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Even at the Tokyo Games last summer, visitors in somewhat looser pandemic protocols enjoyed the semireligious privilege of entering the city’s ubiquitous, and surprisingly tasty, convenience stores.
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New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
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However, the long-standing liturgical celebrations invoked to pick a new pope are fascinating to behold.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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The term is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning coming or arrival, and is historically the beginning of the liturgical year for most Christian churches in the West.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Denis spent part of her youth in Cameroon, where her father, a colonial administrator, disapproved of colleagues who decorated their homes with ritual masks.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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After a slow burn intro, the ritual commences, summoning an otherworldly spirit that appears to have some kind of connection or fixation on Amy, who is ripped from the library’s darkness into the bright light.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
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Many of them walk to Mass from nearby apartments and could be cut off from the sacramental life if OLV is shuttered.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
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“Semireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semireligious. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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