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  • 11Yazidi Book of Revelation — The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe in Kurdish) and the Yazidi Black Book ( Mishefa Reş in Kurdish) are the two principal holy books of the Yazidi [ [Esposito, John L., ed. The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. New York:… …

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  • 12Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …

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  • 13Daoism — or Taoism Major Chinese religio philosophical tradition. Though the concept of dao was employed by all Chinese schools of thought, Daoism arose out of the promotion of dao as the social ideal. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of… …

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  • 14Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …

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  • 15The Ten Commandments —     Ten Commandments     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ten Commandments     Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. deka, ten, and logos, a word), the Ten Words of Sayings, the latter name generally applied …

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  • 16Epistles of Saint Peter —     Epistles of Saint Peter     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles of Saint Peter     These two epistles will be treated under the following heads: I. Authenticity; II. Recipients, occasion, and object; III. Date and place of composition; IV.… …

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  • 17superstition — n. 1. Bigotry, fanaticism. 2. False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship. 3. Belief in omens. 4. Excessive nicety, scrupulous exactness …

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  • 18fornication — n 1. copulation, coition. See coitus. 2.Bible. adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, cuckold ry 3.Bible. idolatry, idol worship, worship of false gods, worship of graven images …

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  • 19Idolatries — Idolatry I*dol a*try, n.; pl. {Idolatries}. [F. idol[^a]trie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. ?; ? idol + ? service.] 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. [1913 Webster] His eye surveyed …

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  • 20Idolatry — I*dol a*try, n.; pl. {Idolatries}. [F. idol[^a]trie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. ?; ? idol + ? service.] 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. [1913 Webster] His eye surveyed the dark …

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