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(historical) A confession (somewhat similar to a denomination) of Russian Old Believers, which split from the Filippians in the second half of the 18th century.
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(figuratively) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
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(religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
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A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine.
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According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
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(Christianity) The period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the resurrected Jesus in Jerusalem (c. 33) until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in Anatolia (c. 100).
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(Christianity) The state or quality of being apostolic.
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Of, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.
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Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
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Of or pertaining to a canonist.
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(Christianity) In the Roman Catholic Church, officially declared a saint.
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(religion) The status of being cardinalitial
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The state or condition of a catechumen; the time during which one is a catechumen.
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The state or condition of a catechumen.
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(religion) A group who is has a special status and relationship to God.
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(ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.
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(Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
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The state or quality of being churchly.
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The process of making clerical.
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In a clerical manner; as a cleric.
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An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
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someone who shares one's faith; a brother in faith
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A co-religionist, a fellow follower of one's religion.
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A believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the Church is found in ecumenical councils.
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Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.
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(ecclesiastical, chiefly historical) The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
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Of or relating to confession.
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One professing a certain faith.
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A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
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A person who is confirmed via religious rite.
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A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.
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A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
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Of or pertaining to Congregationalism, Congregationalists or a Congregational church
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Of or pertaining to consecration
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An advocate or defender of convocation.
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Being one of several saints to whom a church is dedicated.
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Synonym of court holy water
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Of or relating to curates.
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A form of daily prayer or service.
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Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate lay clergy.
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(Christianity, certain denominations) To routinely counsel (one's peer or junior) one-on-one in their discipleship of Christ, as a fellow affirmed disciple.
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Of or pertaining to disciples or discipleship.
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A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
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(Christianity, political science, philosophy) The Christian doctrine that monarchs have a God-given right to rule, that they are answerable only to God, and that rebellion is sinful.
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(Anglicanism) The co-consecration of Anglican holy orders by Old Catholic (Union of Utrecht) bishops, supposedly bolstering claims of apostolic succession, as the Roman Catholic Church considers UU bishops to be validly ordained.
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Strong attachment to ecclesiastical customs and practices.
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To make ecclesiastic; To make a part of the church and its rituals.
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Excessive dedication to the church as an institution, rather than to the religion it serves.
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(obsolete) Characteristic of a hermit; solitary
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Obsolete form of hermit. [A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.]
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An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
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(religion) One who practises spiritual exercises, especially those of Ignatius of Loyola.
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A temple or sacred place.
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A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
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(Christianity) A person who trains novices or seminarians.
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(informal, sometimes humorous) To develop a faith in God or divine beings in general; to join a religious group and become a believer.
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Of or relating to a guild.
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(liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.
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A sacred government run by holy people.
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Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
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(rare) The name of a place that is dedicated to a particular saint
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(slang, derogatory) A member of a Christian church whose worship is characterized by enthusiasm and spontaneity.
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(Christianity, historical) An open-air religious service held by Calvinists in the Low Countries during the Reformation, typically in rural areas beyond the reach of civic authorities.
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A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
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Pertaining to a hermit; reclusive.
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Characteristic of a hermit; solitary.
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that which is holiest among holy things
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(rare, chiefly historical) The superstitious practice of applying a salve, ointment, or chrism to a weapon that has caused an injury — rather than to the injury itself — in the belief that doing so will heal the wound that the weapon caused; weapon salve.
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A person who proclaims his religious faith in a loud or dynamic manner
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(religion) A religious edifice; a mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith.
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(figuratively) An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.
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Synonym of household deity
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Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
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Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
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(Christianity) A layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest.
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(religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services.
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Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
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A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
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(Christianity) Any of the degrees of kindred who are forbidden to marry each other according to Leviticus xviii. 6-18 in the Bible.
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(Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
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Of or pertaining to a religious mission; missionary.
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The state of being a Nazarite.
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(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
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Alternative form of novitiate [A novice.]
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(religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
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(rare) A member of an order.
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A religion in which rules exist to govern the means by which adherents participate in the religion.
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Worship of the Pope; excessive reverence or admiration for him.
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Of or relating to patriarchalism.
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A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
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Obsolete form of pontifically. [In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope.]
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(Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order
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Devotional exercises introducing an office.
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Relating to Presbyterianism.
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(theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions.
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(Scotland) One who is licensed to preach, but not ordained to a pastorate.
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Admitted to a religious order.
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Resembling or characteristic of a Protestant.
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Relating to, or befitting, a pulpit.
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A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
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(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
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(uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
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Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
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(religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.
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(historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.
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(Roman Catholicism) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, containing the rites for Mass, the sacraments, etc.
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(historical) In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
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The characteristics and position of a saint.
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A person's most private retreat or sanctuary.
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The school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.
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The practice or time period of study at a seminary.
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(religion) To be in the habit of hearing the preaching of.
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A religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
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Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
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(figuratively) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
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The tendency of ecclesiastical authority to interfere in the political power of a nation.
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An acolyte who carries a thurible.
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The state or period of being a trierarch.
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(Christianity, historical) An apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713, which condemned 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.
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A cemetery shared by more than one church congregation or municipality, usually to lighten the financial burden (cost per congregation or municipality) and usually nondenominational/nonsectarian.
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A united church (sect) comprising formerly separate sects that have joined.
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(Christianity) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
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A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
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Of, expressing, or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.
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