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  2. Dedication (publishing) - Wikipedia

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    It can occupy one or multiple lines depending on its importance. It can also be "in a longer version as a dedication letter or dedication preface at the book's beginning". [6] Today, book dedications tend to be short, often thanking partners, family, friends or muses, in the form of a personal note. [7] They are basically a means to express ...

  3. Tithe - Wikipedia

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    A tithe (/ t aɪ ð /; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. [1] Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques or via online giving, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural ...

  4. Pidyon haben - Wikipedia

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    Sin offering; Guilt offering; Communal peace offering; Fowl sin offering; Leftovers from the suspensive guilt offering; Oil from the offering for the leper

  5. Pioneer Woman - Wikipedia

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    The Pioneer Woman monument is a bronze sculpture in Ponca City, Oklahoma, designed by Bryant Baker and dedicated on April 22, 1930. The statue is of a sunbonneted woman leading a child by the hand. It was donated to the State of Oklahoma by millionaire oilman E. W. Marland. He commissioned models from twelve well-known sculptors and financed a ...

  6. Why a list of 27? An explanation and dedication - AOL

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    I could have made a case for 30 or 32 best restaurants, but 27 has always been an important number to me and my family.

  7. Why ‘The Six Triple Eight’ is Dedicated to the Late Clarence ...

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    If you watched “The Six Triple Eight” on Netflix over the holidays (and more than 23.3 million viewers did, according to the streamer), you might’ve wondered why the World War II movie ...

  8. Dedication of churches - Wikipedia

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    Latin dedicatory inscription of 1119 for the church of Prüfening Abbey, Germany Mosaic showing the Greek and Latin alphabets in Notre-Dame de la Daurade, France. For the Catholic Church, the rite of dedication is described in the Caeremoniale Episcoporum, chapters IX-X, and in the Roman Missal ' s Ritual Masses for the Dedication of a Church and an Altar.

  9. Convents in early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    Women joined convents for a variety of reasons. Although a dowry was paid to the church it was not as expensive as a wedding dowry, so many families sent their daughters to convents to escape dowry expenses. [7] Women had fewer choices than in the twenty-first century—marriage or convent life.