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Lakshmi |
Female deity within Hinduism, consort
of Vishnu and goddess of good luck, beauty and wealth. |
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langar |
Sikh Gurdwaras always provide free food for
visitors and this institution, the food, the kitchen and the
place where the food is eaten, will all be referred to as
langar, or more properly as Guru-ka-langar. |
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Last Judgement |
Christian belief that at the end of time, when
there is a general resurrection of souls, a last judgement
decides the final destiny of the resurrected, i.e. eternal
bliss in heaven or eternal damnation in hell. |
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Lent |
Within Christianity a period of forty days
of fasting leading up to Easter. |
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Liturgy, the |
Expression for the Eucharist preferred by Orthodox
Christians: more generally the word refers to the form worship
takes. |
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Lord's Prayer,
the |
A prayer Jesus taught to his followers and
which is said almost universally by Christians. It begins,
"Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name". |
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lotus |
In many cultures, a symbol of superhuman or
divine birth issuing unsullied from muddy water. In Hinduism
and Buddhism a symbol of purity. On the threshold of a temple
it signifies the dwelling place of the divine and the state
of purity and devotion required of the devotee. |
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Lutheran |
Those denominations and Christians whose theology,
liturgy and form of denominational organisation derive from
the teachings of Martin Luther (1483 – 1546). |
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