A-Z: General definitions
- Hinduism
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- Holy
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- Holy Ghost
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- Holy Ground
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- Holy of Holies
- Holy orders
- Holy Roman Emperor
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- Holy Saturday
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- Holy Trinity
- Holy water
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- Home fires
- Home front
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- Homer
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- Homily
- Homodiegetic
- Homograph
- Homonym
- Homosexuality
- Honkies
- Hope
- Horace
- Horeb
- Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Hortus conclusus
- Hosanna
- Hospitallers
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- House of Commons
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A-Z: General definitions: Hortus conclusus
Definition
Taken from Song 4:12: 'My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed'. Used by medieval theologians and artists as a symbol of the purity of the Virgin Mary.
Translation
Latin: meaning 'enclosed garden'Belonging to the Middle Ages.
Those engaged in the study of God.
Mary, the mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph. It is traditionally understood that Mary was, and remained, a virgin during both the conception and birth of Jesus.
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