LA IV Unit 15
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swalker97 on August 10, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consecrate | to declare or set apart as holy or sacred; to dedicate to a worthy goal or service; to confirm officially by religious or civil ceremonies |
| credo | a system of fundamental beliefs or guiding principles; creed; a formal statement of religious belief |
| desecrate | to violate or abuse the sacredness of; profane; to treat irreverently or contemptuously, thereby arousing outrage in others |
| laudable | deserving praise; commendable |
| pious | having or exhibiting reverence and earnest compliance in the observance of religion; devout; professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded; marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical |
| sacrilegious | disrespectful or irreverent toward something sacred |
| sanctimony | pretended devoutness or righteousness; a hypocritical show of holiness |
| sanctity | the quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability; holiness of life; saintliness |
| supplicate | to make a jumble entreaty to; beseech; to ask humbly or earnestly, as by praying; to make a humble and earnest petition; beg |
| venerate | to regard with respect, reverence, or deference |
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