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101metamorphic rock — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, including variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary,… …
102Enlil and Ninlil — Drawing of Enlil and Ninlil taken from a mural decoration of Susa. Lord Enlil (with hooves and horns of the Bull God) and the Lady Ninlil. Second half of the 2nd millennium BC, Louvre, Paris. Baked bricks, height 54 inches …
103Toledot Yeshou — Le Sefer Toledot Yeshou (hébreu : ספר תולדות ישו Livre des engendrements de Jésus) est un pamphlet juif antichrétien datant du Moyen Âge. Le livre, dont il existe plusieurs versions, présente une version de l’histoire de Jésus parodiant… …
104impur — impur, ure (in pur, pu r ) adj. 1° Qui n est pas pur. Des eaux impures. Des métaux impurs. • Sion, repaire affreux de reptiles impurs, RAC. Esth. I, 1. Fig. • Mais à la cour lis sur tous les visages Traîtres, flatteurs, meurtriers, vils… …
105Impurity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impurity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.(filth) 653 Sgm: N 1 immodesty immodesty Sgm: N 1 grossness grossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 indelicacy …
106impurity — (n.) mid 15c., thing which makes or is impure; c.1500, fact or quality of being impure, from M.Fr. impurité, from impur (see IMPURE (Cf. impure)). Related: Impurities …
107ABLUTION — (Heb. טְבִילָה; immersion ), act of washing performed to correct a condition of ritual impurity and restore the impure to a state of ritual purity. The ritually impure (or unclean) person is prohibited from performing certain functions and… …
108BEKHOROT — (Heb. בְּכוֹרוֹת; Firstborn ), fourth tractate in the Mishnah, in the order of Kodashim. Bekhorot is a striking instance of the weaving together of disparate strands to form a mishnaic tractate. The main unifying principle is biblical: I… …
109DESECRATION — (Heb. חִלּוּל, ḥillul; lit., desanctification or profanation ). In the Bible Desecration occurs when the holy is replaced by the profane or impure, the difference between the two being that the impure must be purified before it can be… …
110MIKVEH — (Heb. מִקְוֶה; pl. mikva ot; Hebrew for a collection or gathering (of water), a pool or bath of clear water, immersion in which renders ritually clean a person who has become ritually unclean through contact with the dead (Num. 19) or any other… …
