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Holy Trinity Seminary Holy Trinity Seminary is an Roman Catholic seminary residence in Irving, Texas in the Diocese of Dallas, Texas that is located within the University of Dallas campus. Both Holy Trinity Seminary and University of Dallas are units of the Diocese of Dallas.
Holy Trinity School (Richmond Hill) Holy Trinity School(HTS) is a co-educational and independent university preparation day school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada, which welcomes members of all faiths. There are over 700 students currently enrolled from Senior Kindergarten to university entrance (grade 12).
Holy War (Boston College vs. Notre Dame) The Holy War is a title used to describe the college football game between Boston College and Notre Dame. The series pits the "Eagles" against the "Fighting Irish" and derives its name from the fact that the two teams represent the only Catholic universities in the United States which compete in the NCAA's Division I-A, the highest level of competition in American college football.
Holy War (Utah vs. BYU) The Holy War is a college football rivalry game played between the University of Utah Utes and the Brigham Young University Cougars. The term Holy War, rather than denoting a war between religions, refers to the intensity of the battle.
Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's) The Holy War is a rivalry game in the Philadelphia Big 5 between Saint Joseph's University and Villanova University, a game that is considered the most intense of all the Big 5 games. The game between the two schools is usually played in February during ESPN's Rivalry Week, either at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania when St.
Holy Wednesday In Christianity, Holy Wednesday is the Wednesday of Holy Week, the week before Easter. Holy Wednesday is also known as Spy Wednesday, as being the day that Judas Iscariot first conspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for thirty silver coins.
Holy Week in Zamora This religious celebration, declared in the early 1980s of 'international touristic interest' is what the city of Zamora is best-known for. It is the only one in the region, together with Valladolid to be awarded the highest rank.
Holy Wounds The Five Holy Wounds or Five Sacred Wounds of Christ were the five piercing wounds inflicted upon Jesus during his crucifixion. Two of them would be found either through the hands or the lower wrists between the radius and ulna, where the nails of the cross-beam of the cross on which Jesus was crucified were inserted.
Holy Writ Holy Writ is a term used primarily by conservative and fundamentalist Christianity to describe the Bible. As a deliberate archaism, it is often used by older persons who heard it used in their youth, and by groups within the King-James-Only Movement.
Holyhedron In mathematics, a holyhedron is a certain 3-dimensional geometric body, a polyhedron in which each face contains a polygon-shaped hole and which contains at least one hole whose boundary shares no point with a face boundary.
Holyland (Belfast) The Holy Land in Belfast (sometimes called the Holylands) is a residential area of inner-south Belfast, Northern Ireland. Made up of a series of streets behind Queen's University near to the River Lagan, the area has been dubbed the Holy Land from its street names: Jerusalem Street, Palestine Street, Damascus Street, Carmel Street and Cairo Street.
Holyoke (comics) The history of the golden age publisher Holyoke Comics is not well documented. The company (or brand name) is associated with comics printed in Holyoke, Massachusetts, but the content seems to have been at least partially provided by other publishers, including Fox Feature Syndicate.
Holyoke Community College Holyoke Community College (HCC) is a state-funded public two-year college located in Holyoke, Massachusetts. As of fall 2004, HCC offers 91 associate degree options and 45 certificate programs, as well as non-credit and workforce development courses.
Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey is a ruined Augustinian Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey (which is sited in the grounds of the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse, which it predates) was built in 1128 at the order of King David I of Scotland.
Holyrood Elementary School Holyrood Elementary School is a tri-lingual school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The school was named after Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland and is located in a south-east Edmonton neighbourhood of the same name.
Holyrood Palace The Palace of Holyroodhouse, or informally Holyrood Palace, founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the 15th century. The Palace stands in Edinburgh at the bottom of the Royal Mile.
Holyrood Park Holyrood Park is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland. It is regarded as a microcosm of Scottish scenery, with a stunning array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse packed into its landscape.
Holywell Music Room The Holywell Music Room is Oxford's chamber music hall, situated in Holywell Street in the city centre, attached to Wadham College. It is said to be the oldest, purpose built music room in Europe, and hence England's first concert hall.
Holywood Holywood (; also Ard Mhic Nasca meaning "the height of the son of Nasca" in Irish) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. It had a population of 12,037 according to the 2001 Census.
Holzminden (district) Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hamelin-Pyrmont, Hildesheim and Northeim, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Höxter and Lippe).
