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• superstition — noun Etymology: Middle English supersticion, from Anglo French, from Latin superstition , superstitio, from superstit , superstes standing over (as witness or survivor), from super + stare to stand more at stand Date: 13th century 1. a. a belief… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• superstition — /sooh peuhr stish euhn/, n. 1. a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. 2. a system or collection of such beliefs. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Requiem Masses —     Masses of Requiem     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masses of Requiem     Masses of Requiem will be treated under the following heads:     I. Origins; II. Formulary; III. Colour of the Vestments; IV. Conditions for celebrating; V. Rite; VI.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• trépignement — (tré pi gne man) s. m. Action de trépigner. •   Ce mouvement fit une commotion, et causa un trépignement dans la grand chambre, qui fut entendu dans la quatrième, RETZ Mém. t. II, liv. III, p. 124, dans POUGENS. •   L antiquité appelait augures… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• EXTREMITAS — titulus animi submissionis, quo utebanutr olim Praelati Ecclesiastici, Ionas Aurelianensis Ep. in Ep. ad Pipin Aquitaniae Regem et Ep. ad Matfredum, Landericus Paris Ep. in Privilegio pro Monasterio S. Dionysii, Agobardus Lugdun. de Iudaic.… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• HOSTIA Humana — ex lege perpetua et expresla, minime permissa: ex praecepto vero Numinis singulari atque extraordinario, sive quale de immolando filio accepit Abraham, sive eiusmodi alio, caedem humanam licitam fuisse, urpote ab eo, cui tota rerum Natura… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• LUSTRATIO — Graece Καθαρισμός, inter Initiorum cerimonias maxime necessarias habebatur olim, quam Orpheus ab Aegyptiis acceptam Graecis tradidisse legitur, apud Diod. Sic. l. 4. regnante Athenis Pandione, Cecropis filio, in Epochis Marmor. postquam Sacra… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• NOMINARI indignus — inter summa convitia. Testamentum vetus Grunii Porcelli, Nec nominando coco, do, lego ac dimitto popam ac pistillum, liget sibi collum de reste. Sulpitius Seu. fine Dialogorum c. 22. Quod si veltequondam, velme semper audire voluisset, et… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• PISCIS — I. PISCIS Graecis dictus Νότιος, i. e. Australis, ut et Hygino in Poet. Astron. et Ciceroni in Arateis; Germanici Interpreti Magnus, qui de eo sic scribit. Piscis magnus, cuius nepotes dicuntur Pisces. qui in circulo Zodiaco constituti sunt,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• VINCE Luna — a superstitiosis olim Lunae laboranti ac deliquium patienti acclamari solitum, ne a Sole scil. se vinci pateretur. Indiculus Superstit. et paganiar. in Concilio Liptin. A. C. 743. De Lunae delectione, quod dicunt Vince Luna. Id quod fiebat magna… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale