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<p> a festival formerly celebrated with much magnificence at Messina, in Sicily, representing the Assumption (q.v.) of the [[Virgin]] Mary. The word was also employed as the designation of a huge machine exhibited during the festival. It was fifty feet high, and at the top of it was a girl fourteen years of age representing the Virgin, and standing on the hand of an image of | Bara <ref name="term_22920" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a festival formerly celebrated with much magnificence at Messina, in Sicily, representing the Assumption (q.v.) of the [[Virgin]] Mary. The word was also employed as the designation of a huge machine exhibited during the festival. It was fifty feet high, and at the top of it was a girl fourteen years of age representing the Virgin, and standing on the hand of an image of Jesus Christ . </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_22920"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bara Bara from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_22920"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bara Bara from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 15 October 2021
Bara [1]
a festival formerly celebrated with much magnificence at Messina, in Sicily, representing the Assumption (q.v.) of the Virgin Mary. The word was also employed as the designation of a huge machine exhibited during the festival. It was fifty feet high, and at the top of it was a girl fourteen years of age representing the Virgin, and standing on the hand of an image of Jesus Christ .
