Religious
Meanings and phrases
religious
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; spiritual
- having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
- of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
- extremely scrupulous and conscientious
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- a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
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- a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers; Society of Friends; Quakers
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- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; religion; faith
- And that's kind of a religious belief.
- Others have attempted to argue the rational nature of religious belief.
- The Dai, according to community religious belief, is that representative.
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- a ceremony having religious meaning; religious ritual
- It is typically used during the entrance to a religious ceremony.
- The Gnostic Mass is the central religious ceremony within Thelema.
- The couple also married in a Greek Orthodox religious ceremony in Cannes on 20 February 1957.
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- the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group; church doctrine; gospel; creed
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- leader of a religious order
- How can you have a religious leader like that?"
- The school is named for educator and religious leader John Hope.
- He was the religious leader of Khuzestan and also south of Iraq.
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- a movement intended to bring about religious reforms
- Balmaclellan was once a centre of the Covenanter religious movement.
- Many Chinese belong to Yiguandao, a religious movement originating from Chinese folk religion.
- Before founding his own religious movement, Lee was a member of the group known as the Olive Tree.
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- genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies; church music
- Some of them also composed religious music of their own.
- He also did some rumba, the religious music and some makossa.
- He continued to compose religious music, including masses and cantatas.
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- someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension; mystic
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- a subdivision of a larger religious group; sect; religious sect
- She is a Dame of Malta, a Roman Catholic lay religious order.
- It is run by a religious order of nuns.
- On 29 April 1979 he became the first beatified member of his religious order.
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- a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church; heretic; misbeliever
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- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery); cloister
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- United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
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- a school run by a religious body
- The complex also houses a religious school.
- While residing in Mecca, Kairanawi founded a religious school there.
- She was a prominent figure in the Jewish religious school for children.
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- the act of public worship following prescribed rules; service; divine service
- No official religious service was observed throughout this act.
- After a religious service in space, Fodor's body is cast adrift into the void.
- Rackman practiced law for nine years before his religious service in the military.
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- writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity; sacred text; sacred writing; religious writing
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- a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances; ecstatic state
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- writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity; sacred text; sacred writing; religious text
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- Elephants have been the subject of religious beliefs.
- He must be liberal in religious beliefs.
- The Chamba people have their own particular religious beliefs.
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- Customs vary between cultures and religious groups.
- Some religious groups permit the consumption of alcohol.
- Many religious groups teach that God created the Cosmos.
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- There are also several other religious communities.
- Numerous other religious schools then followed.
- He also wrote a small number of other religious works.
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- There were no reports of abuses of religious freedom in 2011.
- Cameroon has a high level of religious freedom and diversity.
- After independence there were brief hopes for religious freedom.
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- Contemporary Georgian religious leaders also supported slavery.
- There was a parallel campaign in Sudan, run by religious leaders and British women.
- Scientists, scholars and religious leaders spoke vehemently of the dangers of alcohol.
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- His experiences influenced him to live a religious life.
- How and when Ernst entered the religious life is not clear.
- Some FJVs have entered religious life.
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- Holy Cross provides mandatory religious education.
- Malang is famous for being a center of religious education.
- Cadillac offers several options for private religious education.
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- New religious orders were a fundamental part of this trend.
- This discipline is common to religious orders and congregations.
- Members of religious orders were still being deported or jailed.
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- Their religious affiliation is to Christianity.
- Those claiming no religious affiliation in 2001 numbered 4,586,900.
- Already 'Ěnbāqom was intensely involved in questioning his religious affiliation.
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- in religious studies at Yale University in 1981.
- All previously allowed religious studies were forbidden.
- These priests were organized and well trained in religious studies.
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- The 1980s brought several changes in women's religious practices.
- They have the same costumes, beliefs and religious practices as the Bambaras.
- In some cases, religious practices that Muslims found repugnant were allowed.
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- Hindus are the largest religious community of the city.
- Wilfrid had been in charge of the religious community at Selsey.
- He is the first Beaumont bishop to be a member of a religious community.
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- There are also several other religious communities.
- The other monastic and religious communities in Ribe were all closed.
- There are about 1,000 religious communities, mostly Christian, in Angola.
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- All religious services at the church are open to all.
- She participated in religious services every day, and visited the sick.
- The Dutch were not allowed to hold any religious services on the island.
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- It was a time of considerable political and religious turmoil.
- This would have been political and religious center of the community.
- The mound served combined ceremonial, political and religious purposes.
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- The confiscation of religious institutions continued unabated.
