The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2381 page)

(Lat.,
superpelliceum
, ‘over-fur garment’). A Christian
vestment
. It is a wide-sleeved loose linen garment reaching to the knees (or lower), worn over the cassock in the course of worship.

 
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(Lat.). The words ‘Lift up your hearts’ addressed to the congregation at the beginning of the
eucharistic
prayer. The reply is ‘We lift them up to the Lord’.

 
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S
rya
,
Savitar, or Savit
(nourisher)
.

In Hinduism, the sun. As the source of heat and life, S
rya is supreme among the
dityas
, and one of the three chief gods of the
Vedas
. As illumination, he resides within as the source of wisdom (
Maitri Upani
ad
6. 34). Later, he was superseded by
Vi
u
. S
ry
is the daughter of S
rya, who appears in
g Veda
10. 6 ff. The Kon
rak, or ‘Black Pagoda’, was built at Orissa, in N. India, in the 13th cent. CE, as a temple to S
rya. The surviving Great Hall is built as a replica of S
rya's chariot.