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Choir
.
.
Singers assisting in worship. Known in Christianity from the 4th cent., they customarily sang the music which was too difficult for the congregation.
Choka
(Jap., ‘morning part’). The Zen Buddhist morning
s
tra
recitation, part of the daily routine in a Zen monastery (
tera
).
s
trarecitation, part of the daily routine in a Zen monastery (
tera
).
Cholent
(‘stew’). Traditionally a Jewish housewife would prepare cholent in advance and put it in the oven before the
Sabbath
began. It cooked slowly overnight and thus provided something hot to eat on Sabbath morning without breaking the Sabbath law against kindling a light or cooking.
Sabbath
began. It cooked slowly overnight and thus provided something hot to eat on Sabbath morning without breaking the Sabbath law against kindling a light or cooking.
Ch’
ndo-gyo
or Ch’
ndo-kyo
(Sect of the Way of Heaven)
:
ndo-gyoor Ch’
ndo-kyo(Sect of the Way of Heaven)
:
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