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Berseem
An Egyptian clover Trifolium alexandrinum extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley and now introduced into the southwestern United States It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa Called also Egyptian clover...
Passover
A feast of the Jews instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt when God smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb...
Boza
An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians made from millet seed and various astringent substances also an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed darnel meal and water...
Temple
Temple, is as 'an edifice or place regarded primarily as the dwelling place or 'house' of a deity; hence an edifice devoted to divine worship. Historically, the word is applied to sacred buildings of Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc., but now to those of Hindu-ism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc.' The essence of the matter is the existence of a place of public religious worship. In the case of a temple, it becomes a place of public religious worship when the idol is installed and consecrated and the pranaprathishta or vivification ceremony is performed. 'Until then, it is elementary knowledge that the image does not become an object of worship. The deity does not begin to reside in the Idol (the visible image) until the consecration or the appropriate ceremony is completed, T.V.D. Naidu v. Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Administration) Department, Madras, AIR 1989 Mad 60. (See also New English Dictionary, Vol. IX, Part II)Means a place, by whatev...
Gypsies
Gypsies. The first of the laws against gypsies, 22 Hen. 8, c. 10, describes this people, who were then new-comers in this country, as 'outlandish persons calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft or feat or merchandise, who have come into this realm and go from shire to shire and place to place in great company, and use great, subtle, and crafty means to deceive the people, bearing them in hand, that they by palmistry could tell men's and women's fortunes; and so many times by craft and subtilty have deceived the people of their money, and also have committeed many heinous felonies and robberies.' It was enacted that if any such persons came within the realm, they should forfeit all their goods and chattels, and should leave the kingdom within fifteen days after command so to do, upon pain of imprisonment, 4 Reeves, c. xxx., 420.Both this Act, and the still more severe 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 4, have been repealed, as Acts not in use, by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. Fortune-tellers are, however, p...
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A E gyptians, commonly called Gypsies. See GYPSIES....
Calendar
Calendar [fr. Calendarium, Lat.; fr. Calend', the first day in the month in Roman reckoning], the order and series of months, together with the festivals and fasts, which make up the year. There are two modes of computing time-by the annual course of the sun, and by the periodical revolutions of the moon. The solar year consists of 365 days, 5 hours, 48', 45', 30'; the lunar year of 354 days, 3 hours, 48', 38', 12'. The Mohammedans adopt the lunar year. The solar year, calculated by the ancient Egyptians, has undergone various corrections and denominations.The chief of the calendars now in use are the three following: (1) The Julian, so called because Julius C'sar introduced into the Roman Empire the solar or Egyptian year, instead of the lunar year. The Russians and Greeks are the only nations that now use the Julian year. The common Julian year consists of 365 days, and the bissextile or leap-year (see that title), which returns every four years, of 366 days. This computation is faul...
Mummy
A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians also a body preserved by any means in a dry state from the process of putrefaction...
Ichneumon
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes and family Viverridaelig Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa The Egyptian species Herpestes ichneumon which ranges to Spain and Palestine is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians The common species of India Herpestes griseus known as the mongoose has similar habits and is often domesticated It is noted for killing the cobra...
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