Free-living barnacles are attached to the substratum by cement glands that form the base of the first pair of antennae ; in effect, the animal is fixed upside down by means of its forehead.

California spiny lobsters are nocturnal, hiding in crevices during the day, with only the tips of their long antennae showing, as a means of avoiding predators.

the lay ministry is a means to recruit like-minded people who will strengthen the social class nucleus of the congregation.

The identification of the basic unit of religious organization -- the parish or congregation -- with a residential area is self-defeating in a modern metropolis, for it simply means the closing of an iron trap on the outreach of the Christian fellowship and the transmutation of mission to co-optation.

* The offertory money collected from a church congregation during a service, often by such means as a collection plate

Rather, the independent congregations are a network with each congregation participating at its own discretion in various means of service and fellowship with other congregations ( see Sponsoring church ( Churches of Christ )).

Ecclesiastically it means the Head of the Fathers ( Bishops ) and their congregation of faithful.

Rabbis are not intermediaries between God and humans: the word " rabbi " means " teacher ", and the rabbi functions as advisor to the congregation and counselor.

In the Biblical account, earlier regulations had specified that property was to be inherited by heirs who were male, but the daughters were the only children of their now deceased father, and so they came to the door of the Tent of Meeting and asked Moses, Eleazer, the tribal chieftains, and the rest of the congregation, for advice on what was to be done, as there were no obvious male heirs ; in the Talmud, opinions vary as to whether this means that the daughters petitioned all of these groups at the same time, with them gathered together, or if it means that the daughters first petitioned the congregation, then the chieftains, then Eleazar, and finally petitioned Moses.

This group gradually evolved into Kehilat Orach Eliezer, which means " Congregation of the Way of Eliezer " ( Eliezer was Louis Finkelstein's given name in Hebrew — and the congregation is popularly abbreviated as " KOE ").

" During his Sunday sermon on March 27 he addressed his congregation on the subject of the " calamities " that had begun in his own household, but stated " it never brake forth to any considerable light, until diabolical means were used, by the making of a cake by my Indian man, who had his direction from this our sister, Mary Sibly ," going on to admonish all against the use of any kind of magic, even white magic, because it was essentially, " going to the Devil for help against the Devil.

Rather, the independent congregations are a network with each congregation participating at its own discretion in various means of service and fellowship with other congregations ( see Sponsoring church ( Churches of Christ )).

Rather, the independent congregations are a network with each congregation participating at its own discretion in various means of service and fellowship with other congregations.

Memons generally tie to their respective locally societies called " Jamat ", literally means congregation, which are generally established for the betterment and social welfare of its members which may include issuance of marriage license, matrimonial dispute resolution, adaptation and enforcement of the rules and guidelines against certain undesirable customs, establish healthcare and education centres, provide various facilities for the community need ‎ and also financial support and housing ‎ for the poor and needy members and sometime non-members.

Churches were to be built by the means of the local congregation and to their approved designs, though the organisation and layout of the church had to follow the apostles ' prescriptions.

The decoration and style varied considerably according to the means of each congregation and the local preferences.

The congregation was established to renew the Church in France after the Revolution, primarily to "( 1 ) Revive the spirit of faith among rural and industrial populations by means of missions and retreats, in which devotion to the Sacred Heart and to Mary Immaculate is recommended as a supernatural means of regeneration.

An additional challenge with church SR systems is that, once installed, they are often operated by amateur volunteers from the congregation, which means that they must be easy to run and troubleshoot.

* The word " cult " in French ( culte ) means " a form of worship ", without any of its negative or exclusivist implications in English: Robespierre intended it to appeal to a universal congregation.

* Mainstream Baptists believe in congregational autonomy which means that every local congregation is under the direct Lordship of Christ.

The term Sangh or Sangha means an assembly or congregation.

Examples are in public utilities, making military aircraft and accessories, or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by any means other than the corporate form, e.g. constructing major airports or dams.

Only by means of an intensive preoccupation with the detailed considerations following from any decision can he ensure attention to the practical details to be dealt with if the implications of immorality in the major decision are effectively to be checked.

The capacity for making the distinctions of which diplomacy is compact, and the facility with language which can render them into validity in the eyes of other men are the leader's means for transforming the moral intuition into moral leadership.

The ingredients of Faulkner's novels and stories are by no means new with him, and most of the problems he takes up have had the attention of authors before him.

Until tangible and mutually enforceable arms reduction measures are worked out we will not weaken the means of defending our institutions.

Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

Mr. Balaguer's troubles are by no means over.

This means an added burden to innumerable postmen, who already are complaining of heavy loads and low pay, and it presumably means an increased postal deficit, but, our correspondent writes, think of the additional junk mail each citizen will now be privileged to receive on a regular basis.

He is a Buddhist, which means that to him peace and the sanctity of human life are not only religious dogma, but a profound and unshakable Weltanschauung.

There are, he thought, so few true means of forgetfulness in this life that why should he shun the medicine even when the medicine seemed, as it did, a little crude??

That means that, if we are to achieve a new standard of leadership, we must think in terms of the total context of our situation.

It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.

Control would be limited to those rodents for which economical means of control are known.

Providing these means are about ninety companies which manufactured the estimated 1,800,000 boat trailers now in use.

Without math the men who are continually seeking the causes of and the reasons for the many things that make the world go 'round would not have any means of analyzing, standardizing, and communicating the things they discover and learn.

The microscope and orthicon are both selected to operate well into the ultraviolet spectrum, which means that all lenses must be quartz.

Are you following competition willy-nilly -- trying to match dollar for dollar -- or are you experimenting with new means for reaching and influencing consumers??

The lighter weight also means less costly supports and mountings are needed.

Sometimes, although by no means always, these are indeed alkaline.

Accordingly, maturity level ratings by means of the upper portion and lower portion of the Chart, respectively, should be somewhat similar since Skeletal Age assessments are dependent upon Onsets during infancy and upon Completions during adolescence.

Such an indicator, or indicators, are needed as means of recognizing specific periods of delay in skeletal developmental progress.

The antithyroid drugs of the thiouracil type, however, are not antagonised by such means.

And patterns of stress are not always unambiguous by any means.