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  • 111Sandek — (Hebrew: סנדק, companion of child ) is the term for a person honored at a Jewish brit milah (circumcision) ceremony, traditionally either by holding the baby boy on the knees or thighs while the mohel performs the brit milah or by handing the… …

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  • 112Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad — Sheikh Abdul Basit Abd us Samad (1927 in Armant 1988) (عبد الباسط عبد الصمد), was an Egyptian Qari.He was born in a village called Armant in the southern part of Egypt.He memorized quran before he was 10 year old and learnt all the seven reading… …

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  • 113Bell, Alexander Graham — born March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scot. died Aug. 2, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Can. Scottish born U.S. audiologist and inventor. He moved to the U.S. in 1871 to teach the visible speech system developed by his father, Alexander Melville Bell …

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  • 114Samuele Bacchiocchi — Samuele R. Bacchiocchi (Rome, Italy, 29th January 1938) [ [http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/endtimeissues/et 194.htm Endtime Issues #194] gives this date approximately] is a Seventh day Adventist author and theologian, best known for his work… …

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  • 115New England's Dark Day — refers to an event that occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.[1] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest …

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  • 116Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 117Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 118Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… …

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  • 119BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 120religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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