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Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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HYPAPANTE

The feast of the Purification in the Byzantine Rite. The name comes from the meeting (hypapante) of the Christ Child and his Mother with the holy Simeon and Anna in the Temple.

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