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invocation collapse: the act of appealing for help; an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil; a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

litany collapse: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation; any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"

Mass collapse: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist; the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field; a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"; a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"; an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people); a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"; join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

crucifix collapse: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally; representation of the cross on which Jesus died

confirmation collapse: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church; a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism; additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"; information that confirms or verifies

sprinkler collapse: mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

candle collapse: stick of wax with a wick in the middle; the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin; examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

aspersion collapse: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare); an abusive attack on a person's character or good name; a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

celebration collapse: any joyous diversion; the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"; a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

renounce collapse: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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

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