Holztrompete A Holztrompete (Wooden Trumpet), an instrument somewhat resembling the Alpenhorn in tone-quality, designed by Richard Wagner for representing the natural pipe of the peasant in Tristan und Isolde. This instrument is not unlike the cor anglais in rough outline, being a conical tube of approximately the same length, terminating in a small globular bell, but having neither holes nor keys; it is blown through a cupshaped mouthpiece made of horn.
Homa (mythology) Homa (in Persian هما) is a griffin-like mythological creature and symbol in Persian art. The history of the creature's depiction dates back to the Achaemenid Persians, most notably at the palace of Persepolis where many sculptures of Homa were constructed, e.
Homa (ritual) Homa (also known as homam or havan) is a Sanskrit word which refers to any ritual in which making offerings into a consecrated fire is the primary action. Glossary of: The words homa/homam/havan are interchangeable with the word Yagna.
Homa Arjomand Homa Arjomand (born 1952) is an Iranian communist political activist, a current member of Central Committee of Worker-Communist Party of Iran, and the co-coordinator of international campaign against the sharia courts in Canada.
Homa Bay Homa Bay is a bay and town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language Got Uma or God Marahuma ["famous mountain"]) and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeestes and roan antelope (the government has also released reticulated giraffes into the park).
Homa Katouzian Homa Katouzian (in Persian: همايون کاتوزیان; born November 17, 1942) is an economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies. Katouzian’s formal academic training was in economics and the social sciences but he concurrently continued his studies of Persian history and literature at a professional academic level.
Homa Sayar Homa Sayar (Tehran, 1942-) is an Iranian poet and writer who has lived in Paris since 1975. She studied Psychology in the Université Censier Sorbonne - Nouvelle and her PhD thesis on Avant-garde poetry in Persian literature at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.
Homage Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom one feels indebted. In this sense, a reference within a creative work to someone who greatly influenced the artist would be an homage.
Homaidan Al-Turki Homaidan Al-Turki, is a Saudi national who was convicted of crimes against an Indonesian woman who worked for him in his Aurora, Colorado home. His case has become something of a cause celebre in his home country, where the press portrayed him as a victim of bias against Muslims.
Homaranismo Homaranismo (roughly: "Humanitarianism" or "Humanitism") is an Esperanto word used by its creator, Ludwig Zamenhof to describe his philosophy of human interaction and behaviour. Based largely on the teachings of Hillel the Elder, a 1st Century B.
Homarus Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americanus (American lobster) and the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) . The Cape lobster, which was formerly in this genus as H.
Homat el Diyar “Homat el Diyar” (, , translated Guardians of the Homeland) is the national anthem of Syria, with lyrics written by Khalil Mardam Bey and the music by Mohammed Flayfel, who also composed the national anthem of the Palestinian National Authority, as well as many other Arab folk songs. It was adopted in 1936 and temporarily fell from use when Syria joined the United Arab Republic with Egypt in 1958.
Homathko River The Homathko River is one of the major rivers of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and one of the few rivers that penetrates the range from the Chilcotin Plateau to the coastal inlets, entering the sea at the head of Bute Inlet adjacent to the mouth of the Southgate River, just to its east.
Homayoun Ershadi Homayoun Ershadi (in Persian: همایون ارشادی), Actor, Born 1947, Sepahan, Iran. Studied architecture in Italy and worked in the field but Abbas Kiarostami chose him to play the leading role in 'A Taste of Cherry'.
Hombori Hombori is a town in Mali, lying between Mopti and Gao on the slopes of the Hombori Tondo mesa. The town is known for its vernacular architecture of rock-built houses with narrow alleyways and tunnels between.
Homburg (hat) A homburg is a stiff felt hat that is superficially very similar to the fedora, since both can have a crease from the front to the back of the crown, known as a "center dent". The homburg usually has no pinches, and has a brim with the edge sharply turned up all the way around.
Home A home is a place where a person or family lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable being. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling.
Home (1998 song) Home sung by Kit Chan, was the first in a series of yearly songs commissioned for Singapore's National Day celebrations. In 2004, it was remixed for 3 child soloists and a girls' choir and reused as that year's National Day song.
Home (band) The experimental pop band Home formed in Tampa, Florida, in the early-1990s before relocating to New York in 1996. The band released eight self-produced, sequentially-numbered, ultra-low-distribution albums on cheap Radio Shack cassettes before signing to Sony's Relativity Records label, which distributed its ninth album (appropriately titled IX) in 1995.
