A common cult of the various peoples of the empire at that time, it persisted in Asia Minor long afterward.
Clan members had mutual duties in payment of blood money, bride-price, and burial expenses; they observed a common cult that included the organization of a clan bear festival, usually held in honour of a dead clan kinsman.
This faith is shared by all the tribes; it is owing to their common cult that a Levite from Bethlehem could serve first at an Ephraimite and later also at a Danite sanctuary.
Members of the various denominations who abandon all worldly attachment enter an "inner circle" or "order" that, seeking a life of devotion, adopts or develops particular vows and observances, a common cult, and some form of initiation.
The religious bond, preserved by the common cult, enabled the tribes to work together under the leadership of elders or an inspired champion in time of danger or religious scandal.
Her use of common cult film motifs – female nudity and ambiguous gender – were repurposed to comment on feminist topics.
Right out the gate two experts told me it's common for cults and similar organizations to boast humanitarian goals.
While we may conceive of cult members as completely brainwashed or crazy, Hodgkins says it's very common that cult members will begin to question the methods of their group while still subscribed to it.
Arcane symbols are common to most cults and fraternal orders, and pyramids were much on the public's mind in the eighteen-thirties, when many Americans first saw pictures of Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns.
According to the documents, Mr Kamm held four meetings at the Kampala police mess between October 6 and 10, 1989 - when reports of manifestations of the Virgin Mary, an aspect common to both cults, were becoming frequent throughout Uganda and neighbouring Rwanda.
