Today's Word of the Day

Ideology
(ih-dee-AHL-uh-dzhee)

(Greek idea + logia: voicing ideas) A set of ideas, whether true or false, that influences individuals, a certain group, or a whole society, motivating them to some action.

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(ah-kah-löö-THEE-uh)

Greek for "sequence," this term may refer to any ceremony in the Byzantine Rite, but usually designates the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office.

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