Search results for "Holy water" - New World Encyclopedia
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- To produce extruded or pressed incense, small quantities of water ... either of thin bamboo or wood, is soaked in water or a thin water/glue mixture ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- quot;without counting his other prayers the holy King knelt down every evening ... to enclose sacred relics, or drops of holy water. A set of blessed Rosary ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- human ingenuity, devising an elaborate water management system, carving ... ability of the Nabataeans to control the water supply that led to the rise ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- used in the Eastern Orthodox Church's Holy Saturday liturgy (between ... The foundational importance of the sacrament of baptism (using water ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- Swan is any of various large, long-necked water birds of the family ... winter, eat pearls, and separate milk from water in a mixture of both. ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 00:35, 27 February 2023
- miracles, materializations of vibhuti (holy ash) and other small objects ... that vibuthi, kumkum, turmeric powder, holy water, Shiva lingams, statues ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- understood. These are the hosioi ("holy ones") and the prophētai ... There were five hosioi,(the holy ones) whose responsibilities are ...24 KB (3,809 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- at the same time. They share the same holy lands, and both claim to have ... reason (samjnin). The four elements, earth, water, air and fire, are animated ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- , this does not release them from their holy obligation to perform the ... converge on Mecca for the high holy week of the hajj, a total ...29 KB (4,558 words) - 20:42, 22 June 2024
- that worship of mountains and other water sources played a dominant ... a preset pattern dedicated to a particular holy entity, similar to the practice ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- Jethro's seven daughters arrived to water their flocks there, but Midianite ... beheld the burning bush and climbed the holy mountain of Horeb, where he ...13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
- resurrection, and the femininity of the Holy Spirit or a feminine aspect ... Genesis, that "There was darkness and water, and spirit upon water." ...17 KB (2,741 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- he called “counter-earth.” The central holy fire was not the Sun, but ... elements such as earth, air, fire and water, but also continua such as ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 04:13, 24 November 2022
- the expansive force of freezing water, specific gravities of materials ... being such things as air, earth, fire, and water. Moreover, he criticized ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- conceived Jesus miraculously through the Holy Spirit without her husband ... because her unborn child is "from the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:18-25). ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- while the rich man craved a drop of water from Lazarus' finger ... can be seen inside the church under the Holy of Holies. His relics were ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 17:59, 25 October 2022
- which is associated with the pouring of holy ghee or oil into a sacrificial ... three gods seen together represent earth, water, and fire. The earth is seen ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- often the dead body is bathed in purified water, and dressed in new clothes ... to his left. While walking he sprinkles water and sometimes ghee onto the ...37 KB (6,189 words) - 14:58, 3 December 2023
- criminal offensives, and the proper conduct of holy war. ... swears an oath and drinks "bitter water." She will suffer a ...28 KB (4,576 words) - 20:04, 17 May 2023
- Traditional dishes are often highlighted. Water is usually the beverage of ... In the Middle East, iftar consists of water, juices, dates, salads ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
