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Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...

Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists define it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain...

A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent...

Since the arrival of Christian missionaries in India in the 1st century (traces of Christians in Kerala from 1st-century Saint Thomas Christians), followed...

Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday diēs Sāturnī ("Saturn's Day") for the...

The Western canon is the body of high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly valued in the West, works that have achieved...

The prophetic books of the English poet and artist William Blake contain an invented mythology, in which Blake worked to encode his spiritual and political...

The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be...

Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. Look up gossip...

Academic freedom is the right of a teacher to instruct and the right of a student to learn in an academic setting unhampered by outside interference. It...

Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of...

The King's Christmas message (or The Queen's Christmas message in a queen's reign, formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, and informally as the...

The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who...

Look up rigour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rigour (British English) or rigor (American English; see spelling differences) describes a condition...

The Dunciad /ˈdʌnsi.æd/ is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728...

With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists, and...

Church etiquette varies greatly between the different nations and cultural groups among whom Christianity is found. In Western Culture, in common with...

William Scheves (sometimes modernized to Chivas or Shivas) (died 1497) was the second Archbishop of St. Andrews. His parentage is obscure, but he was probably...

The lubber fiend, Lob, lubberkin, lurdane or Lob Lie-By-The-Fire is a legendary creature of English folklore that is similar to the "brownie" (or "Urisk")...

Osteomyology (sometimes neurosteomyology) is a multi-disciplined form of alternative medicine found almost exclusively in the United Kingdom and is loosely...