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Feast of the Circumcision
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Feast in the Christian calendar, typically observed on January 1. It celebrates an episode in the New Testament in which Jesus is circumcised according to Jewish tradition.
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Feast of the Holy Rosary
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Celebrated on October 7, in commemoration the victory of the combined Christian fleet against the Ottoman fleet in 1571.
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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Christian holiday celebrated on December 8, honoring the status of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was held to have been born without original sin on her soul.
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Feast of the Transfiguration
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Feast in the calendar of several Christian denominations, observed on August 6. It celebrates an episode in the New Testament in which Jesus is metamorphosed into a radiant in glory upon a mountain.
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Feast of the Visitation
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Christian holiday celebrated on celebrated on May 31 (earlier on July 2), recognizing the pregnant Blessed Virgin Mary visiting her cousin, Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist.
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Feather Religion
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Religious movement that spread across Plateau Native North Americans during the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Founded by Klickitat prophet Jake Hunt, also known as Titcam Nashat. Focused on returning pre-contact lifeways to the Klickitat and other Native participants, accomplished through specific dress requirements and ceremonies. Placed emphasis on Eagle spirit veneration, with eagle feathers featuring in religious regalia.
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featherworking (process)
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The process of making works primarily of feathers; usually feathers are either adhered to a solid support or tied individually to a woven support.
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features, physical
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Features on earth that comprise physical geography rather than administrative boundaries or manmade built works. May also refer to features on other planets.
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February
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The second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 28 days (or 29 in a leap year) and falling between January and March. It was named after Februalia, the Roman festival of purification. Originally, February was the last month of the Roman calendar.
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fecha (extensión de tiempo)
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Año, o extensión de tiempo, periodo, temporada, durante la que algo dura; la duración o fin de la existencia o tiempo en que algo pasó o pasará.
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- fechas (extensión de tiempo)
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<fechas y sistemas calendáricos>
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federación
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Asociaciones formadas por un número de cuerpos previamente independientes, tales como sociedades o naciones, que han entregado un grado de su soberanía por motivos externos a su administración común, mientras que retienen el control sobre las materias puramente internas o locales.
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- federaciones
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Federal
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Se refiere a movimiento en América que floreció desde alrededor de 1785 a 1820 basado en el renacimiento de estilos arquitectónicos romanos en el diseño de edificios gubernamentales. El movimiento, apoyado por Thomas Jefferson y Benjamín Latrobe, se basa en el concepto metafórico de los Estados Unidos como comparable a la República Romana en su grandeza y filosofía política.
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federal capital territories
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Administrative territories having the primary purpose of containing the federal capital. Examples are in Nigeria and Pakistan.
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federal prisons (institutions)
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Prisons administered by a federal government; in the U.S., those managed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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federal territories
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Territories that are ruled directly by a central government within a federation. Examples are in Venezuela and Malaysia. For entities that are part of a federation and that share sovereignty, use “federated states.”
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federated states
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Entities that share sovereignty in constitutional federal union, and have transferred a portion of their sovereign powers to a federal government. Federated states may be called provinces, states, Lands, cantons, or other terms, depending upon usage within a particular nation. Examples of federated states are in the United States, Brazil, Canada, and many other nations. For entities retaining complete sovereignty, use "sovereign states." For territories within a federation that do not share sovereignty, use "federal territory."
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Federmesser points
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Flint projectile points of the Upper Paleolithic period. These are distinctive arch-backed points characteristic of the Federmesser culture.
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fedora
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Sombrero de fieltro con ala enrollada, de tamaño mediano y copa alta con un pliegue en el centro a lo largo.
