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Banquette In fortification, a banquette is a little foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet, by which the musketeers get up to view the counterscarp, or to fire on the enemies in the moat. These are generally a foot and a half high, and almost three feet wide.
Banquette, Texas Banquette (pronounced: Ban-'ket-ty) is a small community located in the western portion of Nueces County, Texas; in south Texas near Robstown, Corpus Christi and the western Gulf of Mexico; other notable surroundings: Laguna Madre, King Ranch, Port Aransas (Port A); reference: Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper.
Banrisul Banrisul is the largest bank in Southern Brazil and operates primarily in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), over a network that serves 364 cities (73% of RS cities). The services, however, are extended to other localities of Brazil.
Bans on ritual slaughter Bans on ritual slaughter have been proposed or enacted in a number of European countries, from the early 1900s onward, resulting in the prohibition or limiting of traditional shechita (Jewish) and dhabiÄĄa (Islamic) religious customs.
Bansagar Bansagar or (बाणसागर) is a multipurpose river valley project on Son River in Madhya Pradesh, India envisaging both irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. The Bansagar Dam across Sone River is being constructed at village Deolond in Shahdol district on Rewa – Shahdol road, at a distance of 51.
Bansang Bansang is a town in the Central River Division of The Gambia, with a population of 8,500. Although the official government center of the Division is located in Janjanbureh upstream, Bansang has better access to the more affluent coastal region of the country, and is sometimes considered the unofficial "upcountry" economic capital.
Bansda Bansda, (also Vansda) covering an area of 557 sq km and currently a part of Gujarat, was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded by Virsinhji in 1781, and was acceded to India on 10th June 1948.
Bansenshukai Bansenshukai is a collection of Ninja knowledge widely regarded as being written by Fujibayashi Sabuji, Fujibayashi Yasutake, or Fujibayashi Yasuyoshi. Including one volume of introduction, a question and answer section, and a table of contents; two volumes on thought and philosophy; four volumes on leadership; three volumes on Yo; five volumes on In; two volumes on astrology; and five volumes on weapons.
Bansha no goku The Bansha no goku (蛮社の獄, literally "Indictment of the society for western (or barbarian) study") refers to the 1839 suppresion of scholars of Western Studies (rangaku) by the Edo Shogunate government of Japan.
Banshee The Banshee (), from the Irish bean sĂ­ ("woman of the sĂ­dhe" or "woman of the fairy mound") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. Her Scottish counterpart is the Bean Nighe ("washer-woman").
Banshee (music player) Banshee is an audio player for GNU/Linux operating systems, that uses Mono and Gtk#. It also uses the Helix and GStreamer multimedia platforms to play, encode, and decode Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, and other formats.
Banshees Over Canada Banshees Over Canada is a 1943 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada. Produced by Sydney Newman and directed by James Beveridge, the nineteen-minute film examines British preparations for a German bombing raid, as well as the resultant destruction caused by the raid and the defences mounted by Britain's Royal Air Force.
Banshenchas An Banshenchas (literally "the woman lore") is a medieval text which collects brief descriptions of prominent woman in Irish legend into a poetic narrative.The -shenchas element in this word is the same one appearing in dinsenchas (place lore) and is cognate with seanachie, a word that has entered English language as a word for a traditional Irish storyteller.
Bansi Lal Chaudhary Bansi Lal (August 26 1927 – March 28 2006) (Hindi: चौधरी बंसी लाल) was an Indian freedom fighter, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana. He was born in Golagarh village in Bhiwani district of Haryana.
Bansin Bansin forms the westernmost part of the seaside resort town of Dreikaiserbäder in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, on the north coast of the island of Usedom, about five miles by rail northwest of Swinemunde. Bansin has, in the past, been one of the most popular resorts on the German Baltic shore.
Banská Štiavnica District Banská Štiavnica District (okres Banská Štiavnica) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the present-day district belonged to the Hungarian county of Hont, apart from Močiar and Podhorie in the north (Tekov) and Kozelník in the east (Zvolen county).
Bansko Peak Bansko Peak (Vrah Bansko 'vr&h 'ban-sko) is a 280m rocky peak in the eastern extremity of the Delchev Ridge in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island. The peak was named after the town of Bansko in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Banstead railway station Banstead railway station serves the one-time village, now extensive London suburb, of Banstead in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southern, and is on the Epsom Downs line, part of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line services.
