In countries that use bamboo extensively, the flexibility of the material causes a distinctive curving line to the roof, characteristic of Oriental architecture.

Emmanuel Klotz put forward a new design in 1890 retaining the original ground plan and hence the cornerstone, but lowering the towers by 20m and creating the distinctive look combining Romantic and neo-Renaissance styles covered with Oriental decorations and a giant Star of David.

In the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches, Oriental Orthodox churches, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheran churches, the Easter Vigil is the most important service of public worship and Mass of the liturgical year ; in the West it is the first celebration of the Gloria during the fifty-day long celebration of Easter, marked by the first use since the beginning of Lent of the exclamatory " Alleluia ", a distinctive feature of the Easter season.

The Oriental Dollarbird ( Eurystomus orientalis ), also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

It is alphabetic, with a letter or diacritic for every phonemic ( distinctive ) hand shape, orientation, motion, and position, though it lacks any representation of facial expression, and is better suited for individual words than for extended passages of text.

Throughout his lifetime, Baldung developed a distinctive style, full of color, expression and imagination.

The most distinctive institutional expression of Mouride agro-religious innovation is the daara, an agricultural community of young men in the service of a marabout.

Chimeras may also show, under a certain spectrum of UV light, distinctive marks on the back resembling that of arrow points pointing downwards from the shoulders down to the lower back ; this is one expression of pigment unevenness called Blaschko's lines.

Each basic emotion is associated with a distinctive facial expression.

In these early exchanges and in the parallel debate over the proper understanding of Wittgenstein's remarks on rule-following, some of McDowell's characteristic intellectual stances were formed: to borrow a Wittgensteinian expression, the defence of a realism without empiricism, an emphasis on the human limits of our aspiration to objectivity, the idea that meaning and mind can be directly manifested in the action, particularly linguistic action, of other people, and a distinctive disjunctive theory of perceptual experience.

Cline showed distinctive emotional expression in most of her material.

Rimes has also used distinctive emotional expression in many of her songs, most notably her first single, " Blue ", which was sung in the style of Cline.

dictio ) " a saying, expression, word "), in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.

Rather than being of ancient origin as usually assumed, the specific expression, and its even more distinctive associated Latin phrase, has been traced back to an attribution to Thomas Sydenham ( 1624 – 1689 ) in a book by Thomas Inman ( 1860 ).

The meaning of " peculiar " in this expression is " one's own ", that is, referring to something distinctive to or characteristic of a particular place or people.

* Paixiao ( pan pipes with distinctive notched or curved blowholes to allow for greater expression )

It is known both as an expression of Brazilian baroque Catholicism, with its distinctive street processions, and for its tendency to include in religious festivals profane rituals punctuated by a lot of samba and banqueting.

Christian Reconstructionism was originally formulated as a practical expression of Postmillennial Christian Eschatology, though the distinctive tenets of the school of thought ( generally referred to as Theonomic Ethics ) are purported to be compatible with other eschatological viewpoints within conservative Christianity.

A more practical and useful cooperative approach to defining the Celts is the contemporary inclusive and associative definition used by Vincent and Ruth Megaw ( 1996 ) and Raimund Karl ( 2010 ) that a Celt is someone who uses a Celtic language or produces or uses a distinctive Celtic cultural expression ( such as art or music ) or has been referred to as a Celt in historical materials or has identified themselves or been identified by others as a Celt or has a demonstrated descent from the Celts ( such as family history or DNA ancestry ).

The party has adopted a hard line in regard to the preservation of Lebanese independence, and to the safeguard of the distinctive liberal practices in Lebanon with respect to freedom of expression and opinion and religious freedoms.

These schools are generally credited for developing a sophisticated genre of expression called Sem ' na Worq (" Wax and Gold ") which is distinctive to Ethiopia.

Hasidism found expression in distinctive Niggunim ( ecstatic melodies ).

During analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images of Yemen and Oman for the Mahra Archaeological Project, we noted that these anthrosols had a distinctive image expression.

The towers have an octagonal base and consists of rotated cubic volumes, which is a distinctive stylistic expression of Kenzo Tange's works in the 1990s.

The expression " Red Heads " is derived from their distinctive twelve gored crimson headwear ( tāj or tark in Persian ; sometimes specifically titled " Haydar's Crown " / تاج حیدر / Tāj-e Ḥaydar ), indicating their adherence to the twelve Ithnā ‘ asharī Imāms and to Shaykh Haydar, the spiritual leader ( sheikh ) of the Ṣafaviyya movement.

And there is one other point in the Poetics that invites moral evaluation: Aristotle's notion that the distinctive function of tragedy is to purge one's emotions by arousing pity and fear.

Without losing the distinctive undertow of Brahmsian rhythm, the pacing is firm and the over-all performance has a tightly knit quality that makes for maximum cumulative effect.

It is because each side has sought to implement its distinctive theological belief through legislation and thus indirectly force its belief, or at least the practical consequences thereof, upon others.

Brooklyn College is distinctive for not having an official drinking place.

Their characteristic experience is that of the individual at an altar or a shrine rather than that of a continuing social group with a distinctive kind of fellowship.

One of the most distinctive characteristics of the Tubulidentata is their teeth.

The shape of the flowers is very distinctive, making orchids easy to recognize.

The Aramaic alphabet is adapted from the Phoenician alphabet and became distinctive from it by the 8th century BCE.

Hearing is one of the most crucial means of survival in the animal world, and speech is one of the most distinctive characteristics of human development and culture.

The debate between Calvin's followers and Arminius's followers is distinctive of post-Reformation church history.

Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.

The primary way in which Australian English is distinctive from other varieties of English is through its unique pronunciation.

Nonetheless Canadian English also features many British English items and is often described as a unique blend of the two larger varieties alongside several distinctive Canadianisms.

They may notice a distinctive noise from its engine or the number of vapour trails it is leaving.

No matter how much help he had, Capp insisted on drawing and inking the characters ' faces and hands — especially of Abner and Daisy Mae — himself, and his distinctive touch is often discernible.

Adjacent to this area is the Rotes Rathaus ( City Hall ), with its distinctive red-brick architecture.

The bassoon is a non-transposing instrument known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character and agility.

Such literature is " marked by distinctive literary features, particularly prediction of future events and accounts of visionary experiences or journeys to heaven, often involving vivid symbolism.

Yet, as Lemke and O ’ Connor point out, The Book of Lamentations, while adapting several traditional literary, historical, and cultural Near Eastern elements, is a unique literary composition, scripted to a specific historical situation, in response to an historical catastrophe, addressing the survivors of this catastrophe in a distinctive religious context.

Similarly, frets on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gut and tied to the neck so that they could be moved around by the player at will ( as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the microtonal playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian music ).