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  • 101purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction       any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm …

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  • 102Monasticism — • The act of dwelling alone (Greek monos, monazein, monachos), has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general… …

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  • 103Chovot HaLevavot — or Ḥovot HaLebabot, (Hebrew: חובות הלבבות, English: Duties of the Heart), is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived in… …

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  • 104Queen Victoria — For other uses, see Queen Victoria (disambiguation). Victoria …

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  • 105Doria Shafik — Doria Shafiq Arabic: درية شفيق‎ Born 1908 Tanta, Egypt Died 1975 Cairo …

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  • 106Maragoli tribe (Luhya) — The Maragoli, or Logoli (Ava Logooli), are the second largest tribe of the 6 million strong Luhya nation in Kenya, after the Bukusu. The dialect they speak is called Llogoli, Urulogoli, or Maragoli. Maragoli also refers to the area that the… …

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  • 107Yagyū Munetoshi — 柳生 宗厳 Born Yagyū Shinsuke Munetoshi 1529 Yagyū, Yamato Province Died May 25, 1606(1606 05 25) Yagyū, Yamato Province Other names Sekishūsai, Y …

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  • 108Трук (острова) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Чуук. Чуук (Трук) …

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  • 109cloister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abbey, priory, convent, hermitage, monastery; retreat, sanctuary; arcade, colonnade. See seclusion, abode, temple. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place of religious seclusion] Syn. monastery, convent, abbey …

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  • 110retreat — /rəˈtrit / (say ruh treet) noun 1. the forced or strategic retirement of an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a ship or fleet from action. 2. the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion. 3. a place of …