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  • 11festival — [fes′tə vəl] n. [ME, n. & adj. < OFr < ML festivalis < L festivus: see FESTIVE] 1. a time or day of feasting or celebration; esp., a periodic religious celebration 2. a celebration, entertainment, or series of performances of a certain… …

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  • 12festival — ► NOUN 1) a day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons. 2) an organized series of concerts, films, etc. ORIGIN Latin festivalis, from festa feast …

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  • 13Religious and spiritual use of cannabis — Sacramental, religious and spiritual use of cannabis refers to cannabis used in a religious or spiritual context. Cannabis has an ancient history of ritual usage as an aid to trance and has been traditionally used in a religious context… …

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  • 14Festival of Light Australia — See Also, Festival of Light (disambiguation) OriginThe idea of an Australian Festival of Light began in the home of an Adelaide lawyer in November 1972.Rev Lance Shilton then Rector of South Australia s largest Anglican church and later Dean of… …

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  • 15festival — noun 1 series of performances/events ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, major ▪ annual ▪ spring, summer, etc. ▪ …

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  • 16Religious symbolism in the United States military — Insignias (left to right) for Christian, Muslim and Jewish chaplains are shown on the uniforms of three U.S. Navy chaplains, 1998. (These were the only insignias in use at that time.) Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the …

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  • 17festival */*/*/ — UK [ˈfestɪv(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms festival : singular festival plural festivals 1) a) a series of performances of films, plays, music, or dancing that is usually organized in the same place at the same time each year the Shetland… …

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  • 18festival — fes|ti|val [ festıvl ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of performances of movies, plays, music, or dancing that is usually organized in the same place at the same time each year: The movie generated a very positive response at this year s Sundance… …

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  • 19Religious violence in Orissa — Indian state of Orissa Religious violence in Orissa refers to civil unrest and riots in the remote forest region surrounding Kandhamal in the Indian state of Orissa. Parts of Kandhamal are tribal reservations where only tribal people can own land …

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  • 20Religious aspects of Nazism — Historians, political scientists and even philosophers have studied Nazism with a specific focus on its religious or semi religious aspects. [ Semi religious beliefs in a race of Aryan god men, the needful extermination of inferiors, and an… …

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