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ANNUNCIATION , the announcement made by the See also:angel See also:Gabriel to the Virgin See also:Mary of the incarnation of See also:Christ (See also:Luke i, 26-38). The Feast of the Annunciation in the See also:Christian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church is celebrated on the 25th of See also:March. The first See also:authentic allusions to it are in a See also:canon, of the See also:council of See also:Toledo (656), and another of the council of See also:Constantinople " in Trullo " (692), forbidding the celebration of all festivals in See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
Lent, excepting the See also:Lord's See also:day and the Feast of the Annunciation. An earlier origin has been claimed for it on the ground that it is mentioned in sermons of See also:Athanasius and of See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory Thaumaturgus, but both of these documents are now admitted to be See also:spurious. A See also:synod held at See also:Worcester, See also:England (1240), forbade all servile See also:work on this feast day. See further See also:LADY, DAY.
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