The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1351 page)

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Ky
un-Shu
:
Ky
zan Ejaku
(Jap. name):
Kyrie
(Gk.,
Kyrie ele
son
, ‘Lord, have mercy’). A brief prayer used in Christian liturgical worship. The Gk. words were kept untranslated in the Latin mass and often remain thus in English-language services.
Ky
d
(Jap., ‘way of the bow’). The zen art of archery, in which control and mastery are cultivated.

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