Sentence examples for worshipers from inspiring English sources
In the centuries before the Common Era, Vishnu became the Ishvara (supreme deity) of his worshipers, fusing with the Purusha-Prajapati figure; with Narayana, worship of whom discloses a prominent influence of ascetics; with Krishna, whom the Bhagavadgita identified with Vishnu in many forms; and with Vasudeva, who was worshipped by a group known as the Pancharatras.
A few days later one of the mosque's more famous worshipers, Keith Ellison, won the state's Democratic primary in the deeply Democratic 5th District.
In one worrying sign, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, which is allied to several Iraqi Shiite militias, told worshipers on Friday that Yemenis had the right to "resist" the Saudi military.
Occasionally a mihrab (prayer niche) was retained for Muslim worshipers in a church that had formerly been a mosque.
Certainly there were religious as well as political motivations behind Xerxes' suppression of the daeva (deva) worshipers and the destruction of their temple.
Speeches are commonly made to crowds of worshipers.
Ahura Mazdā preserved his character as a national god who bestowed victory and world dominion on his worshipers.
Associations of worshipers of the Greek god Bacchus (Dionysus) had spread across Italy to Rome.
Women, as the embodiment of a theological principle, could even become spiritual guides, like Radha, conducting the worshipers in their search for realization.
Another old objection to rule-consequentialism is that rule-consequentialists must be "rule-worshipers" — i.e., people who will stick to the rules even when doing so will obviously be disastrous.
After elaborate purifications, the worshipers who must be initiated, full of devotion toward the guru and God, have control over themselves, be well prepared and pure of heart, know the mysteries of the scriptures, and look forward to the adoration with eagerness make the prescribed offerings, worship the power of the Divine Mother, and recite the relevant mantras.
