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1Congregation of Ceremonies — Pope Sixtus V, founder of the Congregation of Ceremonies The Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies was a branch of the Roman Curia that is charged with the direction of all the papal ceremonies, as well as of the ceremonial of cardinals, whether in… …
2Trial by combat — 1540s depiction of a 1409 judicial combat in Augsburg (Paulus Hector Mair, Munich cod. icon. 393) Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of… …
3History of the Jews in Sweden — The history of Jews in Sweden can be traced back to the seventeenth century, as vouched for by church records at Stockholm, from which it appears that several Jews had been baptised into the Lutheran Church, a condition at that time imposed upon… …
4sepulcher — /sep euhl keuhr/, n. 1. a tomb, grave, or burial place. 2. Also called Easter sepulcher. Eccles. a. a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs. b. a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with… …
5sepulchre — /ˈsɛpəlkə / (say sepuhlkuh) noun 1. a tomb, grave, or burial place. 2. Ecclesiastical a structure or a recess in some churches of the Middle Ages in which the sacred elements, the cross, etc., were deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday to… …
6Ceremony of the Keys — Ceremonies known as the Ceremony of the Keys are held in at least two locations in the United Kingdom: London, and Edinburgh, as well as Gibraltar. London Probably the best known such ceremony is the one that takes place every night at the Tower… …
7Olympic Games ceremony — Olympic Games ceremonies were an integral part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Some of the elements of the modern ceremonies harken back to the Ancient Games from which the Modern Olympics draw their ancestry. An example of this is the prominence… …
8Shamanism — Shaman redirects here. For other uses, see Shaman (disambiguation). Russian postcard based on a photo taken in 1908 by S. I. Borisov, showing a female shaman, of probable Khakas ethnicity.[1] Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a… …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10Lacandon — Infobox ethnic group group=Lacandón nativename=Hach Winik Real People poptime=Mexico: approx 1000 popplace=Mexico (Lacandon Jungle in Northeastern Chiapas) and Petén, Guatemala rels=Protestant, Traditional Belief System, Some Catholic Influences… …
