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| English | Russian |
| baptism by fire and the Holy Ghost | крещение огнём и Духом Святым |
| by and by | тотчас |
| by God's connivance and toleration | по Божьему попущению (slitely_mad) |
| ordeal by sieve and shears The points of the shears were stuck in the wooden rim of the sieve and two persons supported it upright with the tips of their two fingers. Then a verse of the Bible was read aloud, and St. Peter and St. Paul were asked if the guilty person was A or B. When the guilty person was named the sieve would suddenly turn round | испытание посредством сита и ножниц |
| system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols | нравственно-этическая система, скрытая в аллегориях и иллюстрируемая символами (определение себя масонством Alex_Odeychuk) |
| the consecration of something by law and custom | освящение чего-либо законом и обычаем |