"Andas" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
ándas - (Sp. andas) A bier, litter or
stretcher with shafts; a pedestal for a
statue, fitted with shafts for carrying in a
procession. (cf. ándras id.).
andas n a stretcher-like contraption used to carry a corpse.
v [A12] make into, carry in a stretcher-like contraption.
Andásun níla ang minatay, They will carry the body in a stretcher.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
n. opalescence, luminescence, phosphorescence. v. /AG-/ to be luminous. ANDAS [f. Sp.], n. a frame on which a religious image …
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