For centuries the North Atlantic nations dominated the world and as long as they did they could afford the luxury of fighting each other.

For this period, as for earlier centuries, pottery remains the most secure source ; ;

For centuries it was the location of historic festivals and open-air sports events.

For the Greeks, Apollo was all the Gods in one and through the centuries he acquired different functions which could originate from different gods.

For much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, many linguists who studied Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic regarded them as members of a common Ural – Altaic family, together with Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic, based on such shared features as vowel harmony and agglutination.

For centuries after the fall of the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Imperial Aramaic — or near enough for it to be recognisable — would remain an influence on the various native Iranian languages.

For many centuries following his death Alboin's heroism and his success in battle were celebrated in Saxon and Bavarian epic poetry.

For instance, the local charter of the Basque-colonized Ojacastro valley ( now in La Rioja ) allowed the inhabitants to use Basque in legal processes in the 13th and 14th centuries.

For centuries, Psovoi could not be purchased but only given as gifts from the Tsar.

For many centuries to come Basel possessed the only permanent bridge over the river " between Lake Constance and the sea ".

For the next four centuries, the Kingdom of Croatia was ruled by the Sabor ( parliament ) and a Ban ( viceroy ) appointed by the king.

For example, the word chief ( meaning the leader of any group ) comes from the Middle French chef (" head "), and its modern pronunciation preserves the Middle French consonant sound ; the word chef ( the leader of the cooks ) was borrowed from the same source centuries later, by which time the consonant had changed to a " sh "- sound in French.

For several centuries in some of the greater monasteries the two rules were observed conjointly.

For centuries, through the modern times, the majority regarded Cagots of western France and northern Spain as an inferior caste, the untouchables.

For centuries, the priestly caste had remained an unmixed social group.

For example, a continuous chain of speakers across the centuries links Vulgar Latin to all of its modern descendants.

For the first time in centuries, the lake was a homogeneous body of water.

For the upper class of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, diplomatic immunity was an easy concept to understand.

For centuries, Dominicans have been instrumental in spreading the rosary and emphasizing the Catholic belief in the power of the rosary.

For centuries Egyptians attempted to predict and take advantage of these flows and thereby moderate the severity of floods.

For centuries sweetwater artesian wells in the Fayyum Oasis have permitted extensive cultivation in an irrigated area that extends over.

For centuries, many philosophers and scientists supposed that extrasolar planets existed, but there was no way of knowing how common they were or how similar they might be to the planets of the Solar System.

For centuries it was stored in the Royal Library in Copenhagen but in 1971 it was returned to Iceland.

For centuries some Western Latin Bibles used to contain a small Epistle from Paul to the Laodiceans.

For many centuries the Enchiridion was regarded as a suitable manual of practical philosophy, maintaining its authority both with Christians and Pagans.

For a time there was a Carthusian monastery ( charterhouse ) in Douai, which is now the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai.

For monks and nuns, non-possession involves complete renunciation of property and human relations.

For a general rule, in Roman Catholicism, monks and nuns are called brother or sister, while in Orthodox Christianity, they are called father or mother.

For instance, in Japan and in some sects in Korea, monastic law regarding celibacy has been abandoned and Buddhist clergy do not take the ordination of a monk or nun but take alternate ordination which allows them to marry ( though nuns, at least in Japan, tend to remain unmarried ).

For easy identification, Altena's followers are mostly people who dress up as nuns and common villagers who are skilled at fighting while her opposers are mainly men in black suits.

Bridgettines | Bridgettine nuns at the 2009 March For Life in Washington, DC.

For the most part, women are forbidden to enter the sanctuary, with the exception of elderly nuns who may be blessed to assist the priest during services, and an abbess in her own monastery, who is free to enter at any time.

For women vowed to a religious life, this was impermissible, therefore nuns had to abstain from pilgrimage.

For monks, it would be the Abbot ( or the Abbess for nuns ); for friars, it would be the Prior, or, for Franciscans, the Guardian ( Custos ); for diocesan priests, it would be the local Bishop.

For this she is honored as one of the most prominent nuns of the Eastern Church.

For the Orthodox, Mother is the correct term for nuns who have been tonsured Stavrophore or higher.

For 329 children and 5 teaching nuns, the only remaining means of escape was to jump from their second floor windows to the concrete and crushed rock 25 feet below, or to wait for the fire department to arrive and rescue them.

For 15 years he continued his work as vicar general and pastor of St. Malachy's, and assisted Archbishop Ryan in ordaining priests, administering Confirmation, dedicating churches, chapels and schools, officiating at the reception of novices and at the solemn profession of numerous nuns in the archdiocese.

For the Buddhist monks or nuns, chastity is mandatory since they live on the premise of getting rid of any feelings of attachment.

For example, Christian monks and nuns take a " vow of poverty " by which they renounce luxury.

For monks and nuns who have been ordained 10 years or more, the title Ajahn, meaning " teacher ", is reserved.