See also:LAMB (a word See also:common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
, the See also:young of See also:sheep
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The See also:Paschal See also:Lamb or Agnus Dei is used as a See also:symbol of Jesus See also:Christ, the Lamb of See also:God (See also:John i
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29), and " lamb," like " See also:flock," is often used figuratively of the members of a See also:Christian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church or community, with an allusion to Jesus' See also:charge to See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter (John xxi
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15)
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The " lamb and See also:flag " is an heraldic See also:emblem, the See also:dexter fore-See also:leg of the lamb supporting a See also:staff bearing a banner charged with the St See also:George's See also:cross
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This was one of the crests of the Knights See also:Templars, used on See also:seals as See also:early as 1241; it was adopted as a badge or See also:crest by the See also:Middle See also:Temple, the Inner Temple using another crest of the Templars, the winged See also:horse or See also:Pegasus
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The old See also:Tangier See also:regiment, now the See also:Queen's Royal See also:West See also:Surrey Regiment, See also:bore a Paschal Lamb as its badge
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From their See also:colonel, See also:Percy See also:Kirke (q.v.), they were known as Kirke's See also:Lambs
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The exaggerated reputation of the regiment for brutality, both in Tangier and in See also:England after Sedgmoor, See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent See also:irony to the See also:nickname
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