Cause+of+gladness

  • 81sight for sore eyes — idi one whose appearance is cause for relief or gladness …

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  • 82bliss — /blɪs / (say blis) noun 1. lightness of heart; blitheness; gladness. 2. supreme happiness or delight. 3. Theology the joy of heaven. 4. a cause of great joy or happiness. –phrase 5. bliss out, Colloquial to go into a state of euphoria. {Middle… …

  • 83chagrin — [n] displeasure annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness,… …

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  • 84DISCIPLINE, MANUAL OF — ( The Sectarian Document or The Rule of the Community ; Heb. סֶרֶךְ הַיַּחַד, Serekh ha Yaḥad; abbr. 1QS), one of the dead sea scrolls , found in the spring of 1947 near Qumran; now in the Israel Museum s Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. The… …

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  • 85FASTING AND FAST DAYS — FASTING AND FAST DAYS, the precept (or custom) of refraining from eating and drinking. In the Bible Although the origins of the ritual of fasting are obscure, several current theories claim that it originated as (1) a spiritual preparation for… …

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