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  2. Kecharitomene Monastery - Wikipedia

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    The Theotokos Kecharitomene Monastery (Greek: Θεοτόκος Κεχαριτωμένη, lit. ' Theotokos Kecharitomene', Mother of God, full of grace [ 1 ] ) was a female convent built in the early 12th century in the Byzantine capital, Constantinople , by Empress Irene Doukaina .

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche

  4. Typikon - Wikipedia

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    Edited translation of much of the 1907 Moscow edition of Typikon of St. Sabbas, with commentary, Archbishop Averky — Liturgics", Retrieved 2011-11-15 (in Greek) Typicon for the current year (and other information) based on Violakis' work and other descriptive practices

  5. Our Lady of the Sign - Wikipedia

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    The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art.In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees.

  6. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  7. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec, and a portion of ...

  8. List of calques - Wikipedia

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    A calque / k æ l k / or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (Latin: "verbum pro verbo") translation. This list contains examples of calques in various languages.

  9. Bible translations into French - Wikipedia

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    Bible translations into French date back to the Medieval era. [1] After a number of French Bible translations in the Middle Ages, the first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp. This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan.