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    A turban (from Persian دوربند‌, durband; via Middle French turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn...
    49 KB (5,862 words) - 02:38, 4 July 2024
  • A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors)...
    145 KB (17,197 words) - 14:17, 6 June 2024
  • Notable book burnings – the public burning of books for ideological reasons – have taken place throughout history. About 600 BC, Jeremiah of Anathoth wrote...
    179 KB (20,473 words) - 12:51, 11 May 2024
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    The belfry is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire...
    5 KB (572 words) - 04:53, 13 June 2024
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    Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (/bʌxˈtiːn/ bukh-TEEN; Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ bɐxˈtʲin]; 16 November [O.S. 4...
    55 KB (7,167 words) - 14:45, 27 June 2024
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    A White Lady (or woman in white) is a type of female ghost. She is typically dressed in a white dress or similar garment, reportedly seen in rural areas...
    46 KB (5,822 words) - 04:45, 30 June 2024
  • In Tibetan Buddhism, Ngöndro (Tibetan: སྔོན་འགྲོ།, Wylie: sngon 'gro, Sanskrit: pūrvaka) refers to the preliminary, preparatory or foundational practices...
    18 KB (2,188 words) - 00:23, 20 May 2023
  • Senuna was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She was unknown until a cache of 26 votive offerings to her were discovered in 2002 in an undisclosed...
    6 KB (737 words) - 03:14, 1 July 2022
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    Matthew 7:6 is the sixth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. It refers to...
    20 KB (2,896 words) - 10:58, 20 June 2023
  • Daniel Sommer (1850–1940) was an American religious leader who was a key figure in the Restoration Movement and in the separation of the Churches of Christ...
    6 KB (739 words) - 02:36, 17 May 2023
  • The Hagrites (also spelled Hagarite or Hagerite, and called Hagarenes, Agarenes, and sons of Agar) were associated with the Ishmaelites mentioned in the...
    3 KB (312 words) - 05:39, 7 June 2023
  • Hagarenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαρηνοί Agarenoi, Classical Syriac: ܗܓܪܝܐ Hagráyé or ܡܗܓܪܝܐ Mhaggráyé, Armenian: Հագարացի) is a term widely used by early Syriac...
    3 KB (270 words) - 12:13, 9 May 2024
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    The Church of Cognizance (COC) was founded in 1991 by Danuel & Mary Quaintance in Graham County (Pima) Arizona, United States. In 1994, the Quaintances...
    9 KB (1,266 words) - 17:50, 15 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Petäjävesi Old Church
    The Petäjävesi Old Church (Finnish: Petäjäveden vanha kirkko) is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi, Finland. It was built between 1763 and 1765, when...
    5 KB (528 words) - 18:03, 9 September 2022
  • In philosophy, a thick concept (sometimes: thick normative concept, or thick evaluative concept) is a kind of concept that both has a significant degree...
    6 KB (846 words) - 04:18, 11 May 2023
  • John Rothwell Willis was an Irish Anglican priest. Willis was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1895. After a curacy in Crosspatrick...
    1 KB (97 words) - 15:56, 25 June 2023
  • Rev. Adam Blakeman (10 June 1596 – 7 September 1665) was an English Church of England clergyman who was an early migrant to New England and a founder of...
    3 KB (273 words) - 21:07, 12 June 2022
  • Christianity portal Frederick Samuel Baines (1858–1939) was an Anglican bishop. He was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford, and ordained...
    2 KB (223 words) - 00:51, 1 June 2023
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    The Leyre Casket (Arqueta de Leyre, Museo de Navarra inventory number 1360-B, also known as the Leire Casket, Pamplona Casket) is one of the jewels of...
    8 KB (1,078 words) - 19:47, 27 October 2022
  • John Webster (December 1913 – 15 December 2008), also known as Mo(u)hammed Jon Webster, or more simply just Webster, was a soap box orator and public speaker...
    7 KB (994 words) - 14:52, 26 March 2023
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