Palestine is one of the names for the “Holy Land” or the “Bible Lands”. The name is a Greek corruption of “Philistia”, the Land of the Philistines who occupied the coastal strip of the “Promised Land” at the time the Israelites moved into the “land of Canaan” after the Exodus from Egypt. By the time of Jesus the area between the Jordan valley and the Mediterranean Sea was generally referred to as Palestine. It was slightly more extensive than the modern State of Israel.

(noun) a Catholic community established under the auspices of a diocesan bishop who appoints a parish priest as its pastor.

(noun) the method and practice of teaching involving application of past or current trends and educational philosophies.

(noun) devotion, or acting in a religious way.

(noun) faith: integrity, sincerity, truthfulness. To be faithful to what is tika or right.

(verb) to be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful, staunch.

(verb) to originate; (noun) cause, reason, origin, source.