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liturgy of the
Catholic Church. This is
because it is
considered the
propitiatory sacrifice of
Christ himself. Its most
widely used form is that of the...
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According to Ayi Kwei Armah, "[t]his
legend explains the rise of a
propitiatory custom found everywhere on the
African continent: libation, the pouring...
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early ****anese history, the
ruling class was
responsible for
performing propitiatory rituals,
which later came to be
identified as Shinto, and for the introduction...
- from the king. The
dance and the deer
sacrifice may also
represent a
propitiatory rite
imploring for the rain to fall
again at the end of the dry season...
- Rite of
Spring developed,
including pagan rites, sage elders, and the
propitiatory sacrifice of a
young maiden: "The
likeness is too
close to be coincidental"...
- the near s****
according to Book VI of Vergil's Aeneid. Gr****s
offered propitiatory libations to
prevent the
deceased from
returning to the
upper world to...
-
hiling the ark" –
hiling is
Middle English for "covering". The term
propitiatory was also used by J.M.
Powis Smith, a Protestant, in The
Complete Bible:...
- it open, his men
found giant bones;
closing the site,
Sertorius made
propitiatory offerings and "helped to
magnify the tomb's re****tion". It is proposed...
- me leave" in Portuguese). The good luck of
hunters is also due to the
propitiatory gifts that were
offered to the creature. In the children's TV series...
- The
lectisternium was an
ancient Roman propitiatory ceremony,
consisting of a meal
offered to gods and goddesses. The word
derives from
lectum sternere...
