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• Father Time — n. time personified as a very old man carrying a scythe and an hourglass …   English World dictionary

• Father Christmas —    The earliest evidence for a personified Christmas is a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435 to 1477 (Dearmer and Williams, Oxford Book of Carols (1928), no. 21, 41 3); it is a sung dialogue between someone… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• father time — noun Usage: usually capitalized F&T : time personified especially as an old man who is bald, bearded, and holding a scythe and water jar or sometimes an hourglass * * * ˌFather ˈTime 7 [Father Time] noun an imaginary figure who represents time… …   Useful english dictionary

• Father Time — noun Date: 1590 time personified especially as a bearded old man holding a scythe and an hourglass …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Father Time — /faðə ˈtaɪm/ (say fahdhuh tuym) noun time, personified as an old man …  

• Doctrine of Father Divine — African American topics History  Atlantic slave trade · Maafa Slavery in the United States Military history of African Americans …   Wikipedia

• Time Personified — the aged Chronos of the Greeks and Romans Father Time …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …   Universalium

• Gnosticism — • History of Gnosticism from its pre Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• nature worship — nature worshiper. 1. a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena. 2. love of nature. [1865 70] * * * ▪ religion Introduction       system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena for… …   Universalium

• Dellingr — (Old Norse possibly the dayspring [1] or shining one [2]) is a god in Norse mythology. Dellingr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by… …   Wikipedia