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41altricial — /al trish euhl/, adj. Zool. (of an animal species) helpless at birth or hatching and requiring parental care for a period of time (opposed to precocial.) [1870 75; < L altric , s. of altrix wet nurse, nourisher (al(ere) to nourish (cf. ALIMENT) + …
42Gaea — /jee euh/, n. the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans. [ < Gk gaîa earth] * * * Greek goddess of the earth. She was both mother and wife to Uranus, or Heaven, from whom she was separated by her son Cronus, a Titan. According… …
43Mother Goddess — Hinduism. 1. Kali. 2. Parvati. * * * ▪ religion any of a variety of feminine deities and maternal symbols of creativity, birth, fertility, sexual union, nurturing, and the cycle of growth. The term also has been applied to figures as… …
44nourish — nourishable, adj. nourisher, n. /nerr ish, nur /, v.t. 1. to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth. 2. to cherish, foster, keep alive, etc.: He had long nourished the dream of living abroad. 3 …
45sun worship — Veneration of the sun or its representation as a deity. It appears in several early cultures, notably in ancient Egypt, Indo Europe, and Mesoamerica, where urban civilizations were combined with a strong ideology of sacred kingship, in which… …
46Brahminism — • 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 …
47Welsh Monastic Foundations — • The British church was driven into Wales in the fifth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Welsh Monastic Foundations Welsh Monastic Foundations …
48Names of God in Islam — This article is part of the series …
49Mammotrectus super Bibliam — 1474 edition of the Mammotrectus printed in Strasbourg Mammotrectus super Bibliam ( nourisher on the Bible ) of John Marchesinus is a guide to understanding the text of the Bible. It is one of the most important Franciscan school texts of the… …
50101 Names of God — In Zoroastrianism, 101 names of God (Pazand Sad o yak nam i khoda) is a list of names of God (Ahura Mazda). The list is preserved in Persian, Pazand and Gujarati. Parsi tradition expanded this to a list of 1001 names of God .[1] The 101… …