Bantam (city) The city of Bantam near the western end of Java was a strategically important site and formerly a major trading city, with a secure harbor on the Strait of Sunda through which all ocean-going traffic passed, at the mouth of Cibantam River that provided a navigable passage for light craft into the island's interior. which itself provides a good access to the hinterland.
Bantam Rooster Bantam Rooster were an American garage rock band, formed in 1994 in Lansing, Michigan. Over the years, Bantam Rooster have been a Thomas Jackson Potter (guitar/vocals) project, featuring Eric Cook, Mike Alonso & Nick Lloyd (ex-Dirtys & ex-Buzzards) on drums.
Bantamweight (MMA) The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups competitors within 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg). In Shooto, where a championship belt is circulated for 132-pound (60 kg) competitors, the division is known as featherweight.
Bantayan Airport Bantayan Airport is an airport serving the general area of the town of Bantayan, located on Bantayan Island in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, the agency that not only runs this airport but also all airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
Bantayan Island Bantayan Island is an island in the Philippines located at the western portion of the northern tip of Cebu. The island can be reached by ferry from Hagnaya Wharf in San Remigio, Cebu, or from Cebu City, or from Cadiz City in Negros Occidental.
Banteay Chhmar Banteay Chhmar is a large temple complex in northwest Cambodia, Banteay Meanchey province, 63km north of Sisophon and fairly near to the Thai border. It is one of the least visited, studied, and protected temples from Cambodia's Angkor period.
Bantcho Bantchevsky Bantcho Bantchevsky (also Bancho Banchevsky or Bancho Banchevski; ; 1906 - January 29 1988) was a Bulgarian-born American singer, singing coach, and translator. He is remembered today primarily for his death, a suicide which took place at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during a nationally-broadcast performance.
Banti's syndrome Banti's syndrome (also known as Banti's disease) is a chronic congestive enlargement of the spleen resulting in premature destruction of the red blood cells by the spleen. However, the term Banti's syndrome is a term that was used in the past (but isn't any longer) to describe patients with splenomegaly, hypersplenism and portal hypertension without cirrhosis and without occlusion of the portal venous system.
Bantik language Bantik is an endangered Austronesian language spoken in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the traditional language of the Bantik people, who are now switching to Manado Malay (the local variety of Indonesian) as their language for everyday communication, though Bantik is still used as a marker of ethnic identity.
Banting Memorial High School Banting Memorial High School is the only secondary school located in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Simcoe County District School Board and as of 2005 has a student population of approximately 1,800.
Bantoid languages In the classification of African languages, Bantoid is a branch of the Benue-Congo subfamily of the Niger-Congo phylum. The term 'Bantoid' was first used by Krause in 1895 for languages that showed resemblances in vocabulary to Bantu.
Banton, North Lanarkshire Banton is a small village located near to the town of Kilsyth in Scotland. Nestled under the Kilsyth hills, the village is a small community with few local amenities, save for a shop and post office, a pub/restaurant (The Swan Inn) a local primary school, church and bowling green.
Bantry Bantry () is a town on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, located on the N71 route at the head of Bantry Bay. The Beara peninsula is to the northwest, with Sheep's Head also nearby, on the peninsula south of Bantry Bay.
Bantry Bay, Cape Town Bantry Bay is a suburb of Cape Town situated on the slopes of Lion's Head and overlooking a rocky coastline, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It was originally called Botany Bay after a botanical garden that was planted here for the cultivation of medicinal herbs.
Bantry Bay, New South Wales Bantry Bay in Sydney Australia is located just off Middle harbour in the Garigal National Park. Many people think Bantry Bay was a military complex, but it only really stored military explosives during the Second World War.
Bantry-Scott (VIVA) Bantry-Scott is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, at the intersection of Bantry Avenue, Scott Drive, and Yonge Street in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Bantu languages Bantu is a major language family of Africa, belonging to the Niger-Congo parent family (or phylum). Bantu languages are spoken in south Cameroon, and in the south-eastern region of Nigeria close to the Cameroonian border, in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and the southern tip of Somalia, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa.
Bantu Philosophy Bantu Philosophy (La philosophie bantoue in French) is a 1945 book written by Placide Tempels which argues that the people of Sub-Saharan Africa (or Bantu people) have a distinctive philosophy, and attempts to describe the underpinnings of that philosophy.
