Religion

Religion

Refers to any set of beliefs of any community or nation, concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural or divine agency.

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colporteur

Religion; Christianity

Peddler of religious tracts and books. The meaning of the term is "to carry on one's neck". The term may also be seen referring to any kind of book peddling, not only the ...

compaternity

Religion; Christianity

Is a spiritual relationship between child's parents and godparents. Also : the spiritual relationship between godparents and the child's actual parents.

archimandrite

Religion; Christianity

In the Greek Rite the superior of a monastery or of several monasteries. The term seems to have originated during the fourth century in the far East (Mesopotamia, Persia), and to ...

appropriation

Religion; Christianity

In general, consists in the attribution to a person or thing of a character or quality which determines in a special way this person or thing.

apse chapel

Religion; Christianity

A chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse, and reached generally by a semicircular passageway, or ambulatory, exteriorly to the walls or piers ...