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ceremony

(Encyclopedia) ceremony, expression of shared feelings and attitudes through more or less formally ordered actions of an essentially symbolic nature performed on appropriate occasions. A ceremony…

Brewer's: Ceremonious

(The). Peter IV. of Aragon. (1319, 1336-1387.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CeremonyCerdonians A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Ceremony

When the Romans fled before Brennus, one Albinus, who was carrying his wife and children in a cart to a place of safety, overtook at Janiculum the Vestal virgins bending under their load,…

La Cérémonie

Director: Claude Chabrol Writers: Claude Chabrol and Caroline Eliacheff Director of Photography: Bernard Zitzermann Editor: Monique Fardoulis Music: Mathieu Chabrol Producer…

sun dance

(Encyclopedia) sun dance, ceremony typical of the Plains Indians of North America. The ceremony was performed in the summer and lasted from two to eight days. Some of the ceremony was secret. Smoking…

Bar Mitzvah

(Encyclopedia) Bar MitzvahBar Mitzvahbärmĭtsˈvə [key] [Aramaic,=son of the Commandment], Jewish ceremony in which the young male is initiated into the religious community, according to tradition at…

ritual

(Encyclopedia) ritual: see ceremony.

Lupercalia

(Encyclopedia) LupercaliaLupercalial&oomacr;pərkālˈyə [key], ancient Roman festival held annually on Feb. 15. The ceremony of the festival was intended to secure fertility and keep out evil. Two…

Tenebrae

(Encyclopedia) TenebraeTenebraetĕnˈĕbrā [key] [Lat.,=darkness], in the Roman Catholic Church, ceremony performed on the Wednesday and following evenings of Holy Week. As the choir chants, a number of…