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Bible Encyclopedias
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search Results: "feast-of-purim
Title Matches: 272
Assumption, Feast of the
festival in honour of the translation of the virgin mary to heaven, celebrated on the 15th of august, the alleged day of the event.
festival in honour of the translation of the virgin mary to heaven, celebrated on the 15th of august, the alleged day of the event.
Barmacide Feast
an imaginary feast, so called from a story in the "arabian nights" of a hungry beggar invited by a barmacide prince to a banquet, which proved a long succession of merely empty dishes, and which he enjoyed with such seeming gusto and such good-humour as to earn for himself a sumptuous real one.
an imaginary feast, so called from a story in the "arabian nights" of a hungry beggar invited by a barmacide prince to a banquet, which proved a long succession of merely empty dishes, and which he enjoyed with such seeming gusto and such good-humour as to earn for himself a sumptuous real one.
Fools, Feast of
a festival of wild mirth in the middle ages, held on 1st january, in which the ass of scripture celebrity played a chief part, and in which many of the rites and ceremonies of the church were travestied.
a festival of wild mirth in the middle ages, held on 1st january, in which the ass of scripture celebrity played a chief part, and in which many of the rites and ceremonies of the church were travestied.
Innocents, the Holy, Feast of
a festival celebrated in the western church on the 28th december and in the eastern on the 29th, to commemorate the slaughter by herod of the children at bethlehem from two years old and under, and who have from the earliest times been included among the holy martyrs of the church.
a festival celebrated in the western church on the 28th december and in the eastern on the 29th, to commemorate the slaughter by herod of the children at bethlehem from two years old and under, and who have from the earliest times been included among the holy martyrs of the church.
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