| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Providence | (n) God oversee and care for living things; foreseeing; divine care |
| Sanctify | (v) to make holy, sacred |
| Theology | (n) study of religion/God |
| Theocracy | (n) government based on religious beliefs "God" |
| symbol | represents a bigger idea |
| motif | recurring idea |
| blasphemy | (n) curse against God "impious utterance" |
| hedonism | (n) pleasure/happiness is the highest good |
| absolution | (n) act of clearing blame |
| absolve | (v) to clear of blame; to free from sin |
| atheist | (n) person w/ no belief in a higher power; w/o God |
| agnostic | ((n) person who questions what might be out there; unsure |
| secular | (adj) not religiously affiliated |
| divine | (adj) pertaining to a god / devoted to god |
| contemplative | (adj) deep in thought |
| contrition | (n) sincere/genuine; pentinence or remorse |
| affect | verb/to change |
| effect | noun/to accomplish or make something happen |
| rebuke | (v) to express sharp disapproval; reprimand |
| reverie | (n) state of daydreaming or abstract musing |
| bereft | (adj) deprived/without |
| copse | (n) small thicket of trees or brush |
| indolent | (adj) lazy |
| rife | (adj) full of; copious; abundant; plentiful |
| conflagration | (n) destructive fire |
| cistern | (n) vessel, container, tank |
| sough | (n) soft murmur, rustling sound |
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