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  • 31ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction  any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony.       Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… …

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  • 32Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Paccanarists) —     Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus     (PACCANARISTS).     This society was founded by two young seminarists of Saint Sulpice who had emigrated to Belgium during the French… …

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  • 33Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus —     Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus     (Issoudun).     A religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of promoting the knowledge and practice …

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  • 34Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of promoting the knowledge and practice of devotion to the Heart of Jesus as embodied in the revelations of Our… …

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  • 35GROVES, SACRED — The concept of sacred groves arose out of the traditional mistranslation of the Asherah as a sacred grove near the altar. The Asherah is now known to have been a manmade cult object that was placed near the altar. (For a fuller discussion see… …

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  • 36Fetishism — • The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fetishism      …

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  • 37prayer — prayer1 prayerless, adj. prayerlessly, adv. prayerlessness, n. /prair/, n. 1. a devout petition to God or an object of worship. 2. a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession …

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  • 38South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 39Monkey Magic (TV series) — This article is about the 1990s animated television series, for the live action TV series, sometimes known as Monkey Magic!, please see Monkey (TV series) Monkey Magic Genre Action, Adventure TV anime Directed by Tameo Kohanawa Studio …

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  • 40TEMPLE — The article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple history structure the ground plan of the temple the detailed plan of the temple general description the porch THE MAIN ROOM (HEKHAL) OR HOLY PLACE …

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