Bantustan A bantustan was any tribal reserve for indigenous black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the racial segregation policies of apartheid. Ten bantustans were established in South Africa, and ten in neighboring South-West Africa (then under South African administration), for the purpose of concentrating there members of designated ethnic groups, thus making each of those territories ethnically homogeneous.
Bantustans in South West Africa Beginning in 1968, and following the 1964 recommendations of the commission headed by Fox Odendaal, homelands (or Bantustans) similar to those in South Africa were established in South West Africa (present-day Namibia). In July 1980 the system was changed to one of separate governments on the basis of ethnicity only, and not geography.
Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga (1895 - 1968) was a lawyer who played an active role in Indian governance and politics. He was actively involved in India’s struggle for freedom and worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi.
Banu (Arabic) Banu (بنو) is Arabic for "the sons of" or "children of" and appears before the name of a tribal progenitor. The English counterpart would be "House of", for example the House of Saud Article using both "Banu Saud" and "House of Bush" Another example of the usage is the Banu Quraish], the tribe from which [[Muhammad came, and also has a Quranic Surah in its name.
Banu Abs The Banu Abs are an ancient Bedouin tribe from Mecca. The tribal name leads to Adnan (father of Northern Arabs) and the full name is Abs ibn Bughaydh ibn Raith ibn Ghatafan ibn Sa'd ibn Qais Aeelan ibn Modhar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'd ibn Adnan.
Banu Amela The Banu Amela tribe are originally from southern Arabia, more precisely the present country of Yemen. Tracing their genealogy back to Amela bin (Arabic for son of) Sabaa' bin Yashjeb bin Ya'arib bin Qahtan who left Yemen after the destruction of the Ma'areb dam around 200 B.
Banu Ghaniya The Banu Ghaniya were distant relatives of the Almoravid dynasty, who appointed them as governors of the Balearic Islands in 1126. Following the collapse of the Almoravid power at the hand of the Almohads in the 1140s, the Banu Ghaniya continued to govern the Balearic Islands as independent emirs until about 1203, with a brief interruption in the 1180s.
Banu Hilal The Banu Hilal (Arabic: بنو هلال, "sons of the crescent") were a confederation of Arab tribes that migrated from Arabia into North Africa in the 11th century, having been sent by the Fatimids to punish the Zirids for abandoning Shiism. They quickly defeated the Zirids and deeply weakened the neighboring Hammadids.
Banu Isam The Banu Isam were a Muslim Berber dynasty that ruled Ceuta, North Africa, for four generations. The town had been destroyed in a Kharijite rebellion, and was lying waste; sometime in the middle of the ninth century, Mâjakas, chief of the Majkasa tribe, resettled it and founded a dynasty that ruled the town until the Umayyads took it over in 931.
Banu Kanz The Banu Kanz (Arabic "Sons of Kanz") were a group of Rabi'a Arabs who emigrated to Egypt, eventually dislocating the Beja and penetrating into the desert east of the Nile around Aswan. During the period, the gold mines of the region briefly made a resurgence.
Banu Makhzum Banū Makhzūm (Arabic: بنو مخزوم) is one of the tribes of Arabia descending from the tribe of Quraish, which branched out into various tribes, the most famous being Jumah, Sahm, ‘Adi, Makhzum, Tayim, Zahra.
Banu Qasi Banu Qasi (also BanĂ» QasĂ®, meaning "sons" or "heirs of Cassius") was the name of a Basque Muladi (Visigoths or Hispano-Romans converted to Islam) dynasty that ruled Tudela and the lands around it in the 9th and 10th centuries. It was eventually conquered by the expansive taifa of Zaragoza at the beginning of the 11th century.
Banu Qaynuqa The Banu Qaynuqa (also spelled Banu Kainuka, Banu Kaynuka, Banu Qainuqa, ) were one of the three main Jewish tribes living in the 7th century of Medina, now in Saudi Arabia. In 624, they were expelled by Muhammad.
Banu Qaynuqa/mpov Banu Qaynuqa () (also referred to as Banu Kainuka, Banu Kaynuka, Banu Qainuqa) were a Jewish tribe of pre-Islamic Arabia. They were among the first Jews that settled at Medina, and the most powerful of all the Jewish tribes of the peninsula before Islam.
