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111Marian devotions — Madonna and five angels, Botticelli, c. 1485. A Marian devotion is a gift (total or partial) of oneself, or one s activities to the Virgin Mary. It is a willingness and desire to dedicate oneself to, or venerate her; either in terms of prayers or …
112Roman Catholic Marian churches — Santa Maria Maggiore, the first Marian church in Rome Throughout history, Roman Catholics have built churches to venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today, a large number of Roman Catholic churches dedicated to the Blessed Virgin exist on all… …
113Rome — • The significance of Rome lies primarily in the fact that it is the city of the pope Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rome Rome † …
114Vellalar — Vellalars are a dominant caste of Tamil agriculturalists of Tamil Nadu, Kerala states in India and in neighbouring Sri Lanka. They are also found amongst the Tamil diaspora around the world. Like many other castes of Tamils they were also… …
115literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
116Father Damien — For other people with similar names, see Father Damien (disambiguation) or Saint Damien. Saint Damien Saint Damien of Molokaʻi Saint Damien de Veuster was a Roman Catholic missionary who ministered to lepers on the Hawaiian island of Mol …
117Artoklasia — The Artoklasia (Greek: ἀρτοκλασία; Church Slavonic: Лития, litiya ; Romanian: litia ) is a service held near the end of Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches. Five round loaves of leavened bread are blessed, together with… …
118Richard William Enraght — Infobox clergy name = Richard William Enraght image size = 200px caption = Fr. Richard Enraght SSC.reproduced by kind permission of the Principal Chapter of Pusey House, Oxford.(Hall Collection 3/13, Pusey House Oxford) birth date = February 23… …
119History of Roman Catholic Mariology — The history of Roman Catholic Mariology traces theological developments and views regarding Mary from the early Church to the twentieth century. Mariology is a mainly Catholic ecclesiogical movement within theology, which centers on the relation… …
120china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
