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  • 41Holy Saturday — • In the early Church this was the only Saturday on which fasting was permitted (Constit. Apost., VII, 23), and the fast was one of special severity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Saturday     Holy Saturday …

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  • 42fast — I. v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry. II. n. 1. Fasting, abstinence from food. 2. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day. 3. Time of fasting. 4. Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf). III. a …

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  • 43diet — [n1] abstinence from food dietary, fast, nutritional therapy, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, weight reduction plan; concept 660 Ant. indulgence diet [n2] daily intake of food aliment, bite, comestibles, commons, daily bread, edibles,… …

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  • 44Subud — (pronounced IPA2|subud) is an international spiritual association that began in Indonesia in the 1920s as a movement founded by a Javanese Muslim Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo (1901 1987. The word Subuh in the name means dawn and has no relation …

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  • 45abrosia — noun a) Abstinence. b) Abstinence from food …

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  • 46Squamish Indians — • A considerable tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, speaking a distinct language, holding the territory about Squamish River and Howe Sound, above Fraser River in South western British Columbia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Squamish …

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  • 47History of anorexia nervosa — The history of anorexia nervosa begins with the first recognition and description of anorexia as a disease in the late 19th century. It became widely known, particularly in the United States, in the 1980s.In the late 19th century, the public… …

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  • 48Gertrude of Nivelles — Infobox Saint name=Gertrude of Nivelles birth date=626 death date= March 17 659 feast day=March 17 venerated in= imagesize=200px caption=Gertrude of Nivelles, Flemish painting, c. 1530 birth place=Landen, Belgium death place=Nivelles… …

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  • 49St. Gertrude of Nivelles —     St. Gertrude of Nivelles     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gertrude of Nivelles     Virgin, and Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles; born in 626; died 17 March, 659.     She was a daughter of Pepin I of Landen, and a younger… …

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  • 50abrosia — abro·sia ( )ā brō zhə n abstinence from food …

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