Banu Qurayza The Banu Qurayza (Arabic بني قريظة; بنو قريظة alternate spellings include Quraiza, Qurayzah, Quraytha, and the archaic Koreiza) were a Jewish tribe who lived in northern Arabia during the 7th century, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina). In 627 CE, the tribe was besieged by the Muslims commanded by Muhammad, taken captive and all men, apart from a few who converted to Islam, were beheaded.
Banu Sumadih The Banu Sumadih were an Islamic dynasty that ruled AlmerĂ­a in Spain in the 11th century, subordinate to Zaragoza, until it was conquered by the Almoravids. Their last emir fled to the Hammadid king al-Mansur, who gave him command of Dellys in Algeria.
Banverket Banverket is the authority responsible for rail traffic in Sweden. Banverket was formed in 1988 when Statens Järnvägar was split, leaving Statens Järnvägar as mainly a railway operator and real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001.
Banwari Trace Banwari Trace, an Archaic (pre-ceramic) site in southwestern Trinidad, is the oldest archaeological site in the Caribbean. Two separate periods of occupation, one between 7200 and 6100 BP (Strata I and II) and the other between 6100 BP and 5500 BP.
Banwolseong Banwolseong (半月城, literally “Half Moon Fortress”), also commonly known as Wolseong Palace, was the the royal palace compound of the Silla monarchy at their capital in Gyeongju during the Silla and Unified Silla periods. It takes its name from the approximate outline of the palace walls which were shaped like a crescent moon.
Banya (musical group) Banya (반야), sometimes spelled BANYA or BanYa, is Andamiro's musical group responsible for creating original songs for Pump It Up. The style of its music varies greatly, from rap to techno, from rock 'n' roll to classical music.
Banya (sauna) Banya (Russian: баня) is a traditional Russian steam bath. The banya is not as hot as the Finnish sauna, but what it lacks in temperature is compensated by pouring more water over the stones of the stove, creating steam and higher humidity.
Banya Bashi Mosque Banya Bashi Mosque (Bulgarian: Баня баши джамия, Banya bashi dzhamiya; Turkish: Banya Başı Camii) is a mosque in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is one of the oldest mosques in Europe, having been completed in 1576, during the years the Ottomans had control of the capital.
Banya Palace Banya Palace (, dvorets v Banya) is a royal summer villa or small palace on the northern outskirts of the town of Banya in Karlovo municipality, Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. It was commissioned to University of Karlsruhe-educated architect Ivan Vasilyov after Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria visited the town in 1925 and liked the climatic conditions and the curative mineral springs in the area, and finished in 1929.
Banyan Drive Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, is also known as the "Hilo Walk of Fame." Throughout the years celebrities in all walks of life have planted small banyan sapling to have them grow into the giant memorials that still stand in their honor.
Banyan VINES Banyan VINES (for Virtual Integrated NEtwork Service) was a computer network operating system and the set of computer network protocols it used to talk to client machines on the network. The Banyan company based the VINES operating system on Unix, and the network protocols on the archetypical Xerox XNS stack.
Banyeres de Mariola Banyeres de Mariola (in Valencian) or Bañeres (in Spanish) is a settlement in the north of the province of Alicante (Spain), 860 metres above sea level, with a population of 7,500. The main employer is the local textile industry.
Banyingela Kasonga Banyingela Kasonga (born May 4, 1959), is a priest and a candidate of the Alliance des Paysans et Ecologistes (the Alliance of Farmers and Ecologists) for the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of July 30, 2006.
Banyo, Queensland Banyo is a suburb north of the Brisbane CBD. It is a community split between both residential and industrial land, the latter being attracted by the accessibility of local transport, including the Gateway Motorway.
Banyuls AOC Banyuls (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) is a fortified aperitif or dessert wine made from old vines cultivated in terraces on the slopes of the Pyrenees in the Roussillon (Northern Catalonia) wine region of Southern France, which borders Southern Catalonia in Spain.
Banyuls-sur-Mer Banyuls-sur-Mer (Catalan: Banyuls de la Marenda) is a French municipality in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales in the région of Languedoc-Roussillon. The town has 4,532 inhabitants and covers an area of 42.
