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Loins may refer generally to the lower area of the body, [13] much like the term "below the belt" derives from a belt worn at the waist. [ 14 ] When the long tunic of the Ancient era was the typical garment, the phrase "gird one's loins" described the process of raising and securing the lower portion of the tunic between one's legs to increase ...
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take. Our God will never us forsake; And soon we'll have this tale to tell-All is well! All is well! We'll find the place which God for us prepared, Far away, in the West, Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid; There the saints, will be blessed. We'll make the air, with music ring, Shout praises to our ...
Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord.(Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.
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Gird me, O Lord, with the girdle of purity, and quench in me the fire of concupiscence that the grace of temperance and chastity may abide in me. [4] By the 8th century AD, the girdle became established as a liturgical vestment "in the strict sense of the word." [7] In 800 AD, the girdle began to be worn by Christian deacons in the Eastern ...
A form of loincloth worn with a cape by Nezahualpilli, c. 1500. Loincloths are worn in societies where no other clothing is needed or wanted. Loincloths are commonly used as an undergarment or swimsuit by wrestlers and by farmers in paddy fields in both Sri Lanka and India, where it is called Kovanam in Tamil, ambudaya in Sinhala and kaupinam or langot.
A mining term meaning the miner's workplace. May also mean a flop house where the guests lie on the floor Braky A brakeman Bread and Milk Route Boston & Maine Railroad Broken & Maimed Boston & Maine Railroad Bucko mate Bully Bull Policeman, or a railroad enforcer Bullpen A makeshift pen designed to hold class war prisoners.