- Among active religious institutions, it typically lasted 4–6 months.
- The vaqf is a traditional source of financial support for all religious institutions.
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- In the U.S., religious organizations enjoy a tax exempt status.
- Chaplain groups and religious organizations took various positions on DADT.
- In 2009, Islamic religious organizations in Berlin reported 249,000 members.
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- It's not directed toward any religious group or race of people.
- In June 1993, the religious group Aum Shinrikyo released anthrax in Tokyo.
- The second biggest religious group is Protestantism-adventists and baptists.
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- Túcume became the new religious and ceremonial center of the Sican.
- The tribal 'tuatha' and the new religious settlements existed side by side.
- The liberal synagogue was one of the most important new religious buildings in the Germany of its time.
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- Tiatr today revolves around social, religious and political themes.
- However, his social service, religious and political life began with Arya Samaj.
- In Pakistan, prominent Sunni Barelvi religious and political organizations include:
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- Singapore is a society of diverse religious traditions.
- Remaining Armenians in Uzbekistan keep their religious traditions.
- Missionaries of many religious traditions are present and operate freely.
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- Stately religious ceremonies were held here regularly.
- These photographs show family scenes, revelers and religious ceremonies.
- In East Africa and Yemen, coffee was used in native religious ceremonies.
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- Among the religious buildings in the town are:
- Among the noteworthy religious buildings in the city are:
- Among the religious buildings in town are:
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- He spoke against religious persecution.
- Their ancestors came to Poland to escape religious persecution.
- They sought to escape poverty and religious persecution that they suffered.
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- They also are mentioned in religious texts.
- He used religious texts as supporting data.
- They also have a small workshop where they print religious texts.
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- One challenge in this process has concerned ethnic and religious minorities.
- There have been conversions to Islam from the religious minorities of Pakistan.
- Despite relative harmony, religious minorities have faced occasional persecution.
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- religious tolerance or the Statutes of Lithuania).
- Kublai encouraged Asian arts and demonstrated religious tolerance.
- Papal recognition of George III in 1766 led to greater religious tolerance.
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- Madha koil festival is very famous and all religious people used to participate.
- The vaqf is a traditional source of financial support for all religious institutions.
- The school curriculum is ecumenical; students from all religious backgrounds may attend.
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- In his religious practice he was a Baptist.
- For Sikhs, dharma means the path of righteousness and proper religious practice.
- Popular religious practice included ceremonies marking important transitions in life.
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- On religious views, Wigner was an atheist.
- Hume's religious views were often suspect.
- Karl Marx's religious views have been the subject of much interpretation.
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- John was also a great cultural and religious patron.
- Social, cultural and religious events are regularly organised by the alumni association.
- It is a singular combination of philosophical, nationalistic, cultural and religious elements.
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- Augustus took for himself its powers over various religious duties.
- The groups meet weekly and participate in various religious activities.
- The founders of Salem Communications supports various religious causes.
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- Then the temple reactivated its religious activities.
- They joined together for religious activities.
- In 1984, the temple reactivated its religious activities.
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- A deacon at the hospital gave him religious instruction.
- His uncle Nicolas was a priest and oversaw his religious instruction.
- It is easier to have faith in religious instruction when it has a sense of the sacred.
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- There were apparently no religious houses in the diocese.
- There are no religious courts in India, as it is a secular nation.
- Those claiming no religious affiliation in 2001 numbered 4,586,900.
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- She is losing her religious faith and increasingly despairs.
- "Communism is incompatible with religious faith", they wrote.
- Negro spirituals were primarily expressions of religious faith.
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- Alcide often focuses her work on important Vodou religious figures.
- The Jain beds are dedicated to the Jain and Hindu religious figures.
- It is supposed that these rooms used to belong to religious figures.
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- Over the millennia, Chinese civilization has been influenced by various religious movements.
- However, there is a large presence of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ararat, as well as adherents of other religious movements.
- Hellenism refers to various religious movements that continue, revive, or reconstruct ancient Greek religious practices.
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- He has also contributed to the discussion of religious and cultural diversity.
- They use their naturally molted feathers for religious and cultural ceremonies.
- He's certainly not a racist; the question is fundamentally religious and cultural.
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- Demeter's epithets show her many religious functions.
- Within the fort wall, there are many religious structures.
- In the Rajbiraj city there are many religious Hindu temple to visit.
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- Numerous other religious schools then followed.
- At Frankfurt he organized two model religious schools.
- It is one of the few Arabic religious schools in the country.
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- He also wrote a small number of other religious works.
