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Religion
(3944 entries)
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
BIBLE
Basic Interplanetary Bible Learning Expedition
BIBLE
Battle Plan Ministries
BPM
Be Evangelically Effervescing Religious
BEER
Be Excited About Reading Scriptures
BEARS
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
BSLC
Becoming Engaged Everywhere
BEE
Before Babel Brigade
BBB
Before Before Christ
BBC
Before Christs Entry
BCE
beget
begat
Isaev
Beginning Is The End
BITE
Being Radiant In Godliness Holiness And Testimony
BRIGHT
Bekka
"Set apart"
(i.e. sacred)
fire. It is often generated by rubbing wood and is used in rites of purification
(
saikai
)
before a ritual
Bekkaku-kampei-sha
'Special-rank governmental shrine'. A category
(see Shakaku seido)
established in 1872 which eventually comprised twenty seven existing and newly-built shrines dedicated to famous loyalists and military heroes. Examples include the Uesugi jinja, built in 1871 and made a bekkaku in 1902, dedicated to Terutora, Uesugi, the
jinja
(1873)
enshrining Toyotomi, Hideyoshi, the
toshogu
(classified as a bekkaku shrine in 1873)
which enshrines Tokugawa, Hideyoshi and the Minatogawa-jinja
(1872)
in Kobe enshrining, at the spot where he died in battle in 1336, Kusunoki, Masashige, the faithful champion of emperor Daigo. The
jinja came in the same category but was dedicated to all fallen
loyalists and the war-dead of subsequent national wars, rather than to one hero. See
jinja,
Bekku
A "subsidiary" shrine within or near to a main worship hall
(
honden
)
The deity of the bekku is not necessarily less important than the "main" deity. Cf. hongu, jinja
Belief
B
Belief Stuff
BS
Believe Really Believe
BRB
Believe Receive Obtain Withstand Never
BROWN
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