As a general rule only clergy will touch relics in order to move them or carry them in procession, however, in veneration the faithful will kiss the relic to show love and respect toward the saint.

Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship and good luck, among many others.

In some situations a kiss is a ritual, formal or symbolic gesture indicating devotion, respect or greeting, as in the case of spouses kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony or national leaders kissing each other in greeting, and in many other situations.

Throughout history, a kiss has been a ritual, formal, symbolic or social gesture indicating devotion, respect or greeting.

Besides devotion, a kiss has also indicated subordination or, nowadays, respect.

The kiss of respect has also represented a mark of fealty, humility and reverence.

" " Nearly everywhere, wheresoever an inferior meets a superior, we observe the kiss of respect.

" People also kissed the earth for joy on returning to their native land after a lengthened absence, as when Agamemnon returned from the Trojan War Nyrop points out, however, that in modern times the ceremonious kiss of respect " has gone clean out of fashion in the most civilised countries ," and it is only retained in the Church, and that in many cases " the practice would be offensive or ridiculous.

Generally considered to be an act of homage, or respect, the North Berwick Witch Trials of Scotland in the 16th century held that the kiss was an act of penance issued from the Devil.

When the Sefer Torah is carried through the synagogue, the members of the congregation may touch the edge of their tallit to the Sefer Torah and then kiss it as a sign of respect.

The grammatical and social difficulties are pointed out in respect to 1 Samuel 18: 21, as well as the marked difference in the Bible between sensual kissing ( as in Song of Songs ) and the cultural kiss of Near Eastern culture whether in greeting or as expression of deep affection between friends and family ( as found throughout the Old and New Testaments ).

The king recognized his nephew and bent his head forward, so that the younger Faisal could kiss the king's head in a sign of respect.

Although their relationship strained after Gert discovered Nico's kiss, they reconciled shortly afterwards, following a round of tossing insults and internet slang, demonstrating the close relationship and respect they shared.

The labial click is different from what many people associate with a kiss: the lips are pressed more-or-less flat together, as they are for a or an, not rounded as they are for a.

In " The Miller's Tale ", Absolon has already been tricked into kissing Alison's buttocks when he is expecting to kiss her face.

Elin's older sister, Jessica, who comes with her, dares her to kiss Agnes, who is rumoured to be a lesbian.

It is while sitting in the back seat together that they first kiss " for real ".

Thus to kiss an icon of Christ, in the Eastern Orthodox view, is to show love towards Christ Jesus himself, not mere wood and paint making up the physical substance of the icon.

In Lesotho, females engage in what is commonly considered sexual behavior to the Western world: they kiss, sleep together, rub genitals, participate in cunnilingus, and maintain their relationships with other females vigilantly.

If they catch the person, a kiss is exchanged.

In this way the difference in meaning between the English words kill and kiss is a result of the exchange of the phoneme / l / for the phoneme / s /.

If you French kiss your dog and he or she thinks it's great, is it wrong?

That is, they do not examine the biological, psychological, and sociological roots that make people see the benefits encouraging them to kiss another, cheat on a test, use cocaine, or murder someone.

For instead of greeting by words, they kiss each other on the mouth ; but if one of them is inferior to the other, they kiss one another on the cheeks, and if one is of much less noble rank than the other, he falls down before him and worships him.

Christopher Columbus is in Alhambra, and sees the Moorish king come out of the city gates and kiss the hands of the Spanish king, queen and prince.

A stone cover was placed over the burial place with two holes where pilgrims could insert their heads and kiss the tomb ; this arrangement is illustrated in the ' Miracle Windows ' of the Trinity Chapel.

A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against the lips or other body parts of another person or of an object.

In South East Asian countries the " sniff kiss " is the most common form of affection and Western mouth to mouth kissing is reserved for sexual foreplay.

In some tribal cultures the " equivalent for our ' kiss me ' is ' smell me.

" According to Crawley, touch is " the mother of the senses ," and the kiss was a tactile and specialized form of intimate contact.

In many cultures, it is considered harmless growing up customs for teenagers to kiss on a date or to engage in kissing games with friends.

The kiss is an important expression of love and erotic emotions.

In Kristoffer Nyrop's book, The Kiss and its History, Nyrop describes the kiss of love as an " exultant message of the longing of love, love eternally young, the burning prayer of hot desire, which is born on the lovers ' lips, and ' rises ,' as Charles Fuster has said, ' up to the blue sky from the green plains ,' like a tender, trembling thank-offering.

" Yet even among higher civilizations Crawley saw differences: while the kiss seems to have been unknown to ancient Egypt, it was well established in early Greece, Assyria, and India.

Nyrop writes that " the kiss is the last tender proof of love bestowed on one we have loved, and was believed, in ancient times, to follow mankind to the nether world.

Conybeare has stated that this act originated within the ancient Hebrew synagogue, and Philo, the ancient Jewish philosopher called it a " kiss of harmony ," where, as Crawley explains, " the Word of God brings hostile things together in concord and the kiss of love.

According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss.

In the more ancient traditions, each vestment — or at least the stole — will have a cross on it, which the clergy kiss before putting it on.

On the day the fight is to take place, Daniel and Kumiko, like Yukie and Miyagi, perform the ancient tea ceremony, ending with a kiss.

It was the widespread custom in the ancient western Mediterranean for men to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek.

* Kiss of Judas, the origin of the term " Kiss of Death ", Judas's betrayal of Jesus with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Known as " 102. 7 KIIS-FM " and as one of the United States ' highest-rated top 40 stations, " KIIS " is pronounced as " kiss " and is the origin of the national KISS-FM brand.

The prelate should kiss the cross before putting it on his neck, and while putting it on say the prayer Munire me digneris ( the origin of which dates back to the Middle Ages ), in which he petitions God for protection against his enemies, and begs to bear in mind continually the Passion of Jesus, and the triumphs of the confessors of the Faith.

A more popular yet inaccurate tale on the name's origin, is the phrase " come back and kiss ( our ladies )".