Home (Depeche Mode song) "Home" is Depeche Mode's thirty-third UK single, released on June 16, 1997, and the third single for the album Ultra. It is also the third (and most recent) UK single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, and the second stand-alone single with him on lead vocals (the others are "A Question of Lust" and "Somebody", which was a double-A side with "Blasphemous Rumours").
Home a/s home a/s is a Danish chain of real estate agencies, wholly owned by Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark. The chain was established 1 January 1990, and as of 2005 has approximately a quarter of the Danish real estate market.
Home and away season Home and away season or "regular season" in sports are matches played before the finals (or playoffs). Typically, a team will play half the matches at their "home" ground and the other half "away".
Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian week nightly half-hour television soap opera produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. The show first went to air on Sunday 17 January 1988 with a two hour pilot and from then it premiered as a week nightly program the night after on Monday 18 January 1988 at 6pm before Seven News which then aired at 6:30pm.
Home and Away Invitational League The Home and Away Invitational League (HAIL) is an intercollegiate basketball and volleyball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. It is managed by group led by Far Eastern University Athletic Heads Mark Molina and Anton Montinola.
Home and furniture magazine This category of magazines covers a wide area of different home interest and furniture interest publications. Home and furniture magazines could feature editorial on the area of soft furnishings (pillows, curtains or bedding) alongside articles of a rather more physical theme such as extensions or whole home renovations.
Home automation Home automation is a field within building automation, specializing in the specific automation requirements of private homes and in the application of automation techniques for the comfort and security of its residents. Although many techniques used in building automation (such as light and climate control, control of doors and window shutters, security and surveillance systems, etc.
Home Affairs Department The Home Affairs Department (HAD, ) is a department in the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It reports to the Home Affairs Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Home Affairs.
Home Again Home Again is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC One in 2006. It stars Peter Egan, Samantha Janus, Bruce Mackinnon and Sinéad Cusack as two couples of different generations living in one house.
Home Again (album) Home Again is an album released by American R&B group New Edition on the MCA label in 1996. This was the group's first new album in eight years after the group split to forge solo careers and the first new album to feature original member Bobby Brown in the lineup some ten years after his initial split from the band to begin his successful solo career.
Home Alive Home Alive is a non-profit organisation based in Seattle which promotes anti-violence. The organisation offers self-defense classes and attempts to educate and raise awareness with the public in order to reduce and prevent violence.
Home Alone Home Alone is a classic 1990 comedy film starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for a Christmas vacation. While initially relishing his time alone, he is later threatened with two house burglars, whom he outwits by rigging the house with booby traps.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (video game) Home Alone 2 (video game) is a movie port of the 1992 movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and was released on the NES and Super NES systems. Though it is based off the movie in terms of plotline and additional dialogue, the game itself was in a ways worlds different from the movie itself.
Home Alone 4 Home Alone 4 is a TV movie that premiered on ABC in early 2002 and is a sequel to the first three movies, starring Mike Weinberg as Kevin McCallister, the protagonist of the first two films in the series. The film was directed by Rod Daniel and released on October 20, 2003 on DVD as Home Alone: Taking Back the House.
Home Army (disambiguation) * In respect of the Allied countries not invaded, such as Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States, the term might be used relating to the forces within the respective country concerned with that country's defence and security, or to differentiate between forces within that country and forces it had deployed outside its borders.
Home Army and V1 and V2 Aside from military operations, the Polish Home Army was also heavily involved in intelligence work. This included reports submitted to the Western Allies regarding Nazi German troop placement and German war production.
Home Arts and Industries Association The Home Arts and Industries Association was an organisation that functioned as a precursor to the Art Workers Guild in the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. It was founded in 1884 by Eglantyne Louisa Jebb who was inspired by an initiative of Charles Godfrey Leland in Philadelphia.
Home blood pressure monitoring Home blood pressure monitoring provides a measurement of a person's blood pressure at different times and in different environments, such as at home and at work, throughout the day. Home blood pressure monitoring may assist in the diagnosis of high or low blood pressure.
