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claimed powerfully. In the course of tills opposition lie started anew doctrine, which he called Evangelical Truth; and from thebeginning of 1519 to 1523, he preached not only against indul-gences, but against other articles of the Romish church. Butthough Zuingiius made no less progress than Luther, he yet con-ducted himself with more moderation and prudence; and wishingto have the concurrence of the civil powers, procured two assem-blies to be called at Zurich : by the first, lie was authorised to pro-ceed as he had begun ; and by (lie second, the outward worshipand ceremonies of the church of Rome were abolished. Duringthese transactions, Zuingiius published several books in defence otliis doctrines ; but treating of the eucharist, and prescribing a formof celebrating the Lord’s Supper different from Luther, lie wasinvolved in violent disputes with the rest of his reforming bre-thren. Interpreting the words Hoc est corpus meiun, by hoc sig-nilicat corpus meum, lie maintained, that the body and blood ofChrist are not really present in the eucharist; and that the breadand wine are nothing more than external signs or symbols, design-ed to excite in the minds of Christians the remembrance of thesufferings of the divine Saviour, and of the benefits which arisefrom them. Zuingiius died in 1531. Ills works amount to fourvols. folio.
ZULPICH, or ZULPIGI1, a town in the duchy of Juliers ; 18miles S. W. of Cologn, and 43 E. of Liege.
ZURICH, a canton of Switzerland , bounded on the N.by Suabia and Schaffhausen , S. by Rappersclnveil, Switz,and Zug; E. by Thurgau , Toggenburg, and Utznach ; and VV.by Baden: 60 miles long from N. to S. and 48 broad from E. toto W. In surface, air, and soil, it is an epitome of all Switzer-land , containing hills, valleys, plains, corn-lands, vineyards, lakes,and rivers.
Zurich, the capital of the above canton, stands in a pleasantcountry, 23 miles from Scaffhausen, and 114 from Geneva . Lon.8. 30. 'E. Lat. 27. 20. N.
Zurich, a lake of Switzerland , in the above canton, near 10leagues in length and one in breadth.
ZURICK-ZEE, a town of the United Provinces , in Zealand ;capital of the Isle of Schowen.
ZUTPIIEN, a stong and considerable town of the UnitedPro vinces, capital of a county of the same name, annexed to therovince of Guelderland ; nine miles S. E. of Deventer , and 55 E.y S. of Amsterdam. Lon. 6. 0. E. Lat. 52. 10, N.
ZUYDER ZEE, [Dutch, i. e, the Southern Sea, ] a greatculph or bay of the German Ocean, which extends from S. toN. in the United Provinces, between Friesland, Overyssel, Guelder-land and N. Holland.
ZUZ, [TIT,] an ancient Jewish coin, of which four made ashekel, worth 7§d. sterling.
ZWINGERA, in botany, a genus of the decandria monogyniaclass and order. Calyx five-parted ; petals five ; filaments widen-ed at the base, hairy; capsule five, coriaceous, one-seeded, in-serted into a fleshy receptacle. There is but one species, viz. Z.amara, a native of the woods of Guiana.
ZWOLL, a city of the Netherlands , the chief town of theprovince of Overyssel , five miles S. of JIassalt, eight S. E. of
I Campen ; 15 N. of Deventer , and 28 S. W. of Covorden. Lon.6. 10. E. Lat. 52. 33. N.
ZYGETI1, a county of Lower Hungary, separated on the S.IV. from Sclavonia by the Drave ; on the N. W. by Lake Bala-ton ; and on the E. by the counties of Alha Regalis, andTohia.
Zygeth, the capital of the above comity, 10 miles N. of theDrave, and 50 N. W. of Esseck. Lon. 18. 58. E. Lat. 46.17. N.
ZYGIA, [from £Dyvy|Ui to join,] a surname of Juno, becauseshe presided over marriage.
Zygia, in natural history, a grnus of insects of the order Co-leoptera; antenme moniliform ; feelers equal, filiform; lip elon-gated, membranaceous; jaw one-toothed. There is only onespecies, viz. Z. oblonga, which is found in the East.
ZYGOMA, in anatomy, a bone of the head, or rather anunion or assemblage of two processes or eminences of bones; theone from the os temporis, the other from the os mala:; these pro-cesses are hence termed the zygomatic processes, and the suturethat joins them together is denomina'ed the zygomatic suture.See Anatomy.
ZYGOMALIS, or ZYGOMATICUS, in anatomy, a muscleof the head, arising from the os zygoma, whence its name, andterminating at the angle of the lips. See Anatomy.
ZYGOPIIYLLUM, Bean-Caper; in botany, a genus ofplants of the class decandria and order monogynia: naturalorder, Gruinales. Calyx five-leaved ; petals five ; nectary ten*leaved, covering the germ, and bearing the stamens; capsule five-celled. There are fourteen species.
ZYGOSTATES, [^oyofctTii;,] a clerk of a market, who had theoversight of weights.
ZYGRlTfE, an ancient nation of Libj'a.
ZYMOMA, [£i/f*tuf*a,] leaven, or leavening; any ferment.
ZYMOSIME PER, [from fermentation, and juiirjor,.
measure,] an instrument proposed by Swammerdam in bis bookDe Respirutione, wherewith to measure the degree of fermenta-tion, occasioned by the mixture of different matters, and the de-gree of heat which those matters acquire in fermenting, as also theheat or temperament of the blood of animals.
ZYPAHjS, oi ZYP, VANDER, Francis, a learned writer,born at Malines , in 1580. The Bishop of Antwerp appointed himcanon and archdeacon of his church. He wrote, 1. AnilvticaEnarratio Juris Pontilicii novi. 2. Consultationes Canonical. 3.Notitia: Juris Belgici. 4. De Jurisdictione ecclesiastic^ et civili.He died in 1655, aged 75.
ZYTI1UM, in antiquity, beer. Matthiolus lakes the zythumand curmi of the ancients to be the same with the beer and ale ofour days; and thinks the only difference between zythum andcurmi to have consisted in some circumstances of the preparation,which rendered the one stronger 'ban the other.
ZYTOMIERS, or ZY I'OMI ERZ, a town and fortress of thelate kingdom of Poland, in the Palatinate of Volhynia , now an-nexed to Russia ; 70 miles W. of Kiow, and 120 E. of Lucko',Lon. 29.22. E. Lat. 50. 35. N.
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