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The basis of the modern Orange Order is the promotion and propagation of "biblical Protestantism" and the principles of the Reformation. As such the Order only accepts those who confess a belief in a Protestant religion. Monthly meetings are held in Orange Halls or "Lodges." The Order has a system of "degrees" which new members advance through. These degrees can superficially be compared as Masonic-like but in reality are interactive "plays" founded solely on passages of the Bible. Parades form a large part of Orange culture. Most Orange Lod ...

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Orange Order, Orange Order - History and origins, Orange Order - Roots, Orange Order - Foundation, Orange Order - The Battle of Garvagh, Orange Order - The Defence Of Crossgar, Orange Order - Battle of Dolly's Brae, Orange Order - The Twelfth, Orange Order - Requirements for entry, Orange Order - Religion and Culture, Orange Order - Political links, Orange Order - Related organisations, Orange Order - The Orange Order throughout the world, Orange Order - The Ulster Tower, Orange Order - The Orange Order in Canada, Orange Order - Flag, Orange Order - Orange Charities

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An automaton (plural: automata) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. Automaton - History. Automata, from the Greek automatos, “acting of one’s own will, self-moving,” is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, however, especially those that have been made to resemble human or animal actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a c ...

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• Automaton - History
• Automaton - Automata in Fiction
• Automaton - Other meanings

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Avignon (pronounced [aviɲɔ̃] in IPA, Provençal: Avignoun) is a commune in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the city itself and 155,500 in the Greater Avignon area. Avignon - Location. Avignon is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, in the Vauclu ...

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• Avignon - Location
• Avignon - Administration
• Avignon - History
• Avignon - Early history
• Avignon - Avignon under the Popes
• Avignon - Sights
• Avignon - Miscellaneous
• Avignon - Famous residents include
• Avignon - Twin towns

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