Home Building Association Company The Home Building Association Company building was designed by Louis Sullivan and is located in Newark, Ohio. It was one of three banks designed by Sullivan in 1914, the other two being in Grinnell, Iowa and in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Home care Home care, also known as domiciliary care, is health care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals (often referred to as home health care or formal care; in the United States, it is known as skilled care) or by family and friends (also known as caregivers, primary caregiver, or voluntary caregivers who give informal care). Often, the term home care is used to distinguish non-medical care or custodial care, which is care that is provided by persons who are not nurses, doctors, or other licensed medical personnel, whereas the term home health care, refers to care that is provided by such licensed personnel.
Home cinema Home cinema, also called home theatre, seeks to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in the home. The video aspect usually involves a large-screen and/or high definition television or a projection system with movie screen to project the image on.
Home construction Home Construction has been around since pre-history. Starting as nothing more then a way to shelter oneself from the elements, it has grown through ages and eras, regions and cultures, into the vast multitude of living accommodations available today.
Home country control Home Country Control (also Country of Origin rule) is the rule of EU law, specifically of Single Market law, that determines which laws will apply to goods or services that cross the border of Member States. EU law requires that the goods or services produced legally in one Member States should be allowed unhindered access to markets of other Member States.
Home Computer Initiative The Home Computing Initiative (HCI) was a UK Government programme which allowed employers to loan computers to their employees in a tax efficient manner. Introduced in 1999 as a way of increasing the IT literacy of the general workforce, it only gained momentum in 2003.
Home Countries International Regatta The Home Countries International Regatta is a rowing regatta held every year for the countries of the British Isles - England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Events are held for both men and women at junior (under 18) and senior levels.
Home Defence and Emergency Services Division From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office.
Home Detention Curfew The Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme applies to prisoners who are serving sentences of between three months and under four years. It allows prisoners to live outside of prison providing they do not breach the rules of their curfew and is designed to help prisoners prepare for life after their release.
Home District The Home District was one of four districts of Upper Canada created in 1788. It was comprised of the areas along western Lake Ontario and Niagara areas or what is now referred to as Central Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe.
Home equity loan A home equity loan is a type of loan in which the borrower uses the equity in his home as collateral. These loans are sometimes useful for families to help finance major home repairs, medical bills or college educations.
Home Education in France Home education or home schooling in France is legal and requires the child to be registered with two authorities, the 'Inspection Academique' and the local mayor (Mairie). An inspection is carried out twice yearly once a child reaches the age of six (it is obligatory from the age of eight) this is normally in French, however can ocassionally be in English if the parents request it and the local Inspection Academique is amenable.
Home Energy Station Home Energy Station is the name of Honda's upcoming heat and electricity generator for the home as well as fuel for hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles. It is able to supply a sufficient amount of hydrogen to power a fuel cell vehicle, such as the Honda FCX, for daily operation while providing electricity for an average-sized household.
Home Evening Groups Home Evening Groups are groups for single adults in the LDS church that conduct activities similar to those practiced in Family Home Evening. Although there are Home Evening Groups wherever there are LDS churches, they are more prominent in LDS Singles' Wards.
Home for Human Rights The Home for Human Rights (HHR) is one of Sri Lanka's oldest human rights organizations. It was established in 1977, They have been working to defend the fundamental human rights of Sri Lankans in the courts and their communities.
Home for Christmas (Dolly Parton album) Home for Christmas was a 1990 Dolly Parton holiday album. Unlike her 1984 duet holiday album with Kenny Rogers, which included a number of original songs, Home for christmas relied heavily on classic holiday favorites.
Home front Home front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. In the political jargon of militarists or nationalists, it implies the imperative of effective militarisation of a society, and a claimed necessity for social servitude to the needs of a military command, during a time of war.
Home front during World War II The home front is the name given to the activities of the civilians during a state of total war. Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants, and had major impact on the outcome of the war.
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Home Federal Savings and Loan Association was a federal stock savings and loan association operating in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Lumberton, North Carolina, and Spring Lake, North Carolina with consolidated assets of $155.6 million, as of July 31, 1997.
Home Fires (TV series) Home Fires was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CBC from 1980 to 1982. It was a family saga set in Toronto during World War II, and took its name from the expression "keep the home fires burning".
Home For a Rest "Home For a Rest" (sometimes abbreviated H4AR) is a song by Canadian folk rock band Spirit of the West, from their 1990 album Save This House. Although never officially released as a single, it is the band's most famous song and is considered a classic of Canadian music.
Home improvement Home improvement is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home. Often, a professional handyman is hired to perform the improvements but, typically, most improvements are done on an amateur DIY basis by the homeowner.
