the mo-niastic life ; or a person shut up in a monastery to lead a life ofdevotion and austerity, under some rule or institution. The malereligious are popularly called Monks and Friars; the female,Nuns and Canonesses . See these articles.

Religious War, or Croisadk. See Croisade .rellqlle, in Roman antiquity, the ashes and bones of thedead, that remained after burning their bodies; which were ga-thered up, put into urns, and afterwards deposited in tombs. Thisword is also used for relics. See Relics.

remainder, in law, is an estate limited in lands, tene-ments, or rents, to be enjoyed after the expiration of another par-ticular estate. An estate in remainder is an estate limited to takeellect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined. As if aman seised in fee simple grants lands to one for twenty years, andalter the determination of the said term, then to another and hisheirs for ever: here the former is tenant for years, remainder tone latter in fee. In the first place, an estate for years is createdor caived out of the fee, and given to the former, and the residueanti the remainder of it is given to the latter. Both their interestsare in fact only one estate ; the present term of years, and the re-1 dinner afterwards, when added together, being equal only to oneVOL. iv.— no. 188 .

estate in fee. 2 Black, c. 11. The word remainder is no term ofart, nor is it necessary to create a remainder. So that any wordssufficient to shew the intent of the party, will create a remainder;because such estates take their denomination of remainder morefrom the nature and manner of their existence after they are limit-ed, than from any previous quality.inherent in the word. SeeFearne on Remainders. There is this difference between a re-mainder and a reversion : in case of a reversion, the estate grant-ed, after the limited time, reverts to the grantor or his heirs; butby a remainder it goes to some third person, or a stranger.

REMEMBRANCERS, anciently called clerks of the remem-brance, certain officers in the exchequer, whereof three are dis-tinguished by the names of the king’s remembrancer, the lordtreasurer’s remembrancer, and the remembrancer of the first fruits.The king’s remembrancer enters in his office all recognizancestaken before the barons for any of the king’s debts, for appear-ances or observing of orders ; he also takes all bonds for the king”sdebts,&c. and makes out processes thereon. He likewise issues pro-cesses against the collectors of the customs, excise, and others, fortheir accounts ; and informations upon penal statutes are enteredand sued in his office, where all proceedings in matters uponEnglish bills in the exchequer-chamber remain. He makes outthe bills of compositions upon penal laws, *akes the statement ofdebts; and into-his office arc delivered all kinds of indenturesand other evidences which concern the assuring any lands to thecrown. He every year in crastino animarum reads in open courtthe statute for election of sheriffs; and likewise openly reads incourt the oaths of all the officers, when they are admitted.

REMINISCENCE, that power of the human mind, wherebyit recollects itself, or calls again into its remembrance such ideasor notions as it had really forgot: in which it differs from me-mory, Which is a treasuring up of things in the mind, and keepingthem there, without forgetting them.

REM1REMONT, a town of France , in the department of theVosges , and late province of Lorrain; 104 . miles S. S. E. ofEpinal .

REMISSION, in law, &c. denotes the pardon of a crime,or the giving up the punishment due thereto.

Remission, in medicine, is when a distemper abates for atime, but does not go quite off.

Remission, in physics, used in opposition to increase, whichis called intension.

REMITTER , \_remeltre, Fi'.] 1 . One who remits, or procuresthe conveyance and payment of money. 2. In law, a restitutionof one that has two titles to lands or tenements, and is seised ofthem by his 1 a'ter title, unto his title that is more ancient, in casewhere the latter is defective.

REMITTITUR, in law, an entry made in the king’s bench, ona writ of error’s abating in the exchequer-chamber.

REMONSTRANCE, an expostulation addressed to a king, orother superior, beseeching him to reflect on the inconveniences orill consequences of some order, edict, or the like. It is also usedfor an expostulatory counsel, or advice; or a gentle and hand-some reproof, made either in general, or particular, to apprize ofor correct some fault, &c.

REMOUNT, in war. To remount the cavalry, is to furnishtroopers or dragoons with fresh horses, instead of such as have beenkilled or disabled in the service.

REMOVER, in law, is where a suit is removed or takdn but ofone court into another ; and is the opposite of remanding a cause,or sending it back into the same court from whence it was firstcalled.

REMPHAN, an idol or Pagan god whom St. Stephen saysthe Israelites worshipped in the wilderness as they passed fromEgypt to the land of Promise. (Acts. vii. 43.) That the martyr,here quotes the words of the prophet Amos , (ch. v. 26,) all com-mentators are agreed. But if this coincidence between the Chris-tian preacher and the Jewish prophet be admitted, it follows, thatChiun and Remphan are names of the same deity. Selden andother critics concluded that Chiun, and of course Remphan, is theplanet Saturn ; because Chiun is written Ciun, Cevan, Ceaun,Chevvin; all of which are modern oriental names of that planet.But others, and particularly the late learned Dr. Doig, by va-rious etymological arguments, (which we need not quote) renderit much more probable, that it was the «<f!oa>uw or <ru=ii; of theBE 1 Greeks,