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Definition: Fatima |
FatimaNoun1. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Fatima" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "abstain". |
Date "Fatima" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
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Literature | Fatima The last of Bluebeard's wives, who was saved from death by the timely arrival of her brother with a party of friends. Mahomet's favourite daughter was called Fatima. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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The word Fatima can be used to refer to:
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- Fatima, Portugal
- Fatima Zahra, daughter of the prophet Muhammad
- the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima
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Fatima Zahra (first name sometimes rendered as Fatemeh, last as az-Zahra or Al Zahraa) was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was born in Makkah, Arabia about 606 and died in Medina in 632. She was said to have been Muhammad's favorite daughter.With her husband Ali Abu-Taleb, Fatima had three sons, Al Hasan, Al Husein, and Al Muhsin.
Ali Abu-Taleb became the fourth Caliph, founding the Shiite Fatimides dynasty.
Ali Shariati wrote a book about Fatima entitled Fatemeh is Fatemeh, in which he says that even today, Fatima can still be a role model for women.
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Fatima basilica.(large version)Fátima is a town in Portugal famous for the religious visions that took place there in 1917.
Fátima is a town (vila) of approximately 10,000 inhabitants located in the district of Santarém in central Portugal, 187 kms. south of Porto and 123 kms.north of Lisbon. A recent attempt in July 2003 to have the town declared a city (concelho) was vetoed by President Jorge Sampaio, causing some controversy.
Fátima's claim to fame, perhaps the reason for its existence, is the shrine called the Sanctuary of Fátima, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when three peasant children claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary", Our Lady of Fatima.
Fátima now attracts hosts of believers from far and wide, particularly on the pilgrimage days, and the shrine has been developed on a correspondingly large scale. The large torch-light processions in the evening are particularly impressive.
The pilgrims gather on a huge explanade in which is built a little chapel where the Virgin is believed to have appeared to the children. Around the esplanade are a considerable number of shops and stalls selling all kinds of religious articles.
On the far side of the esplanade rises the gigantic Basilica, in neo-classical style, with a central tower 65 meters high, the construction of which was begun on 13 May 1928. It is flanked by colonnades linking it with the extensive conventual and hospital buildings. In the Basilica are the tombs of two of the three seers, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who died in 1919 and 1920 respectively, and were beatified in 2002.
Outside Links
- Fatima Network
- Santuario de Fátima
- Fátima Virtual
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Between May and October, 1917, the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to three shepherd children in the fields outside Fatima, Portugal. She would come and speak to them on the 13th of every month, in what was to become one of the world's best known Marian apparitions.She exhorted the children to do penance and sacrifices to save sinners. They wore tight cords around their waists to cause pain, abstained from drinking water on hot days, and other works of penance.
On her last visit, a crowd of 70,000 people (including, the story goes, members of the sceptical, anti-religious press) witnessed the great Miracle of Fatima: some people in the crowd said that the sun began dancing around in the sky and went completely dark for several minutes before returning to its proper place, although there is no independent verification of this incident and no movement of the sun was registered by scientists at the time.
Most of the interest in Fatima, however, revolves around the famous three part secret of Fatima, which include remarkable visions of the future. The first described a horrific vision of Hell, while the second foretold the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II and called for the "Consecration of Russia to the Sacred Heart" Many believe Pope John Paul II fulfilled this request by giving a blessing over Russia shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, although many believed this blessing was not enough.
The third secret was kept under wraps by the Vatican until Easter 2000 -- despite the Virgin's declaration that it could be released to the public after 1940 and must be relased by 1960. When this did not happen, this led to immense speculation over the content of the secret. In short, people assumed that if the Popes chose to oppose the popular will and supposed will of Mary, it was because the content of the secret would be far worse to be revealed then not be revealed. The secret is described as foretelling the 1981 assassination attempt against the Pope, who was wounded when a Turkish gunman opened fire in St. Peter's Square. The shooting occurred on May 13, the date of the first of the reported Fatima visions.
