The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (410 page)

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Bitter herbs
(eoder at Jewish Passover)
:
see
MAROR
.
Bittul ha-tamid
(Heb., ‘abolition of the daily offering’). Interruption of
synagogue
liturgy
to draw attention to a wrong. It was a custom mainly practised by
Ashkenazi
Jews in the Middle Ages.
Bittul ha-yesh
(the presence of God alone in creation)
:
see
ABAD
.
BJP
(Indian Political Party)
:
Black American religion
:
Blackfriars
.
A specifically English medieval nickname given to the
Dominicans
because of the black cape they wear.

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