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It depicted two turtle doves eating leaves from a tree. The meaning was interpreted by Anne Dacre's priest that Mary and Anne both loved members of the same family. The novel complicated device and Latin inscriptions were designed by Mary and her embroiderer.
for poor individuals unable to afford these, two turtle doves or young pigeons could be substituted, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering; [20] for the very poorest individuals, a tenth of an ephah of unscented fine flour could be offered instead of an animal. [2]
Although the three kings had offered to Christ a great quantity of gold, still the Blessed Virgin, zealously affected towards poverty, accepted but little of it, that she might show her contempt of all earthly things…. [8] The couple offered two turtledoves or two pigeons (Luke 2:24) presumably because they could not afford a lamb. [9]
From turtle doves to lords-a-leaping, the price of the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ just hit a record high ... a total of 22 doves, or two for 11 days in a row, etc.) That all-encompassing category ...
The fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me four ducks quacking, three fat hens, two turtle-doves, a partridge, and a pear-tree; The fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me five hares running, four ducks quacking, three fat hens, two turtle-doves, a partridge, and a pear-tree; And so on.
Upon completing her period of purification, she was to bring a lamb for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a turtle dove for a sin offering, and the priest was to offer them as sacrifices to make expiation on her behalf. If she could not afford a sheep, she was to take two turtle doves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a ...
Carpenter's square or tools, holding the infant Jesus Christ, staff with lily blossoms, two turtle doves, and a rod of spikenard. Patronage: Catholic Church, among others fathers, workers, carpenters, married people, persons living in exile, the sick and dying, for a happy death
Doves have been nesting since times immemorial in the hands of the statue of St. Francis in this rose garden. According to tradition (already attested at the end of the 13th century), one night St. Francis, feeling the temptation to abandon his way of life, rolled naked in the bramble thorns in an attempt to overcome doubt and temptation.