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Terms for subject Religion (3849 entries)
Empathy Positivism And Organizing EPO
En no Ozunu A mountain-ascetic who lived in the kingdom of on Mount Katsuragi where in the and it is recorded that a deity called Hito-koto-nushi revealed himself to the emperor. En was credited with great powers including the ability to command the kami to draw water and gather firewood. The sixth yama float in the second day's procession of the matsuri on July 24th tells the story of how En-no-gyoja built a bridge by making a demon called hito-goto carry stones for him. In 699 he was exiled to Oshima for leading people astray. Regarded as the founder of En is also known as En no ubasoku (layman En) At a thousand-year commemoration in 1779 he received the title of Jinben Dai-bosatsu
En-gi Legends of the foundation of a shrine or temple. They are often valuable documents which constitute shrine treasures. They contribute substantially to the shrine's reputation and attraction to visitors by explaining and recording instances of the sometimes miraculous manifestation of the or of the enshrined kami
En-musubi 'Joining of en'. En means karmic connections or affinity, and en-musubi means marriage. Certain shrines including the taisha offer en-musubi (or ryoen) as a
En-nichi A day with special connections (en) A day or days in each month related to a particular deity which give rise to special celebrations, visits to the shrine and market days at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples
Energetic Matrix Church EMC
Engi shiki The Engi-shiki, Procedures (or Institutes) of the Engi Era (901-923) was a 50-volume text which included legal and administrative procedures and the ritual and ceremonial calendar of the imperial court (e.g. the procedures for the institution of the saigu) It was completed in 927 and promulgated forty years later. The Engi-shiki preserves the text of 27 ancient or ritual prayers used in court ceremonial and it refers to 3,132 officially recognised shrines, later proudly referred to as The Engi-shiki ritual calendar (see Nenchu gyoji) was followed in reduced form in the Tokugawa era and replaced in the period by a different framework of thirteen imperial rites celebrated as national Shinto holidays
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Enlightenment E
Entenraku A type of music and sometimes dancing used at festivals, originally from China. Enten means "mellifluous"
Episcopal Appalachian Ministries EAM
Episcopal Cathedral Church ECC
Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul ECCSP
Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas NWT
Essential Truth Study ETS
Eternal Perspective Ministries EPM
Eternally Planted In Christ EPIC
Etienne Saint Amant ESA
Ettenraku A type of music and sometimes dancing used at festivals, originally from China. Enten means "mellifluous"
Evangelical Chinese Bible Church ECBC