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(historical, Christianity) A supporter of the Admonition to the Parliament of 1572, which denounced the bishops of England and called for the replacement of Episcopalianism with presbyterianism.
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(obsolete) One without method; a quack.
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Alternative form of auto da fe [The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.]
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A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
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Alternative spelling of born-again [(Christianity) Having been spiritually changed through faith.]
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Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.
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(UK, New Zealand and Australia, politics) A wide scope of political or religious philosophies and ideas.
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(slang) A fictitious religious affiliation, invoked by a person who does not claim or admit affiliation with a particular church.
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A fellow follower of one's religion.
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(Christianity, historical) A movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to government-sponsored efforts to unify all Protestant churches into a single pro-Nazi German Evangelical Church.
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Alternative spelling of co-religionist [A fellow follower of one's religion.]
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A person who is part of a cult following.
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(Protestantism, derogatory) Strict holiness; a radical, Wesleyan holiness teaching that considers that sin is or will be completely eliminated from true believers (originally used only by opponents)
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(religion) The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion.
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Alternative spelling of faith-based [(theology, religious studies) based on religious faith]
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(religion, now historical) The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England.
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Ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices.
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One who follows a folk religion.
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(Christianity) A Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government, and neither defines government policy nor accepts theology, policy, or funding from the state.
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(archaic) Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
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Obsolete form of heretical. [Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.]
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Archaic spelling of heretic. [Someone who believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.]
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Archaic spelling of heretic. [Someone who believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.]
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Alternative form of organized religion [A religion in which rules exist to govern the means by which adherents participate in the religion.]
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The practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.
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The belief of certain Catholics, primarily during the period immediately prior to Vatican I, that papal infallibility was not restricted to a small number of papal statements but applied ipso facto (by virtue of being said by the Pope) to all papal teachings and statements.
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A Christian organization that engages in social welfare and evangelism without restricting itself to a specific religious denomination.
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(figuratively, by extension; derogatory) A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.
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A religious purist; a Puritan.
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(slang, Christianity) A Protestant.
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(often disapproving) A puritanical person.
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The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
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Almost, or as if, religious.
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(obsolete) A religious enthusiast or zealot.
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Both religious and military.
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(dated) A religious zealot; a religionist.
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(dated) A religious zealot; a religionist.
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discrimination or prejudice on the basis of religion or religious beliefs.
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With respect to, or concerning religion
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A fear or hatred of religion, religious faith, religious people or religious organisations.
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Of or relating to these beliefs.
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One who believes in the improvement of society by the spiritual renovation of the individual.
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Spiritual fervour of or for a religious revival.
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(Catholicism) a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
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(religion) A person involved in a schism.
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(historical, Christianity) A member of an English Protestant dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s; they considered organised churches to be corrupt and preferred to wait for God's revelation.
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(literature) The opinions and practices of the Sitwell literary family.
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(informal) (Especially in a Catholic sense) A traditionalist.
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The continuation of theological rituals on the basis that the ritual has always completed, rather than the ritual being a manifestation of theology.
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A strict follower of a doctrine.
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Alternative form of wiccaning [(Wicca) A Wiccan ritual analogous to baptism for infants.]
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