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cosmology

noun as in theory of the universe

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Lucumí is an Afro-Caribbean religion with roots in Yoruba cosmology, formed and sustained by enslaved Africans in Cuba as an act of resistance and remembrance.

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He also took a deep interest in astrophysics and cosmology.

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As someone raised in a group that went from a polite hippie-ish spiritual community to an isolated entity with its own cosmology, I think we’ve lost the thread.

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As the global cultural body Unesco reports, oral historians teach young initiates about "history, laws, rituals, time reckoning, cosmology, myths, rules of conduct, and the function of the Gada system".

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Wheeler was an ideological leader in developing quantum cosmology and is memorialized by his many contributions to the field, including coining the term black holes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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