Search results for "Holy water" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Holy wells were often visited at Beltane, as well as at the other ... implements of husbandry, the first well water, and the herb vervain (or ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 08:55, 27 September 2023
- freshwater, occasionally entering brackish water, while others are anadromous ... During daylight herring stay in the safety of deep water, feeding ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- to Rome, Santiago de Compostela and the Holy Land. Later in life, after ... heavenly Father … by their celebrated and holy manner of life." ...19 KB (3,232 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- holy items, such as rosaries, crosses, and holy water. Linked to the ... plant, and all things sacred (such as holy water, a crucifix, and a rosary). ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- *“A holy convocation” or “a sacred occasion” (Num. ... המים—lit. "pouring of the water"). The ceremony invoked ...19 KB (2,871 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- "If anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones ... of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them ...15 KB (2,501 words) - 03:45, 31 July 2022
- shun evil, embrace the good and allow the Holy Spirit to work through them ... down, and human blood shed in torrents like water. But they are weapons with ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 04:32, 9 November 2022
- All traditions of Hinduism consider Vrindavan a holy site. Vaisnavisisim ... plated Dhwaja stambha, fifty feet high. A water tank and a picturesque garden ...13 KB (1,859 words) - 21:50, 3 May 2023
- löyly [ˈløyly], was created by splashing water on the heated rocks or kiuas ... In Finland the sauna is an ancient custom. It was considered to be ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- 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) - 16:54, 21 January 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