Home information pack Under the provisions of the Housing Act 2004, from June 1 2007, a Home Information Pack (HIP), sometimes called a Seller's Pack, will have to be provided before a property in England and Wales can be put on the open market for sale with vacant possession.
Home insurance Home insurance, or homeowners insurance, is an insurance policy that combines various personal insurance protections which can include losses occurring to one's home, its contents, loss of its use (additional living expenses), loss of other personal possessions of the homeowner, as well as liability insurance for accidents that may happen at the home.
Home invasion Home invasion is the crime of entering a private and occupied dwelling, with the intent of committing a crime, often while threatening the resident of the dwelling. It is a legally defined offense in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, and applies even if entry is not forced.
Home is Loud Home is Loud is a live album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was recorded in the outdoor amphitheater at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina and released as a limited edition CD.
Home Improvement (Beavis and Butt-head episode) Home Improvement is a 1993 episode of Beavis and Butthead and is the third episode of the second season, the episode appears on the first volume of the Mike Judge Collection. This episode is historic for this episode marks the first appearance of the character of Tom Anderson
Home Inspector (UK) A Home Inspector in the United Kingdom (or more precisely in England and Wales), is an inspector certified to carry out the Home Condition Reports that, it is expected, will become part of the new Home Information Pack.
Home Insurance Building The Home Insurance Building was built in 1885 in Chicago, Illinois and demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building (now the LaSalle Bank Building). It was the first building entirely supported by a steel frame in the United States.
Home level The home level is a level found within a roguelike (computer game) where hostility from enemies is minimal to nil. In most cases, the home level will include shops in which the player can buy items and weapons with gold or whichever other currency found in the particular roguelike.
Home movies Home movies are motion pictures made by amateurs, often for viewing by family and friends. When the hobby began, home movies were produced on photographic film, but availability of video cameras and camcorders and digital storage devices has made the making of home movies easier and more affordable to the average person.
Home Media Magazine Home Media Magazine is a weekly trade publication that covers various aspects of the home entertainment industry, most notably DVD. Also covered is news relating to consumer electronics, video games, home video distributors, video-on-demand and Internet downloads of copyrighted content.
Home Ministry (Japan) The was the Cabinet-level ministry established under the Meiji Constitution that managed the internal affairs of Empire of Japan from 1873-1947. Its duties included local administration, police, public works and elections.
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (or HMDA) was passed in 1975. It requires financial institutions to maintain and annually disclose data about home purchases, home purchase pre-approvals, home improvement, and refinance applications involving 1 to 4 unit and multifamily dwellings.
Home Nations Home Nations (often written as the common noun home nations) is a term used to refer to the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — collectively but as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a state.
Home News Tribune Home News Tribune is a newspaper of New Jersey, serving the Middlesex County and Somerset County area of Central Jersey. The paper has an average daily weekday circulation of about 75,000, and over 81,000 on Sundays, making it the sixth-largest daily and Sunday newspaper in the state.
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site The Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site preserves the Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York, United States of America. Springwood was the birthplace, life-long home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Home of the Brave (2004 film) Home of the Brave is a 2004 film directed by Paola di Florio. It is a documentary about Viola Liuzzo, a white civil rights activist who was murdered in 1965 in Selma, Alabama, USA, as she campaigned for black suffrage.
Home of the future The home of the future, similarly to the office of the future, is a concept that has been popular to explore since the early 20th century, or perhaps earlier. There have been many exhibits, such as at World's Fairs and theme parks, purporting to show how future homes will look and work, as well as standalone model "homes of the future" sponsored by builders, developers, or technology companies.
Home of the Giants Home of the Giants is an upcoming American film, written and directed by Rusty Gorman that stars Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman and Danielle Panabaker. The film has been described as a coming of age tale and sports drama.
Home of the Underdogs Home of the Underdogs (HOTU) is a software information archive founded by Sarinee Achavanuntakul in September 1998, and has grown to be one of the largest abandonware sites on the Internet. At first it was hosted on free homepage providers like Tripod, but later moved onto its own server.
Home on the Range (film) Home on the Range is a 2004 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on April 2, 2004. The film is the forty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, and was named after the popular country song "Home on the Range".
Home Office The Home Office is a United Kingdom government department, responsible for internal affairs, such as law and order throughout England and Wales. It continues to be known, especially in official papers, as in former times as the Home Department.

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