The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (235 page)

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Arba’ah minim
(four plants used in Jewish rite of Sukkot)
:
Arbada
(mountain in India)
:
see
ABU
.
Arba kosot
(Heb., ‘four cups’). Four cups of wine traditionally drunk at the
Passover
seder
. The tradition is based on a
midrashic
interpretation of Exodus 6. 6–7, where four different terms for deliverance are used.
Arba Kushiyot
:
Arc
vat
ra
:
see
AVAT
RA
.
Archangels
(in the hierarchy of angels)
:
see
ANGELS
.

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