KAVASS, or CAVASS (adapted from the Turkish qawwas, a bow-maker; Arabic
qaws, a bow), a Turkish name for an armed police-officer; also for a courier such as it is
usual to engage when travelling in Turkey.
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n.
5Maori6 a large, brownish-green mountain parrot (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand
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ke[a
n.
5Maori6 a large, brownish-green mountain parrot (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand.

keckling - rope wound around anchor chain to protect it.

kef
n.
5Ar kaif, well-being6
1 a dreamy condition
2 a substance, as Indian hemp, smoked to produce this

kedushah - holiness

kelep
n.
5native name in Guatemala6 a Central American stinging ant (Ectatomma tuberculatum)

Kekepa - one of the Hawaiian Islands

kenosis -
Kenosis comes from the Greek and means emptying.

A kerion is a boggy, oozing inflammation of the scalp caused by tinea
capitis, that is ringworm of the scalp. It is apparently caused by an allergic reaction to the fungus. The
scalp becomes swollen, mushy, and oozes a characteristic mixture of yellow fluid and pus, and there is
considerable hair loss. The disease is much more common in patients of African-American descent.

kerygma
n.
5Gr(Ec) kcrygma, preaching Gr, a proclamation kcryssein, to proclaim kcryx, a herald IE base *kar3, to praise loudly > OE hrothor, joy6 Christian Theol.
1 preaching of the Gospel
2 emphasis on the essence and spirit of the Gospel, as in preaching, catechesis, etc.
ker[yg[mat[ic 7ker#ig mat4ik8
adj.
khaya - a variety of African mahogany

More specifically, kenosis is usually used as a reference to Philippians 2: 5-8.

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,

but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,

he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death --
even death on a cross.(NRSV)

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