| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accredit | v. to authorize; to certify; to believe |
| credence | n. belief; acceptance as true |
| creditable | adj. deserving praise |
| credulous | adj. believing too easily |
| creed | n. a statement of belief or principle |
| deify | v. to make a god of. |
| deity | n. a god or goddess |
| divine | v. to foretell by supernatural means |
| divinity | n. a god or goddess; a divine being |
| apotheosis | n. making a god of something |
| theocracy | n. government by divine power or priests |
| theology | n. the study of religion |
| atheist | n. a person who believes there is no god. |
| pantheism | n. identifying god with nature; belief in all gods |
| pantheon | n. all the gods of a people or religion |
| consecrate | v. to make or declare something sacred |
| execrate | v. to denounce as vile or evil; to curse, detest |
| sacrament | n. something considered to have sacred significance |
| sacrilege | n. Disrespect to something regarded as sacred |
| sacrosanct | adj. sacred |
| sanctimonious | adj. pretending to be righteous |
| sanction | n. approval; support; permission.... v. to approve; to encourage |
| sanctity | n. godliness; holiness |
| sanctuary | n. a sacred place; any place of refuge |
| hierarchy | n. a group organized by rank |
| hieroglyphic | adj. written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words... or hard to read |
| expiate | v. to make amends for; to atone for |
| piety | n. religious devotion; great respect toward something |
| impious | adj. sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect |
| pittance | n. a meager portion of anything; especially an allowance or sallary |
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