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angelic collapse: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"; having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"; of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger"

Easter collapse: a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox

Corpus Christi collapse: a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico; Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246

Epiphany collapse: a divine manifestation; twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

Ash Wednesday collapse: the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance

Carnival collapse: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions; a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

Advent collapse: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"; the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

curate collapse: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

minister collapse: the job of a head of a government department; a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador; a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"; work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"; attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"

Christmas collapse: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland; period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6; spend Christmas; "We were christmassing in New York"

day off collapse: a day when you are not required to work; "Thursday is his day off"

elements collapse: violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements); "they felt the full fury of the elements"

icon collapse: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church; (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

priest collapse: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders; a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

ovation collapse: enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)

service collapse: the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service"; the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"; work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"; (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him; employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"; the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"; an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"; tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table; a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958); make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"; be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses"

avowal collapse: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

mikado collapse: the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno

shogun collapse: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68

Kaiser collapse: the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

unworldly collapse: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney

ivory tower collapse: a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place; "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"; "they viewed universities as ivory towers"

crusade collapse: any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims; go on a crusade; fight a holy war; exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

Mardi Gras collapse: a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans; the last day before Lent

formal collapse: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"; (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"; logically deductive; "formal proof"; characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

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