Esoteric Christianity is a term which refers to an ensemble of spiritual currents which regard Christianity as a mystery religion, and profess the existence and possession of certain esoteric doctrines or practices, hidden from the public but accessible only to a narrow circle of " enlightened ", " initiated ", or highly educated people.

In Buddhist literature the Sanskrit term cakra ( Pali cakka ) is used in a different sense of " circle ," referring to a Buddhist conception of the Cycle of Rebirth consisting of six states in which beings may be reborn.

Many cruisers are " long term " and travel for many years, the most adventurous among them circle the globe over a period of three to ten years.

The term esoteric first appeared in English in the 1701 History of Philosophy by Thomas Stanley, in his description of the mystery-school of Pythagoras ; the Pythagoreans were divided into " exoteric " ( under training ), and " esoteric " ( admitted into the " inner " circle ).

The word galaxy derives from the Greek term for our own galaxy, galaxias ( γαλαξίας, " milky one "), or kyklos (" circle ") galaktikos (" milky ") for its appearance in the sky.

In the UK, the term has been " knitting circle " since the early 20th century.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( 1933 ) the term " carol " was first used in England for this type of circle dance accompanied by singing in manuscripts dating to as early as 1300.

* In ELP2000 – 85 ( see Chapront et alii 1988 ), D has a quadratic term of − 5. 8681 " T < sup > 2 </ sup >; expressed in lunations N, this yields a correction of + 87. 403N < sup > 2 </ sup > delay is − (− 5. 8681 ") / ( 60 × 60 × 360 "/ circle ) / ( 36525 / 29. 530 ... lunations per Julian century )< sup > 2 </ sup > × ( 29. 530 ... days / lunation ) days </ ref > days to the time of conjunction.

: The term samsara, the wheel or round of existence, is used here to mean going round and round from one place to another in a circle, like a potter's wheel, or the wheel of a water mill.

The term zodiac derives from Latin zōdiacus, which in its turn comes from the Greek ( zōidiakos kuklos ), meaning " circle of animals ", derived from ( zōidion ), the diminutive of ( zōion ) " animal ".

The term Westminster Village, sometimes used in the context of British politics, does not refer to a geographical area at all ; employed especially in the phrase Westminster Village gossip, it denotes a supposedly close social circle of Members of Parliament, political journalists, so-called spin doctors and others connected to events in the Palace of Westminster.

The word roundabout dates from the early twentieth century, In the U. S., the term traffic circle is used where entering traffic is either controlled by stop signs, traffic signals, or is not formally controlled at all and speed of vehicles may remain unchanged.

McKellen justifies this application of the theatre term to Lowry's art by explaining that " Lowry ’ s mid-air viewpoint is like a view from the dress circle ", looking down as if to a stage.

The term " geodesic " comes from geodesy, the science of measuring the size and shape of Earth ; in the original sense, a geodesic was the shortest route between two points on the Earth's surface, namely, a segment of a great circle.

The term is commonly used to mean the simple ' divided circle ' form, but may refer to any of several schematic diagrams representing these principles.

Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger ( graver, more serious ), and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous ( a vicious circle, a " spiral of decline "), though it might be beneficial instead ( a virtuous circle ).

Recognizing that real lenses do not focus all rays perfectly under even the best conditions, the term circle of least confusion is often used for the smallest blur spot a lens can make ( Ray 2002, 89 ), for example by picking a best focus position that makes a good compromise between the varying effective focal lengths of different lens zones due to spherical or other aberrations.

The term circle of confusion is applied more generally, to the size of the out-of-focus spot to which a lens images an object point.

This geometric fact accounts for the term " cyclotomic " in such phrases as cyclotomic field and cyclotomic polynomial ; it is from the Greek roots " cyclo " ( circle ) plus " tomos " ( cut, divide ).

In the U. S., traffic engineers use the term roundabout for intersections in which entering traffic must yield to traffic already in the circle, reserving the term traffic circle for those in which entering traffic is controlled by stop signs, traffic signals, or is not formally controlled.

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

So in these pages the term `` technology '' is used to include any and all means which could amplify, project, or augment man's control over himself and over other men.

It is of the utmost importance to the people of America and of the world how their governing President `` ends up '' during the four years of his term.

Only when that term is ended and he is a private citizen again can he be permitted the freedom and the courage to discount the dangers of his death.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

Let us not confuse the issue by labeling the objective or the method `` psychoanalytic '', for this is a well established term of art for the specific ideas and procedures initiated by Sigmund Freud and his followers for the study and treatment of disordered personalities.

Mr. Wagner might or might not be a `` new '' Mayor in this third term, now that he is free of the pressure of those party leaders whom he calls `` bosses ''.

This is done at varying speeds, ranging from the slow and fast Shifte Telli ( a musical term meaning double strings ) to the fastest, ecstatic Karshilama ( meaning greetings or welcome ).

the term of loans for working capital is 6 years.

Interim financing of construction costs is provided by a short term loan from The Chase Manhattan Bank.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

If you would feel happier with full collision insurance, there is a small additional charge, again varying from country to country and depending on the term of such insurance.

The collective by which I address you in the title above is neither patronizing nor jocose but an exact industrial term in use among professional thieves.

for, using the fact that N and N' commute Af and so when R is sufficiently large every term in this expression for Af will be 0.

The only other one I shall mention here is his use of the term capitalism.

This is not, however, the case, and development is a term which we can apply to Hardy only in a very limited sense.

`` Disaffiliation '', by the way, is the term used by the critic and poet, Lawrence Lipton, who has written several articles on this subject, the first of which, in The Nation, quoted as Epigraph: `` We disaffiliate.

This term refers to the ability of a material to resist bending stress and is determined by measuring the load required to cause failure by bending.

Incumbent Richard Salter seeks re-election and is opposed by Donald Huffman for the five-year term.

The term " anthropology " is from the Greek anthrōpos (), " man ", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and-logia (- λογία ), " discourse " or " study.

In some European countries, all cultural anthropology is known as ethnology ( a term coined and defined by Adam F. Kollár in 1783 ).

As amoebas themselves are polyphyletic and subject to some imprecision in definition, the term " amoeboid " does not provide identification of an organism, and is better understood as description of locomotion.