The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1464 page)

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M
likites
.
Muslim school (
schools
) of law, deriving its name from
M
lik b. Anas
, though not established in a formal sense by him. Its main strength is in N. and W. Africa (i.e. the Muslim West).
Malines Conversations
.
Meetings of Anglican and Roman Catholic theologians held at Malines (Mechelen) in Belgium between 1921 and 1925, reaching agreement on some matters, and anticipating
ARCIC
.
Malinowski, B.
:
see
MAGIC
.
Malka
or Malca
(Heb.,
melek
, ‘king’). The ‘royal’ or holy leaven, used by
Nestorians
in the preparation of bread for the
liturgy
. It goes back in an unbroken line to the bread used by Jesus at the
Last Supper
.
Malkhuyyot
(Heb., ‘kingships’, i.e. ‘sovereignty’). The first part of the
musaf
prayer for the Jewish
festival
for
Rosh ha-Shanah
(New Year).

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