Lessons 1&2-- Believing
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OliviaBanks3 on February 28, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accredit | to authorize/ certify/ believe |
| Credence | belief/ acceptance as true |
| Creditable | deserving of praise |
| Credulous | believing too easily/ gullible |
| Creed | a statement of belief or principle |
| Deify | to make a god of |
| Deity | a god or goddess |
| Divine | - to foretell by supernatural means - to know by intuition or insight |
| Divinity | - a god or goddess/ divine being - a state of being divine |
| Apotheosis | - making a god of of something/ deification - a glorified ideal/ an essence |
| Theocracy | government by divine power or priests |
| Theology | the study of religion |
| Atheist | a person who believes there is no God |
| Pantheism | identifying God with nature; belief in all gods |
| Pantheon | all gods of a people or religion |
| Consecrate | - to make or declare something sacred - to dedicate something to a goal |
| Execrate | to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest |
| Sacrament | something considered to have sacred significance |
| Sacrilege | disrespect to something regarded as sacred |
| Sacrosanct | sacred |
| Sanctimonious | pretending to be righteous |
| Sanction | - approval/ support/ permission - a penatly for breaking with law or custom - to approve/ to encourage |
| Sanctity | godliness/ holiness |
| Sanctuary | a sacred place/ any place of refuge |
| Hierarchy | a group organized by rank |
| Hieroglyphic | - written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings or words - hard to read |
| Expiate | to make amends for/ to atone for |
| Piety | religious devotion; great respect towards something especially parents |
| Impious | sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect |
| Pittance | a meager portion or anything, especially an allowance or salary |
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