Redefined prophecy as Deuteronomic alternative to divination in Deut 18:9-22 by H L Bosman

“… Anthropological research has shown that no rigid distinction can be maintained between prophets, priests, diviners and necromancers. All of them function as religious intermediaries and act as repositories and interpreters of religious tradition and as sources of divine knowledge. …”
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Les paroissiens de Saint-Pierre du Queyroix de Limoges et la communauté des prêtres by Anne Massoni

“…The parish was also home to a community of priests, a sort of proto chapter, which was already very well structured in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and who received donations for the salvation of souls from members of these families. …”
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Born Dead or Alive? Revisiting the Definition of Stillbirths in Norway by Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

“…Instead, 'first day deaths' were given a separate column in the registration forms returned by the priests, midwives and district medical officers who recorded vital events. …”
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The Architect, the Planner and the Bishop: the Shapers of ‘Ordinary’ Dublin, 1940–60 by Ellen Rowley

“…Startling hand-drawn maps by local priests reveal how John Charles McQuaid, archbishop of Dublin from 1940–71, influenced Dublin’s planning processes and controlled the architectural flavour of swathes of developing parishes. …”
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Les notables voconces au Haut-Empire by Bernard Rémy, Nicolas Mathieu

“…According to their dignitas they can be divided into five different hierarchical groups: honestiores, priests (except flamines and flaminicae of the imperial cult), local honorati, municipal honorati and “imperial” honorati. …”
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Wedding mirages: Salesian representations of the Shuar marriage¸1893-1925 by Rosana Posligua

“…This article is based in a previous qualitative and historical investigation of the written accounts made by the Salesian priests in the period under study. The article makes the assumption that gender is a historically flexible category, which is expressed differently according to the specific contexts where it operates. …”
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Le teck, Tectona grandis L.f., chez les Arabo-Musulmans du Moyen-Âge by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…This tree came from northern Indochina (Burma, Thailand, Laos) and India; it was brought to Java by Vishnu priests. This circulation gave rise to various names, jati in Indonesian, tekka, saka, sag, in Indian and sāg and then sāj in Arab. …”
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Librarian and scientist Kazys Sendzikas by Genovaitė Raguotienė

“…These are mainly articles on Lithuanian library history, particularly on the Library of the Kaunas Priests' Seminary. K. Sendzikas prepared publications from the archives and manuscripts departments on Lithuanian books and authors of the first half of the 19th century. …”
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The Dynamics of Traditional Religion in the Political Economy of Ìkòrodú by Adéyẹmí Balógun

“…While this traffic was sustained by socio-political institutions such as the Oloja and the Osugbo cult, the role of religious groups – including the Ifá priests, Màgbó, Líw`ẹ and Agẹmọ – remained highly influential because they represent the deities and spirits which shaped Ìkòrodú’s inhabitants’ views about social life, economic activities and political institutions. …”
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Adaptive translation of medieval morality plays for contemporary African audiences: A case study of the morality play Everyman in Sesotho by T.J. Makutoane

“…The major problem with these plays is their interpretation of theological concepts such as “saints”, “Adonia”, and “priests”, making it difficult for Protestant believers, the Sesotho audience, in this case, to understand Everyman translated in Sesotho and written from a Catholic perception of such concepts. …”
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Eco-Sattva: a Buddhist response to the plastic waste crisis in Thailand by Yaoping Liu, Pharatt Run, Metteyya Beliatte

“…A comprehensive series of interviews were carried out with a total of 15 participants, encompassing priests, community leaders, and volunteers. The transcribed data was processed and examined using the NVivo program. …”
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Fake news, real needs: A qualitative study on Sino-Japanese theurgy fighting by Qing Gao, Qianqian Fu

“…Comments about “Sino-Japanese theurgy fighting” (purportedly a fight between Chinese Taoist priests and Japanese Yin-Yang masters) on Chinese TikTok was selected to conduct content analysis and erect a theoretical model using Grounded Theory. …”
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Pedagogika muzealna. Cele, idea, kierunek rozwoju i zastosowanie w praktyce na przykładzie „lekcji muzealnej” w polskim muzeum historycznym by Mallek Anna

“…The richest royal men as kings, princes and priests set up their own individual collections which were displayed only to chosen people. …”
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Identification and Stylistic Analysis of the Artistic Expression on Opa, Yoruba Sculptural Verges by Michael Olaniyi Ajadi

“… Opa is an emblematic Yoruba sculptural verge and preserved transcendence expressional art amongst the social group in order to describe hierarchical structure in ranking chiefs, religious cults’ priests/priestesses and aged right. Significantly, time-scale conscious and in-depth exploration of the hierarchical motifs on diverse verges and artistic formats of integrated motifs have not been considered using deco-hierarchical structures analysis. …”
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Nkunimdie Christology: An Akan contextual expression of the Christus Victor motif of atonement by I. Boaheng

“…Nonetheless, many Akan believers still consult traditional priests for protection, wealth, and power. This happens not because these Christians doubt the theological fact that Christ offered an atonement, but because they do not consider the atonement as providing them with adequate protection against evil forces. …”
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Corruption abuse of humanitarian and free aid in the context of armed conflicts: a comparative legal study by O. S. Bondarenko

“…It has been noted that with the beginning of the first states existence, the initial forms of corruption abuse by officials, priests and other persons endowed with power also appeared. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…Sartorius), monks and priests, as well as the rare cases of book collections owned by city-dwellers. …”
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JEAN BODIN'S NOTION OFSOVEREIGNTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NTHE QUEST FOR SOCIOPOLITICALADVANCEMENT IN NIGER by EKUASE INNOCENT O., COLLINS OKONKWO, EDOGIAWERIE MORRIS K.O.

“…The church is supposed to be a sacred institution which should concern itself with issues that pertain to spirituality, theology, heaven, etc.Bodin does not concur with the idea where church fathers (Priests) would be directly involved with matters that do not concern the church and its administration but focus on issues that concern thestate and its administration. …”
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Editions of Lithuanian books in 1795-1864 by Aušra Navickienė

“…Books intended only for priests, which were used for pastoral care, organizational, and administrative means of the church, had smaller editions - 300-500 copies. …”
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Clinical care ratios for, and tasks undertaken by, allied health professionals: A scoping review of the literature. by Arabella Brown, Elias El-Achkar, Francesca Fragnito, Sandra Gosnell, Jocelyn Kelly, Daniel Kucharski, Alice Priestly, Saravana Kumar

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