day+of+rejoicing
31Fiji Indian National Congress — On the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first Indians in Fiji, two different organisations called the Fiji Indian National Congress were formed in Fiji. The acting Governor of Fiji, Alfred W. Seymour, despite European opposition,… …
32Liturgical Week — Liturgical Week † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgical Week The week as a measure of time is a sufficiently obvious division of the lunar month, and the discussion carried on with much learning as to whether this seven days period is… …
33St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Walnut Creek, California) — St. Paul s Episcopal Church is a an historic Episcopal patish located in Walnut Creek, California, in the Episcopal Diocese of California. The Carpenter Gothic style chapel of St. Paul s is the oldest church building in Walnut Creek. It is still… …
34Marcionites — • Said that the creator god of the Old Testament was not the good God and Father of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. Had their own shadow hierarchy and their own Bible, which consisted of parts of Luke and Paul, edited so as to disparage the… …
35feast — I. n. 1. Banquet, treat, entertainment, carousal, regale, sumptuous repast. 2. Festival, holiday, fête, day of feasting, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing, festal day. 3. Enjoyment, delight. II. v. n. Eat (plentifully), be …
36gaudy — (adj.) showy, tastelessly rich, 1580s, probably ultimately from M.E. gaudi large, ornamental bead in a rosary (early 14c.); but there is a parallel sense of gaudy as full of trickery (1520s), from M.E. gaud deception, trick, from gaudi a jest,… …
37festival — n. Feast, holiday, festive celebration, (joyful) anniversary, day of rejoicing, fête …
38T.G.I.F. — T.G.I.F., thank God it s Friday: »We yield to no man in our appreciation of Friday as a day for rejoicing. T.G.I.F. is a sentiment we ve often shared (New Yorker) …
39TADMOR — (Heb. תַּדְמֹר; Palmyra), an oasis city at the point of intersection of the caravan roads in the central Syrian desert and the steppe land between Lebanon and Jabel Bishri, halfway between the Euphrates and the Orontes River in the Mediterranean… …
40FESTIVALS — (Heb. חַג, hag; מוֹעֵד, mo ed; or יוֹם טוֹב, yom tov). Introduction The root of חַג is חָגֹג ḥagog, to celebrate, or possibly חוּג ḥug, to go round. It is related to the Arabic ḥajja which means to go on a pilgrimage from which comes ḥajj, the… …
