Sentence examples for was first practiced from inspiring English sources

Celibacy was first practiced in Christianity as a result of expectations of the apocalypse.

The imposition of hands was first practiced in Judaism and was adopted by Christianity.

Aerial bombardment was first practiced by Italy, under the command of General Guilio Douhet, in Libya during Italy's war with the Ottoman Empire (1911 12).

The Leblanc process was eventually replaced by the ammonia-soda process (called the Solvay process), which was first practiced successfully in Belgium in the 1860s.

Solvent extraction was first practiced in Europe, using batch extractors for the recovery of additional oil from the residues obtained from mechanical pressing.

It had been considered that these were later imitations, made chiefly in Japan, and that carving pictorial designs in lacquer was first practiced in the Ming dynasty.

When I was first practicing pediatric surgery, 20 years ago, childhood gallbladder disease was uncommon.

Genetic improvement programs for some fish species apply a two-stage selection scheme in which phenotypic selection is first practiced within families based on early body size.

The procedures were first practiced on inanimate models using a laparoscopy training simulator and then performed successfully over 20 times in 11 patients who had laparoscopic myomectomy or hysterectomy.

For training the various QST methods were first practiced on healthy Danish volunteers.

The corpse was first embalmed — a practice strange to the Han Chinese — and then carefully wrapped in silk.