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Churchism

Religion; General religion

Devotion to church rules over religious precepts; Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

hassock

Religion; General religion

1. A cushion for kneeling . 2. A padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest.

1. Of or concerning priests. 2. Of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests. Compare with demotic. 3. Of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to ...

hieromonach

Religion; General religion

A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood, or a priest who has received monastic tonsure. In the Orthodox Church, a man must be either married or have been tonsured a ...

belief

Religion; General religion

That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority.

prayer beads

Religion; General religion

Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of prayers in certain forms of devotion, are in common use among Catholics as an expedient to ensure a right count of the ...

codex bezae

Religion; General religion

One of the five most important Greek New Testament manuscripts, and the most interesting of all on account of its peculiar readings; scholars designate it by the letter D.