There is some controversy that the third part of the secret revealed in the year 2000 was not the real secret. The most basic argument for this revolves around the decision to delay the release of the secret, against the known due date. It was thought that the secret might contain condemnatory remarks about the current pope (who obviously wouldn't want to release it), or that it might contrain inflamatory remarks about Russia (which would not be good to release during the cold war). Instead, the third part of the secret as revealed was by far the most unspecific, ambiguous, and uncontroversial part. Other reasons people doubt the authenticity include previous remarks that were made about the secret by those who knew about it or had read it. Some had said that the secret contained scripture almost totally, while Sr. Lucy said that its meaning as a whole was "Portugual would not lose the faith".
Of the three children, siblings Francisco and Jacinta Martos and their cousin Lucia dos Santos, only Lucia is still alive. She lives in the convent of the Carmelite Sisters of Coimbra, which she first entered in 1928. Francisco and Jacinta Martos both perished in the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1919, and were declared "venerable" (two steps away from sainthood) in 1989. On May 13, 2000, both were declared blessed. (See Canonization for more on that process.)
Fatima is not without controversy. Many non-Christians, and some Christians, do not accept the Church's claim of veracity of the visions. In addition, the cult of the Lady of Fatima was used by the authoritarian Salazar regime to bolster itself in power and persecute liberal opposition. During the Salazar period it became almost obligatory to believe in Fatima. This long period of dictatorship was even referred by the opposition as the time of Fado, Fatima, and Football.
External link
- Official Vatican Statement releasing the third secret of Fatima
- Full account of the apparitions
- A non-Christian analysis of Fatima
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Synonym: FatimaSynonym: Fatimah (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fatima |
| English words defined with "Fatima": Fatimide ♦ Seid, Sherif. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Fatima": Anne. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Fatima (2003) The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) Star of the Orient Fatima (1899) Fatima (1897) Il Terzo segreto di Fatima (2001) | |
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| "Fatima Sanctuary" by Luis Alves Commentary: "On 13 May 1917, three children were pasturing their little flock in the Cova da Iria, parish of Fatima, town of Vila Nova de Ourém. today the diocese of Leiria-Fatima. They were called: Lucia de Jesus, aged 10, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto," |
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Political Rights | Iran | In the spring, authorities reportedly arrested Fatima Haghighatjoo, for inciting public opinion and insulting the judiciary, and for claiming that the Government tortured and mistreated prisoners. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | In a number of press interviews, Shaikha Fatima has claimed that women participate in the preparation of legislation dealing with social issues through recommendations made by the Women's Federation, and that women are only "steps away" from full political participation. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | There are no female members of the FNC. President Zayid's wife, Shaikha Fatima, who is chairwoman of the Women's Federation, regularly calls for the appointment of women as special observers at the FNC. Such observers would learn the procedures of the FNC, and some later ostensibly would be appointed as members. (references) | |
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| "Fatima" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fatima" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 68 | 40,606 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Fatima" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fatima | First name Female | 7,000 | 1,078 |
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| "Fatima" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "abstain". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Fatima." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Fatima | Female | Arabic | N/A |
| Fatma | Female | Arabic | Fatima |
| Fatima | Female | Portuguese | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-m-t" | |
-1 letter: mafia, tafia. | |
-2 letters: amia, atma, fiat. | |
-3 letters: aft, aim, ait, ama, ami, fat, fit, mat, tam. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, am, at, fa, if, it, ma, mi, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-m-t" | |
+2 letters: antifoam, fatalism. | |
+3 letters: fatalisms, fibromata. | |
+4 letters: afterimage, antifamily, antifemale, defamation, factualism, fanaticism, magnificat, ultramafic. | |
+5 letters: affirmation, affirmative, afterimages, antifascism, antifoaming, defamations, factualisms, familiarity, fanaticisms, filamentary, firmamental, infantryman, magnificats, malefaction, manifestant. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 74 69 6D 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- - .. -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a t i m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0074 0069 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406786757967 |
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