The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2695 page)

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Williams, Roger
(
c.
1604–83)
. Advocate of religious toleration, and an American colonist. After ordination (probably in 1629) he became chaplain to Sir William Masham, but separatist views compelled him to seek religious freedom in N. America (1630). He established a settlement which he named
‘Providence’
(1636), and founded Rhode Island where he formed the first
Baptist church
in the colonies.
Wine:
Wine Ode, The:
Wird
(Arab.). A time of private prayer (cf.
du‘
’
) in Islam (in addition to
al
t), and also the formula of prayers recited on these occasions (also known as
izb
). Awr
d (pl.) are usually made up of passages from the
Qur'
n
, and among S
f
s are recited at least seventy times morning and evening.

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