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21Begging — For other uses, see Begging (disambiguation). Beggar redirects here. It is not to be confused with Begga or Bega. Begging is to entreat earnestly, implore, or supplicate. It often occurs for the purpose of securing a material benefit,… …
22Tapas (Sanskrit) — Tapas ( tápas ) in Sanskrit means heat . In Vedic religion and Hinduism, it is used figuratively, denoting spiritual suffering, mortification or austerity, and also the spiritual ecstasy of a yogin or tāpasá (a Vrddhi derivative meaning a… …
23Pierce the Ploughman's Crede — is a medieval alliterative poem of 855 lines, savagely lampooning the four orders of friars.Textual HistorySurviving in two complete sixteenth century manuscripts (British Library MS Bibl. Reg.18.B.17 and MS Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15) and… …
24Haribhadra — Suri (c.700 c.770, or 459 529, traditional) was a Svetambara mendicant Jain leader and author. HistoryThere are multiple contradictory dates assigned to his birth. These include 459, 478, and 529. However, given his familiarity with Dharmakirti,… …
25Satguru Ghasidas — Guru Charann (Feet of Guru) = First the feet of Guru is worshipped. First we worship the feet and Charann Khadaau [Chandan Wooden Shoes of Guru] and the dust particle of feet of Satguru Ghasidas. Introduction Satguru Ghāsidās (1718 ?) is… …
26Bonagratia de San Giovanni in Persiceto — Not to be confused with Bonagratia of Bergamo Bonagratia de San Giovanni in Persiceto [Bonagratia of Bologna.] (died 1283) was an Italian Franciscan, who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor.In the 1270s he led a papal mission to… …
27Alonso de Montúfar — Born in Loja, Andalusia, Spain c. 1489, died in Mexico City, March 7, 1572. Archbishop of Mexico 1551 1572.Following the chronicler Gil González Dávila some authors give the year 1498 as Montúfar s year of birth, however, González Dávila… …
28France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
29Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
30Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
