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  2. Ite, missa est - Wikipedia

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    Roman Rite Massof the Catholic Church. Ite, missa est ( English: "Go, it is the dismissal") are the concluding Latin words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, as well as in the Divine Service of the Lutheran Church. Until the reforms of 1962, at Masses without the Gloria, Benedicamus Domino was said ...

  3. Bread and circuses - Wikipedia

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    Bread and circuses. " Bread and circuses " (or bread and games; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal ( Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.

  4. Jain vegetarianism - Wikipedia

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    India portal. Food portal. v. t. e. Jain vegetarianism is practised by the followers of Jain culture and philosophy. It is one of the most rigorous forms of spiritually motivated diet on the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The Jain cuisine is completely lacto-vegetarian and also excludes root and underground vegetables such as potato, garlic ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    much in little. Conciseness. The term " mipmap " is formed using the phrase's abbreviation "MIP"; motto of Rutland, a county in central England. Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words. mundus senescit. the world grows old. mundus vult decipi. the world wants to be deceived.

  6. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Wikipedia

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    Story. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" is a song about a man who dreams that he was an Eskimo named Nanook. His mother warns him "Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow." [citation needed] The song directly transitions into "Nanook Rubs It". The song is about Nanook encountering a fur trapper "strictly from commercial ...

  7. Memorial Acclamation - Wikipedia

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    The Alexandrian Rite is the liturgical rite of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Memorial Acclamation is present within the conclusion of the Institution Narrative of all three liturgies of the rite, which are the Liturgy of St. Cyril, the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the Liturgy of St. Gregory. The memorial acclamation is made up of a short prayer ...

  8. Anorexia mirabilis - Wikipedia

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    Anorexia mirabilis, also known as holy anorexia or inedia prodigiosa or colloquially as fasting girls, [1] [2] [3] is an eating disorder, similar to that of anorexia nervosa, [1] [2] that was common in, but not restricted to, the Middle Ages in Europe, largely affecting Catholic nuns and religious women. [3] [4] Self-starvation was common among ...

  9. Panettone - Wikipedia

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    Panettone ( / ˌpænɪˈtoʊni /, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [panetˈtoːne]; Milanese: panetton [paneˈtũː]) [5] is an Italian type of sweet bread and fruitcake, originally from Milan, Italy, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as in South America, Eritrea, [6] Australia ...