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  • 91Mahamaya-tantra — Part of a series on Tibetan Buddhism …

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  • 92ark — /ahrk/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) Also called Noah s Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6 9. 2. Also called ark of the covenant. a chest or box… …

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  • 93shrine — n. 1. Reliquary, sacred tomb. 2. Altar, sacred place, sacred object, hallowed place …

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  • 94sacrilege — sac•ri•lege [[t]ˈsæc rə lɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) rel the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred 2) rel an instance of this • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < OF < L sacrilegium=sacri , comb. form of sacrum sacred object or place… …

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  • 95Muiraquitã — A piece of Marajoara ceramics depicting a Muiraquitã frog like image. Muiraquitã (from Tupi mbïraki tã, knot of trees , from muyrá / mbyra, tree , stick , wood and quit, knot , wart , rounded object ),[1] is the name given to various types of old …

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  • 96War — This article is about war in general. For other uses, see War (disambiguation) and The War (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras …

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  • 97Nehushtan — Moses lifts up the brass snake, curing the Israelites of snakebites. Hezekiah called the snake Nehushtan. The Nehushtan (or Nehustan, Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת), in the Hebrew Bible, was a sacred object in the form of a snake of brass upon a… …

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  • 98Nephilim — For other uses, see Nephilim (disambiguation). The Nephilim (plural) are the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of men in Genesis 6:4, or giants who inhabit Canaan in Numbers 13:33. A similar word with different vowel sounds is used… …

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  • 99Karmapa controversy — The recognition of the Seventeenth Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, has been the subject of controversy. [9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Talks on The Karmapa Controversy, [http://www.rinpoche.com/controversy.htm] ]… …

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  • 100Vladimir Yourkevitch — Vladimir Ivanovich Yourkevitch ( ru. Владимир Иванович Юркевич, also spelled Yurkevich, 1885 December 13 1964) was a Russian naval engineer, developer of the modern design of ship hulls, and designer of the famous ocean liner SS Normandie . He… …

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