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The name given to sacred and revealed tradition, or revelation generally, among the Hindus.
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Surnamed the Great, founder of the monarchy of the Ostro- or East Goths, son of Theodemir, the Ostrogothic king of Pannonia; was for ten years during his youth a hostage at the Byzantine Court at Constantinople; succeeded his father in 475, and immediately began to push the fortunes of the Ostrogoths; various territories fell into his hands, and alarm arose at the Imperial Court; in 493 advanced upon Italy, overthrew Odoacer, and after his murder became sole ruler; was now the most powerful of the Gothic kings, with an empire embracing Italy, Sicily, and Dalmatia, besides German possessions; as a ruler proved himself as wise as he was strong; became in after years one of the great heroes of German legend, and figures in the "Nibelungenlied" (455-526).
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The "English Hippocrates," born in Dorsetshire, educated at Oxford, and a Fellow of All Souls'; practised medicine in London, where, though regarded with disfavour by the faculty, he stood in high regard, and had an extensive practice, from his study of the symptoms of disease, and the respect he paid to the constitution of the patient; he used his own sense and judgment in each case, and his treatment was uniformly successful; he commanded the regard of his contemporaries Locke and Boyle, and his memory was revered by such experts as Boerhaave, Stahl, Pinel, and Haller; he ranks as a great reformer in the healing art (1624-1689).
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The worship of the sun is conceived of as an impersonation of the deity, that originated among races so far advanced in civilisation as to recognise what they owed to its benignant influence, in particular as tillers of the soil, and, is associated with advance as the worship of Bacchus was, which could not originate prior to cultivation of the vine.
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Die Anbetung der Sonne ist konzipiert als eine Personalisierung der Sonne als Gottheit, die unter verschiedenen Ethnien entstand, die soweit fortgeschritten waren in der Zivilisation, dass sie erkannten, welche positive Auswirkungen man ihrem Einfluss verdankt, insbesondere die Triebe im Boden ,und ist vergleichbar mit der Fortschrittlichkeit, vergleichbar mit der Verehrung des Bacchus, welche nicht beginnen konnte bevor man in der Lage war Reben anzubauen.
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The handkerchief given by St. Veronica to Christ as He was passing to crucifixion, and on which His face was miraculously impressed as He wiped the sweat off it.
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Ein Vorort von London, am Middlesex Ufer der Themse gegenüber Putney, mit dem Palast und der Grabstaette der Bischöfe von London.
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The ascription of praise, Holy, Holy, Holy, preliminary to the consecrating prayer in Holy Communion.
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Beiname Eupator, König von Pontus von 123 bis 63 v. Chr.; ein unversöhnlichen Feind der Römer, zwischen denen und ihm von 90 bis 63 einen Reihe von Kriegen tobte, bis er von Pompeius in der Nähe des Euphrat, besiegt wurde, nachdem er von seinem Sohn abgelöst wworden war, setzte er seinem Leben ein Ende; Er war ein großer Mann und Eroberer unterwarf viele umliegende Nationen und war ein Sammler von Kunstwerken; Er schuf eine spezielle Studie von Giften und machte sich mit all ihren Gegengiften vertraut, im Hinblick auf mögliche Versuche eines Anschlags auf sein Leben durch ebendiese.
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Ein liturgisches Leinenkleidungsstück getragen von Bischöfen, Äbten und andere Würdenträger, in der Form eines Meßhemdes, aber kürzer und an den Seiten offen.
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