Banyumas Banyumas is an area, also known as the Banyumasan region, located in the western part of Central Java, in Indonesia. The term banyumasan is an adjective referring to the culture, language and peoples (Banyumaser) of Banyumas.
Banyuwangi The Regency of Banyuwangi is located at the easternmost end of the Indonesian island of Java, and it is a very strategic area for one who wants to go to Bali. It is surrounded by mountainous and woody areas to the west; by sea to the east and south.
Banzai Battalion Banzai Battalion are a group of recurring characters, created by John Wagner, that appears in 2000 AD. They are tiny gardening robots designed as a bug-fighting military outfit that have been deployed in a garden in Mega-City One where their adventures initially involved Judge Dredd, although in their more recent stories they have branched out into their own series.
Banzai charge Banzai charge (or banzai attack) is a term related to the Japanese samurai spirit and ideology of not accepting the shame of defeat, . Instead, it is considered honourable to do a last desperate charge at the enemy and perish together with them instead of dying in cowardice.
Banzai Pipeline The Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe", is a surf reef break located off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea of O`ahu's North Shore. There are at least three reefs here in progressively deeper water further out to sea that activate at various power levels applied by the swell.
Banzare Coast Banzare Coast (), part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Southard, at 122° 05' E, and Cape Morse, at 130° 10' E. It was seen from the air by the British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, in 1930-31, under Douglas Mawson.
Banzo banzo (of unknown African origin) is also similar to saudade formely used in Brazil but it refers to the morbid feeling felt by a black slave towards his culture. In common use, banzo means saudade for one's own culture and homeland, as opposed to a loved one, a family member, a moment in time, etc.
Bao Tong Bao Tong 鮑彤 (born 1932) was former Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CPC Central Committee and the Political Secretary of Zhao Ziyang (趙紫陽), Premier of the State Council, from 1980 to 1985. He was also Director of the Drafting Committee for the CCP 13th Party Congresses.
Bao'an Bao'an District (Chinese: 宝安区, Bǎo'ān-qū) is one of the six districts comprising Shenzhen, a major economic city in Guangdong Province, China. It is one of two districts lying outside the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, alongside Longgang.
Bao'an (Shaanxi) Bao'an (宝安, Wade-Giles: Pao An) was the former name for Zhidan County, a county in Shaanxi Province (Postal map spelling: Shensi), China, in the country's rural north central-western region. From July 1936 to January 1937, it was the capital of Communist-controlled China, during the Chinese Civil War, before being replaced by Yan'an.
Baobab Initiative The Baobab Initiative is an independent enterprise created by students of Franklin College Switzerland. The project grew out of Professor Anne Flutti’s special Academic Travel in June, 2004, to Malawi and Zambia in order to learn more about an organic farming method known as permaculture, a contraction of the words permanent and agriculture.
Baoguo Temple Baoguo Temple () is a Mahayana Buddhist temple located in Jiangbei district, 15km north of Ningbo, in Zhejiang, China. It is famous as the oldest surviving wooden structure in southern China, as the main hall of the present temple dates back to 1013 in the Northern Song dynasty.
Baoji Baoji (宝鸡; Pinyin: bǎo jī) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Shaanxi province, China. It has a population of 3,670,000 according to the 2001 Chinese census, making it the 25th largest city in China, and a surface area of 18172 km².
Baotou Baotou () is a prefecture-level city and the largest city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Its name is said to derive from a phrase meaning "place with deer" in the Mongolian language, and an alternate name in Chinese is "Deer City" ().
Bapatla Bapatla is one of the historical towns of Guntur District (Andhra Pradesh) located 40 miles south of Guntur City on the East Coast of India. It is traditionally known to be the hub of education in the district.
Bapco Bahrain Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain, is engaged in the oil industry including exploration and prospecting for oil, drilling, production, refining, distribution of petroleum products and natural gas, sales and exports of crude oil and refined products.
Bapchild Bapchild, originally Baccanceld, is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about two miles east of Sittingbourne. It lies on the A2, and according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,068.
Bapi Das Baul Son of Purna Das Baul, Subhendu 'Bapi' Das Baul is an 8th generation Baul performer of Bengali mystical folk music. He moved from Kolkata to Paris in 1993 and is now known for his fusion work with the groups Senses, Baul Bishwa, Zap Mamma, Fun-Da-Mental, State Of Bengal and others in the musical scenes of Paris and London.
