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Al-Sirat (Arabian, the path)

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The bridge over hell, no wider than the edge of a sword, across which every one who enters heaven must pass. (Mahometan theology.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Alick and Sandie
Alicon
Alien Priory (An)
Alifanfaron
Al ilat
Aliprando (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Al iris
Al Kader (the Divine decree)
Alkahest
Al Rakim (pronounce Rah-keem)
Al-Sirat (Arabian, the path)
All
All and Some
All and Sundry
All cannot do all
All Fools Day (April 1st)
All Fours
All-hallown Summer
All Hallow’s Day (November 1st)
All Hallows Eve
All in all

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