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  • 91advent — n 1. arrival, appearance, forthcoming; approach, access, accession, coming, coming near; approach of time, time drawing near. 2.(usu. cap.) coming of Christ, Incarnation; Second Advent, Second Coming, Parousia, Judgment Day …

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  • 92hand — n 1. palm, open hand; fist, closed hand, Sl. duke, Brit. Dial. nieve; extremity, Sl. mitt, Sl. paw, Sl. fin, Sl. flipper; (all of animals) paw, foot, pad, trotter, hoof, unguis, Zool. forefoot, Anat., Zool. manus; (all of birds of prey) claw,… …

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  • 93imminent — adj 1. approaching, coming, forthcoming, toward, nearing, drawing near or nigh; near, close, close by, nearby, nigh, proximate, close at hand, at hand, within reach or sight, staring [s.o.] in the face; just about or almost here, about to happen …

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  • 94time — n. & v. n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as a whole. 2 a the progress of this as affecting persons or things (stood the test of time). b (Time) (in full Father Time) the… …

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  • 95PRESENCE, DIVINE — The notion of the Divine Presence is expressed in the Bible in two different senses: (1) in the corporeal sense, i.e., the actual dwelling (shakhan, שָׁכַן) of God in His abode; (2) in the abstract sense, i.e., symbolic representation by means of …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 96Ghost dance — A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer into communion with the unseen world and the spirits… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 97Ghost-dance — A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer into communion with the unseen world and the spirits… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 98Messiah — Ghost dance Ghost dance A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer into communion with the unseen …

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  • 99religion — Ghost dance Ghost dance A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer into communion with the unseen …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 100going on — phrasal drawing near to ; approaching < is six years old going on seven > …

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