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See also:KERMESSE (also KERMIS and KIRMESS) , originally the See also:mass said on the anniversary of the See also:foundation of a 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 and in See also:honour of the See also:patron, the word being See also:equivalent to " Kirkmass." Such celebrations were regularly held in the See also:Low Countries and also in See also:northern See also:France, and were accompanied by feasting, dancing and See also:sports of all kinds. They still survive, but are now practically nothing more than See also:country fairs and the old allegorical representations are uncommon. The See also:Brussels Kermesse is, however, still marked by a procession in which the See also:effigies of the Mannikin and See also:medieval heroes are carried. At See also:Mons the Kermesse occurs annually on Trinity See also:Sunday and is called the procession of Lumegon (Walloon for limacon, a See also:snail): the See also:hero is Gilles de See also:Chin, who slays a terrible See also:monster, captor of a princess, in the See also:Grand See also:Place. This is the See also:story of See also:George and the See also:Dragon. At See also:Hasselt the Kermesse (now only septennial) not only commemorates the See also:Christian story of the foundation of the See also:town, but even preserves traces of a See also:pagan festival. The word Kermesse (generally in the See also:form " Kirmess ") is applied in the See also:United States to any entertainment, especially one organized in the See also:interest of charity.
See See also:Demetrius C. Boulger, Belgian See also:Life in Town and Country (1904).
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