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91Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
92Our Lady of Europe — Nuestra Señora de Europa Statue of Our Lady of Europe at the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, Gibraltar. Honored in Gibr …
93Christian Calendar — Christian Calendar † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Calendar GENERALITIES All civilized peoples and even those which seem to be only just emerging from utter barbarism keep some kind of record of the flight of time and are… …
94Immaculate Heart of Mary — For other uses, see Immaculate Heart of Mary (disambiguation). Typical image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, featuring her floral heart. Note the Lily flowers, symbolizing her chastity and modesty. The Immaculate Heart of Mary originally The… …
95Liturgical book — A liturgical book is a book published by the authority of a church, that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official religious services.Roman CatholicIn the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the primary liturgical books are… …
96Lutheranism — See Lutheran. * * * Protestant movement founded on the principles of Martin Luther. Lutheranism arose at the start of the Reformation, after Luther posted his Ninety five Theses in Wittenberg. It spread through much of Germany and into… …
97Holy Week — • The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy… …
98sacrament — /sak reuh meuhnt/, n. 1. Eccles. a visible sign of an inward grace, esp. one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and… …
99Anglicanism — Part of a series on the Anglican Communion …
100Cybele — This article is about the Anatolian Earth Goddess. For other uses of Magna Mater, see Magna Mater (disambiguation). For other uses of Cybele, see Cybele (disambiguation). Full faced Luvian rock carving of the Phrygian Cybele in Mount Sipylus… …
