Religion and Tradition terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Purgatory | (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins |
| Ganja | Rastafarian Sacrament characterized by use of marijuana |
| Gurdwara | Sikh place of worship |
| Diamond Jubilee | 60th anniversary of a monarch's reign or a 75th anniversary |
| Bar Mitzvah | (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility |
| Halal | Foods that are allowed under Islamic dietary guidelines |
| Brit milah (bris) | Jewish religious circumcision ceremony performed on 8-day-old male infants by a mohel |
| Mohel | a person who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision |
| Imam | Muslim prayer leader |
| Pharisees | sect of Jews from Judea |
| Polka | Central European dance that originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia. |
| Harakiri | otherwise known as seppuku; ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword practiced by Japanese samurai |
| Evangelical | Protestant Christian movement |
| Presbyterian | a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church |
| Caliphate | system of government established in Islam |
| Sharia | moral code and religious law of Islam |
| Taqiyya | Islamic practice of precautionary dissimulation whereby believers may conceal their Muslim faith when under persecution |
| Da'wah | missionary work for Islam |
| Bouquet and Garter Toss | Wedding tradition in which the groom tosses garter toward the bachelors, symbolizing throwing away his single life, and the bride tosses the bouquet The man who catches the garter and the woman who catches the bouquet share the dancefloor with the newlyweds |
| Druid | a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland. |
| Alawite | followers of a form of Islam similar to Shia Islam |
| Shiite | a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs |
| Caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
| Beatification | (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration First step toward canonization |
| Canonization | (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints |
| Sari | a dress worn primarily by Hindu women |
| Kafir | an unbeliever, in Islamic terms |
| Diwali | a New Years-type celebration in Hinduism, multi-day festival of lights, festival of lights, marks the coming of winter and the victory of good over evil |
| shiva | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative |
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