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Hip Glossary: Sensei
Sensei:
sensei Teacher; Zen teacher. Sensei (Sensei) is a Japanese title used to refer to or address teachers, and other authority figures. It is also used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery… Continue readingHip Glossary: Jihad
Jihad:"Jihad" (جهاد) is an Arabic word which comes from the Arabic root word "jahada"; which means "exerting utmost effort" or "to strive." The word connotes a wide range of meanings, from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect… Continue reading
Hip Glossary: Harmony
Harmony:
Har"mo*ny (?), n.; pl. Harmonies (#). [ F.harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. joint, proportion, concord, fr. a fitting or joining.] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or… Continue readingHip Glossary: Heal
Heal:
Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] [OE. helen, hælen, AS. h’d6lan, fr. hāl hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h&emac;lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.]… Continue readingHip Glossary: Immortality
Immortality:
Im`mor*tal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Immortalities (#). [L. immortalitas: cf. F. immortalité.]1.
The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.Source:websters1913dictionary
Hip Glossary: Poetry
Poetry:
Po"et*ry (?), n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all… Continue reading
Hip Glossary: Poet
Poet:
Po"et (?), n. [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. , fr. to make. Cf. Poem.] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.… Continue readingHip Glossary: Poem
Poem:
Po"em (?), n. [L. poëma, Gr. , fr. to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. poëme.] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme,… Continue readingHip Glossary: Doctrine
Doctrine:
Doc"trine (?), n. [F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor.] 1. Teaching; instruction. 2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or… Continue readingHip Glossary: Universalism
Universalism:U`ni*ver"sal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. universalisme.] (Theol.) The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.
Source:websters1913dictionary
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Universalism refers to any concept or doctrine that applies to all persons and/or… Continue reading