~ CHRISM     OIL or UNGUENT from     sug> OLIVE
             gr CHRISMA  = UNGUENT from
                CHREIN     TO RUB or ANOINT
             alt in gr are KHRIEIN  KHRISTOS for
                           UNGUENT  CHRIST
~ CHRIST     " THE ANOINTED ONE "            in ukr KHRISTOS
~ CHRISTIAN  gr CHRISTOS = CHRIST            in sp  CRISTO
~ CHRISTMAS  composite of CHRIST and MASS    in sp  MISA
             see> MISSION MISSILE COMMISSION etc
  old French    CHRETIEN = SIMPLE IN SPIRIT
                           arose in the Alpine regions
  old French    CRESME     now CREME or in eng CREAM
  med>          CRETIN     FORM OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY DUE TO
                           LACK OF IODINE OR HYPOTHYROIDISM
  hx> CHRISTIANS CHOSE DECEMBER 25th
      AS THE BIRTHDAY OF JESUS CHRIST
  in sp  NAVIDAD short for NATIVIDAD or NATIVITY
  in ukr RIZDVO  offers a rather a unique word idea
                 unlike to most others
                 RIZ and DVO or DYVO implying
                 duality  difference or miracle
  CHRISTIANS SOUGHT TO OBLITERATE THE THEN POPULAR
  RELIGIOUS FIGURE OF MITHRAS          sug> MITRAL
  DECEMBER 25th WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF MITHRAS
  note A TEMPLE FOR MITHRA WAS FOUND UNDER THE FIRST
       CATHEDRAL OF ST PETER BUILT BY CONSTANTINE
  MITHRAS WAS A DEITY IDENTIFIED WITH NATURE AND
  PROJECTED AN EMPATHY TOWARD ALL ANIMALS
  in contrast to HOMOCENTRIC CHRISTIANITY
  CHRISTIANS SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED MOST RECORDS
  REGARDING MITHRAISM BUT SHARE KEY FEATURES WITH THIS
  OLDER RELIGION   ALIKE TO CHRISTIANITY
  MITHRAISM CALLED FOR REDEMPTION THROUGH SUFFERING
  including the ENDURANCE OF 12 TORTURES similar to those
  suffered by JESUS CHRIST during the 12 STATIONS
  MITHRAISM ALSO HELD BELIEFS IN ASCENSION etc
  also note that DECEMBER 17th OPENED THE ROMAN
       WEEK LONG FESTIVITY  ROMAN SATURNIA 
  .....
  sc> CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES COINCIDE WITH 
      THE WINTER SOLSTICE in contrast to ...
  muth> note MITHRA STANDS FOR IDEAS akin 
        to those found in  APOLLO  HELIOS  
  SOL  ANUBIS  OSIRIS  PHOEBUS

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~ MITER         gr or lat MITRA = HEAD BAND  or TURBAN
                see> MITRA below or MITRE used as 
                     EPISCOPAL CROWN
                .....
~ MITHRA        ANCIENT ARYAN DEITY or MITHRAS  see> below
~ MITHRAICISM   or
~ MITHRAISM     SALIENT ANCIENT RELIGION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
                IT STOOOD FOR THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL
       TO REDUCE ITS CHARM AND APPEAL CHRISTIANS SAID
       MITHRAISM WAS INVENTED BY THE DEVIL
       .....
       lit+ notably the great Christian Sir Thomas MORE 
            chose MITHRA as the deity in his UTOPIA
            .....

~ MITHRAS       ANCIENT DEITY OF LIGHT and TRUTH
                akin to APOLLO SOL  HELIOS  PHOEBUS  OSIRIS
                but not equivalent to the SUN 
       the sun was only a vehicle
       skt     = MITRA
       Persian   MITRA or MOLOCH   see> EON  TIME
       gr        MIHRAS            see> ABRACADABRA
       Chaldean  BAAL              sug> ABRASAX
       Canaanite MOLOCH
       heb       MOLECH
       .....
       in fact CHRISTMAS is of MITHRAIC ORIGIN and
       .....
       MITHRA is THE LORD OF HEAVENLY LIGHT
                 ALWAYS ON THE WATCH
                 LORD OF THE TRUTH            
                 LORD OF LOYALTY
                 INVOKED WHENEVER OATH ARE TAKEN
       in Iran   MITHRA DRUJ denotes PERJURY to imply
                 SINNER AGAINST MITHRA
       in India  MITHRA is known as ASURA or VARUNA or in
       Zoroastrian  AVESTA     note ukr ZORA = STAR
       hx> AS THE ROMAN EMPIRE EXPANDED AND 
           REACHED PERSIA notably POMPEY [#] 
       CONQUERED CILICA IN 67 BC
       MITHRA BECAME RAPIDLY KNOWN AS  " SOL INVICTUS "
       UNDER ROME THE MITHRA CULT WAS A COMBINATION OF
       PERSIAN MYSTICISM WITH SEMITIC THEOLOGY
       ITS GREATSEST POPULARITY WAS AMONG THE
       ROMAN TOOPS  ROMAN SLAVES  .....
       NO DISTINCTION WAS MADE BETWEEN RICH or POOR
       SLAVE or FREE but WOMEN WERE EXCLUDED and
       some believe this was the reason 
       for its demise .....
~ MITRA     in gr TURBAN or HEAD DRESS REMINISCENT OF THE
            SHAPE OF A SHELL as in
            biol> lat MOLLUSCA = MOLLUSK
~ MITRAL    med> SHAPED AS A MITER the
                 MITRAL VALVE SEPARATES THE LEFT AURICLE
                 FROM THE LEFT VENTRICLE
~ MITRATO  in ital ABBOT relating to TURBAN or CAP WEARING
           ..... MITERS ARE WORN BY CHRISTIAN CHURCH RULERS .....

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