devotional exercise

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• devotional — I noun a short religious service • Hypernyms: ↑service, ↑religious service, ↑divine service II adjective relating to worship (Freq. 1) a devotional exercise …   Useful english dictionary

• The Rosary —     The Rosary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rosary     I. IN THE WESTERN CHURCH      The Rosary , says the Roman Breviary, is a certain form of prayer wherein we say fifteen decades or tens of Hail Marys with an Our Father between each ten,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Clear Word — Full name: The Clear Word Language: English Complete Bible published: 1994 Author(s): Jack Blanco Translation type: 100% paraphrase rate, Contemporary Reading level:  ? Version revised: 1996 Publisher …   Wikipedia

• STUDY — The study of the Torah (talmud Torah) as a supreme religious duty is one of the most typical and far reaching ideas of rabbinic Judaism. Talmudic literature is full of references to the mitzvah of Torah study, especially of the difficult halakhic …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Stations of the Cross — n. 1. a series of fourteen crosses, as along the walls of a church, typically placed above representations of the stages of Jesus final sufferings and of his death and burial, visited in succession as a devotional exercise 2. the devotional… …   English World dictionary

• Visits to the Blessed Sacrament — • A devotional practice of relatively modern development, honoring the Real Presence of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Visits To the Blessed Sacrament     Visits to the Blessed Sacrament …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Vigil — A vigil (from the Latin vigilia , meaning wakefulness ) is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional… …   Wikipedia

• Soaking Music — otherwise known as Soaking Prayer music or Soaking Worship music, is a sub genre of Christian Music, and is commonly used to denote songs that are used during contemplative prayer in prayer houses and other “soaking” Christian meetings. The… …   Wikipedia

• vigil — /vij euhl/, n. 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. 2. a watch or a period of watchful attention maintained at night or at other times: The nurse kept her vigil at the bedside of the dying man. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Rilke, Rainer Maria — orig. René Maria Rilke born Dec. 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria Hungary died Dec. 29, 1926, Valmont, Switz. Austro German poet. After an unhappy childhood and an ill planned preparatory education, Rilke began a life of wandering that took him… …   Universalium

• Cross, Stations of the — ▪ religion also called  Way of the Cross        a series of 14 pictures or carvings portraying events in the Passion of Christ, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment. The series of stations is as follows: (1) Jesus is… …   Universalium