Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bara
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a festival formerly celebrated with much magnificence at Messina, in Sicily, representing the Assumption (q.v.) of the Virgin Mary. The word was also employed as the designation of a huge machine exhibited during the festival. It was fifty feet high, and at the top of it was a girl fourteen years of age representing the Virgin, and standing on the hand of an image of Jesus Christ .
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bara'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bara.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bara'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bara.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
