The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1766 page)

 
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(
c.
365–425)
. Historian of Christian
monasticism
. His
Lausiac History
(
c.
419) is of great importance for the history of early monasticism in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor.

 
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Pallium
.

The symbol of the
archbishop's
office in the
Roman Catholic
and
Uniat Churches
. It is a circular band of white wool with two hanging pieces, front and back, and is now marked with six black crosses.

 
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Palm Sunday
.

The Sunday before
Easter
which thus commences
Holy Week
. Palms are blessed and carried in procession, representing Jesus' ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem in the last week of his life. The service may also include the chanting of the passion story from one of the gospels, and for that reason is also known as Passion Sunday (a name which is also given to the preceding Sunday:
Vatican II
attempted to combine the two).

 
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(‘the fifteen’). A major Hindu work so-called from its fifteen chapters. It was written by
Vidy
ranya
, a follower of
a
kara
. It is an
advaita
exploration, of great complexity, of the elements surrounding
tman
(
ar
ra
), the great precepts (Mah
v
kyas), and the nature of bliss.