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  2. Palladium (classical antiquity) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium or Palladion (Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), Latin Palladium) [1] was a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend, the wooden statue of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy and which was later taken to the ...

  3. Jessica (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) [1] is a female given name of Hebrew origin. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica , from the play The Merchant of Venice .

  4. Palladium (protective image) - Wikipedia

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    A palladium or palladion (plural palladia) is an image or other object of great antiquity on which the safety of a city or nation is said to depend. The word is a generalization from the name of the original Trojan Palladium , a wooden statue ( xoanon ) of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy .

  5. List of biblical names - Wikipedia

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    They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". [1] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations , or are used to illustrate prophecies .

  6. Lapidary (text) - Wikipedia

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    the Christian lapidary, which describes the symbolism of gems mentioned in the bible, although contemporary readers would have regarded both the first two categories as representing scientific treatments. [4] Lapidaries are often found in conjunction with herbals, and as part of larger encyclopedic works. Belief in the powers of particular ...

  7. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Village name during the kingdoms of Israel, Judah until the Siege of Jerusalem (930 BC to 587 BC): Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤋𐤄𐤌 [1] [2] Pronunciation: Bayawt Lahawm Meaning: House of Bread Village name from 587 BC through the time of Christ: Aramaic: בית לחם Pronunciation: Beit Lekhem Meaning: House of Bread Beth Shemesh: Village

  8. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...

  9. Plants in Christian iconography - Wikipedia

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    Victory of life over death, thus a plant assigned to Christ, furthermore a symbol of humility, the Holy Spirit and the Holy Trinity: The name "columbine" comes from the Latin for "dove", due to the resemblance of the inverted flower to five doves clustered together. [4] [3] Daisy: Innocence, beauty, salvation, modesty, purity and love ...