Bapounou The Bapounou (or Pounou) are one of the four major peoples of Gabon, inhabiting interior mountain and grassland areas in the southwest of the country, around the upper N'Gounié and Nyanga Rivers. Bapounou also live in the Divénié, Kibangou, and Mossendjo districts of the Republic of the Congo.
Bapsi Sidhwa Bapsi Sidhwa (1938 - ) is an important author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. She is of Parsi Zoroastrian background, and has depicted Parsi life, customs, and the Zoroastrian religion in great detail in most of her works.
Baptism by fire The phrase baptism by fire or (more accurately) baptism of fire, known in English since 1822, is a translation of the French phrase baptĂŞme du feu and is a reference to a soldier's first experience under fire in battle. It originates from the ecclesiastical Greek baptisma pyros, in which "fire" is used to mean "the grace of the Holy Spirit as imparted through baptism".
Baptism for the dead Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism is a religious practice of baptising a living person on behalf of an individual who is dead; the living person is acting as the deceased person's [The practice is referred to in The New Testament] (1 Cor. 15:29) but was forbidden by the [[Orthodox Church in the 4th Century and is not practiced in modern mainstream Christianity.
Baptism of desire Baptism of desire (Latin Baptismus Flaminis) is a Roman Catholic teaching explaining that those who desire baptism, but are not baptized with water through the Christian ritual, because of death, nevertheless bring about the fruits of Baptism, if their grace of conversion included an internal act of perfect love and contrition which automatically cleanses the soul of all sin. Hence, the Catechism of the Catholic Church observes, "For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament"(CCC 1259).
Baptism of Jesus The baptism of Jesus is an event recounted in the New Testament in which Jesus is baptised by John the Baptist. It is commemorated on a day between 7 and 13 January in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western denominations (see Baptism of the Lord).
Baptism of Poland The Baptism of Poland (Polish: Chrzest Polski) was the event in 966 that signified the beginning of the Christianization of Poland, commencing with the baptism of Mieszko I, who I was here the first ruler of the Polish state. The next significant step in Poland's adoption of Christianity was the establishment of various ecclesiastical organs in the country during the 10th and 11th centuries.
Baptism of the Lord The Baptism of the Lord (or the Baptism of Christ) is the name of a feast day observed in the Roman Catholic Church and in churches of the Anglican Communion. Depending on the year and the method of calculation (see below), it can fall on any day from 7 to 13 January.
Baptism with the Holy Spirit According to the New Testament, the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is an experience sent by Jesus Christ. As recorded in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus describes it as "the promise of the Father", through which believers in Jesus Christ receive "power from on high" (Luke 24:49).
Baptismal Vows Baptismal vows are the renunciations required of an adult candidate for baptism just before the sacrament is conferred.Baptismal Vows - Catholic Encyclopedia article In the case of an infant baptism they are given by the godparents.
Baptist Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to an organization such as a church or denomination, or an individual adherent such as a church member. The tradition takes it name from the conviction that followers of Jesus Christ should be immersed in water as a visible and public display of their faith.
Baptist Bible Fellowship International The Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI) is a separatist fundamentalist organization formed in 1950 by members who separated from the World Baptist Fellowship. While it "approves" schools, it is not an "accreditor" for institutions of higher learning according to the United States Department of Education.
Baptist General Conference The Baptist General Conference (BGC) is a national evangelical Baptist body with roots in Pietism in Sweden and inroads among evangelical Scandinavian-Americans, particularly persons located in the American Upper Midwest. From its small beginning among Scandinavian immigrants, the BGC has grown to a nation wide association of autonomous churches with at least 17 ethnic groups and missions in 19 nations.
Baptist Healing Trust The Baptist Healing Trust is a religious (Christian) non-profit foundation in Nashville, Tennessee, created to provide healthcare services to the vulnerable in middle Tennessee. The Trust is required to use the majority of its investment income in support of the Baptist Hospital mission until 2008.
Baptist Health South Florida Baptist Health South Florida is the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in South Florida. It consists of six hospitals: Baptist, Baptist Children's, Doctors, Homestead, and South Miami Hospitals in Miami-Dade County, and Mariners Hospital in Monroe County.
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is an education and advocacy association in the United States with a number of Baptist denominations. It states that it seeks to promote religious liberty for all and to uphold the principle of church-state separation.

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