Word: ritualized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unitarianism stages no soul-stirring ritual, and has little mass appeal-its present U.S. membership is only 62,500. But Unitarians, few in number, boast of the great influence of their adherents, which have included such learned and illustrious Americans as Jefferson, the presidential Adamses, Emerson, Thoreau, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes...
...simple, fairy tale-like atmosphere unfamiliar to must American theatre goers. The unadorned plot--a story similar to Chancer's "Patient Griselda"--remains intact through the translation and condensation into one-third the original length, as do elements of Confucian ethics and what appears to be satire of Buddhist ritual...
...usual custom of holding the consistory in private. To show that world brotherhood was both necessary and attainable, the ceremony would be held in St. Peter's. Thus on Feb. 18 spectators would see cardinals from the 19 nations-including French and German-publicly embrace in accordance with ritual and exchange the "kiss of peace...
Under the directive, State Shinto - part religion, part patriotic ritual - was to be stripped of public support and of its "ultra-nationalistic and militaristic" trappings. Henceforth the bare remnants could exist as part of sectarian Shinto, an un-privileged equal among other faiths, sup ported only by voluntary offerings...
...produced, in a lifespan of 74 years, an amazing amount of organ and harpsichord music, 46 operas, and such oratorios as "Israel in Egypt," "Semele," and "Judas Maccabaeus," all of which have been almost completely neglected. Perhaps even "The Messiah" would have disappeared had it not become an accustomed ritual of Christmas...