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51Ruthwell Cross — The Ruthwell Cross is an important Anglo Saxon cross, also known as a preaching cross, dating back to the eighth century, when Ruthwell was part of the kingdom of Northumbria. Anglo Saxon crosses are closely related to the contemporary Irish high …
52Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent — History of South Asia and India Stone age (7000–1300 BCE) …
53Malabar rites — is a conventional term for certain customs or practices of the native Catholics of South India, concerning the liturgical rites, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their Indian neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards… …
54Florentine Codex — Page 51 of Book IX from the Florentine Codex. The text is in Nahuatl. The Florentine Codex is the common name given to a 16th century ethnographic research project in Mesoamerica by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún. Bernardino originally… …
55Gideon — /gid ee euhn/, n. 1. Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6 8. 2. a member of the Gideons International. 3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning great destroyer. * * * Judge and hero of ancient …
56Mawlid — /mow lid/, n. Islam. 1. a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabi al awwal, and characterized esp. by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad. 2. the poems recited on this… …
57Muhammad — /moo ham euhd, hah meuhd/, n. 1. Also, Mohammed, Mahomet. A.D. 570 632, Arab prophet: founder of Islam. 2. Elijah (Elijah Poole), 1897 1975, U.S. clergyman: leader of the Black Muslims 1934 75. 3. a male given name. * * * I or Mohammed born с 570 …
58Paul, the Apostle, Saint — ▪ Christian Apostle Introduction original name Saul of Tarsus born 4 BCE?, Tarsus in Cilicia [now in Turkey] died 62–64, Rome [Italy] one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians, often considered to be the second most important… …
59Baal, Baalim — • A word which belongs to the oldest stock of the Semite vocabulary and primarily means lord , owner Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baal, Baalim Baal, Baalim …
60Brahminism — • Religion and social system which grew out of the polytheistic nature worship of the ancient Aryan conquerors of northern India Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Brahminism Brahminism …
