Pearl of Great Price

Pearl of Great Price

Pearl of Great Price may refer to:

*Parable of the Pearl, a parable told by Jesus in explaining the value of the Kingdom of Heaven
*"Pearl" (poem), a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century
*"Pearl of Great Price" (Latter Day Saints), part of the standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*"Pearl of Great Price" (album), 1991 album by industrial music band Will

ee also

*Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal "Acts of Thomas"


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  • Pearl of Great Price (Latter Day Saints) — The Pearl of Great Price is part of the standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism) and some other Latter Day Saint denominations.The first paragraph of the Introductory Note in the LDS… …   Wikipedia

  • Pearl of Great Price (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Pearl of Great Price Type = Album Artist = Will (band) Released = October 1991 Recorded = ??? Genre = Industrial Length = 53:36 Label = Third Mind Records Producer = Chris Peterson, Rhys Fulber, Michael Balch Reviews = Last …   Wikipedia

  • Pearl (poem) — Pearl is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the Pearl poet or Gawain poet , is generally assumed, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and… …   Wikipedia

  • Pearl — For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). Pearl Pearls General Category Mineral Chemical formula Ca …   Wikipedia

  • Pearl (disambiguation) — A pearl is a hard object produced by mollusks. Pearl may also refer to: Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Literature …   Wikipedia

  • price — /praɪs / (say pruys) noun 1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. 2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: a price on a man s head. 3. the sum of money, or other… …  

  • Pearl — (ca. 1375)    Pearl is an important Middle English DREAM VISION poem preserved in a single late 14th century manuscript known as Cotton Nero A.x, the same manuscript in which survive three other long poems: SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT,… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Price — n. & v. n. 1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price). 2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something. 3 the odds in betting… …   Useful english dictionary

  • price — n. & v. n. 1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price). 2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something. 3 the odds in betting… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pearl — Used as an ornament in NT times, although discouraged as ostentatious amongst Christian women (1 Tim. 2:9) but appropriate for the gates of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:21). In one of Jesus parables, the kingdom of heaven is compared to a pearl of… …   Dictionary of the Bible

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