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Terms for subject Religion (36492 entries)
исправное посещение церкви church-going
испускать дух give up his spirit
испускать лучи radiate
испускать свечение radiate
испустить дух give up his spirit
испустить дух or to yield up the spirit
испущающий дух giving up the ghost
испытание challenge
испытание adventure
испытание веры act of faith
испытание кипящей водой ordeal of boiling water (Plunging the hand into hot water either up to the wrist or elbow and guilt was presumed if the skin was injured)
испытание крестом Judgment of the Cross (An ordeal when the plaintiff and defendant were required to cross their arms upon their breast, and he who could hold out the longest gained the suit)
испытание крестом ordeal of the cross (The accuser and accused stood upright before a cross and he who moved first was adjudged guilty)
испытание поединком ordeal of battle
испытание посредством горбушки хлеба ordeal of the corsned
испытание посредством огня ordeal by fire
испытание посредством огня ordeal of fire
испытание посредством прикосновения к трупу ordeal of the bier
испытание посредством сита и ножниц ordeal by sieve and shears (The points of the shears were stuck in the wooden rim of the sieve and two persons supported it upright with the tips of their two fingers. Then a verse of the Bible was read aloud, and St. Peter and St. Paul were asked if the guilty person was A or B. When the guilty person was named the sieve would suddenly turn round)
испытание священников Св. Причащением ordeal of the Eucharist