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  2. Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

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    Many American sports team names and mascots are based upon or use religious symbolism. The majority are scholastic teams at institutions founded by various denominations of Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant. Saints is the most popular of these names not only at religious schools but public schools. However, the latter are often ...

  3. Sacredness - Wikipedia

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    Although the terms sacred and holy are similar in meaning, and they are sometimes used interchangeably, they carry subtle differences. [5] Holiness is generally used in relation to people and relationships, whereas sacredness is used in relation to objects, places, or happenings. [6]

  4. List of secondary school sports team names and mascots ...

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    Most of the schools with the name use a bird logo, therefore are not directly derived from an Indigenous people although there may be an indirect reference to Chief Black Hawk. The following use Native American images/symbols: Adrian High School, Adrian, Missouri [35] Baldwin-Woodville Area High School, Baldwin, Wisconsin

  5. Religious clothing - Wikipedia

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    The clothing includes a robe that fits over one shoulder, a sash, an apron, a veil (for women), and a cap (for men). All of the clothing is white, including shoes and neckties, except for the apron, which is green. [7]: 1:55 [8] It is common for Latter-day Saints to be buried in their temple clothes. [9]

  6. Navjote - Wikipedia

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    The sacred clothing signifies parental responsibility as well as responsibility for the one who is undergoing this ceremony. When the child wears the sacred clothes, it means the parents are now obligated to morally and religiously educate the child.

  7. Kidsclothing is the next sector stepping into the world of rental, swap and secondhand. Despite being a relatively small sector within fashion, there’s still billions in waste generated by ...

  8. Peplos - Wikipedia

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    On the last day of the month Pyanepsion, the priestess of Athena Polias and the Arrephoroi, a group of girls chosen to help in the making of the sacred peplos, set up the loom on which the enormous peplos was to be woven by the Ergastinai, another group of girls chosen to spend about nine months making the sacred peplos.

  9. Christian clothing - Wikipedia

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    In some Christian communities, the term "Sunday best" refers to the tradition of saving one's finest clothing for Sunday services. In some communities, churches served as the main social center for local residents. As such, dressing in fine clothing for religious services was often dictated by a need to project status and influence among peers. [2]