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General religion

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General religion

This is an Islamic term for the direction from the Muslim's current position on earth to the Kabbah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This is computed along the shorter of the two great circle routes between ...

Pharisees

Religion; General religion

From the Hebrew word perushim which means separatists. A Jewish religious party composed of the synagogue rabbis and their followers. They formed one of about two dozen Jewish religious groups during ...

Prophecy

Religion; General religion

The prediction of future events. The etymology of the word is ultimately Greek, from pro- "before" plus the root of phanai "speak", i.e."speaking before" or "foretelling", but prophecy often implies ...

Pilgrimage

Religion; General religion

A long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every religion participate in ...

Supplication

Religion; General religion

The most common form of prayer, wherein a person asks a supernatural deity to provide something, either for that person who is praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of supplication is ...

Faith healing

Religion; General religion

The use of solely spiritual means in treating disease, sometimes accompanied with the refusal of modern medical techniques. Another term for this is spiritual healing. Faith healing is a form of ...