- She wrote several religious works.
- She also illustrated several religious works with Biblical scenes.
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- Cambodian paintings often took the form of murals, and have religious significance.
- Sometimes, they are incorporated into ritual objects for their religious significance.
- The "Dakshinavarti" is particularly highly valued in terms of its religious significance.
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- It is located in the place where the oldest religious building in the community was located.
- Pietà dei Turchini The Church of Pietà dei Turchini is a religious building in Naples, Italy.
- A religious building dedicated to St Mary has been at the heart of Moseley for over 600 years.
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- He sang sometimes also türküs of religious themes.
- He often used the landscape to express religious themes.
- The lyrics also focus more prominently on religious themes.
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- In 2003, the religious organization of Agia Marina of Imeros was established.
- It is the largest black religious organization and the second-largest Baptist organization in the world.
- The SMC is a non-profit, non-governmental religious organization dedicated to working for the cause of Islam.
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- Most of the surgeries are for cultural or religious reasons.
- Some people are conscientious objectors for religious reasons.
- At first, Farmer was forced to run in a dress for religious reasons.
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- Shahbaz Khan himself was deeply religious and pious man.
- Wood was well-read and deeply religious.
- Many citizens are deeply religious, regularly going to church.
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- In religious matters, Alexander preserved an open mind.
- Nevertheless, he received little education on religious matters.
- Even excepting religious matters, Hall's time in Indiana was difficult.
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- These events changed the ethnic and religious makeup of Bulgaria.
- They tried to minimize ethnic and religious antagonism inside the empire.
- One challenge in this process has concerned ethnic and religious minorities.
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- The mosque is an important religious as well as social institution in Pakistan.
- Historically, the most important religious institution in Iran has been the mosque.
- Its growing to be one of the most important religious sites and picnic place nowadays.
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- His painting covers topics both religious and secular.
- It is updated Monthly and covers religious and secular issues.
- Pisgat Ze'ev has a mixed population of religious and secular Jews.
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- Utsavas, or religious festivals, share some elements with vratas.
- All religious festivals are accompanied by the city's "Parade of Giants".
- Among the Jola people, some religious festivals include the Samay, Kumpo and the Niasse.
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- Additionally, Sanskrit is used for religious rituals.
- With these changes, various religious rituals are entering an era of diversity.
- However, its association with religious rituals has imbibed it with deeper significance.
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- His painting covers topics both religious and secular.
- The complex appears to have had both religious and secular functions.
- The reasons for this peculiarity appear to be both religious and monumental.
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- Each of these materials symbolized different religious concepts.
- People have different religious legendary tales about this place.
- Intermarriage is the term used to refer to married couples that are of different religious faiths.
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- The Catholic religious congregation of St. Therese (CST) was founded here.
- The First United Methodist Church is the oldest religious congregation in Jasper.
- They agreed that a religious congregation was needed to meet the needs of the mission.
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- Jordan was raised with a traditional religious upbringing.
- The history of the Bambara state's traditional religious practices are ambiguous.
- In response, however, the traditional religious lenders began to express opposition.
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- He painted mostly historical and religious subjects.
- It's articles highlighted religious subjects and denominational news.
- It is known for its academic emphasis on its language and religious subjects.
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- and assisted the Treaty of Berlin with the religious liberty clause.
- He called for religious liberty in the Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India.
- It prepares men and women to serve the church and community in a climate of growing religious liberty.
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- In her early teens, she became interested in religious art.
- The interior now houses a museum of religious art and a small shop.
- The key medium of public religious art in Islam was and is calligraphy.
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- There were apparently no religious houses in the diocese.
- All religious houses and their properties became crown property.
- All religious houses and their income properties reverted to the crown.
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- The wealthy donated tax-free land to religious authorities.
- CRIHL represents the highest religious authorities in Israel.
- This raised the ire of the religious authorities who insisted that these two offices should not be combined.
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- The mound served combined ceremonial, political and religious purposes.
- Using euphemisms for the names of deities serves many religious purposes.
- The chapel stands on an area used since ancient times for religious purposes.
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- The station also aired several hours of religious programming each day.
- The station carries a mix of religious programming including music and talk.
- The station is owned by Blount Communications and broadcasts religious programming.
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- He was also a religious and social worker.
- People living in Nand Nama celebrate various religious and social events.
- The priory maintained a major presence in the religious and social life of Paris.
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- Temples and mosques are common gathering places for both social and religious reasons.
- Attendees numbered well over 5,000, including political, social and religious leaders.
- The cattle are not used commercially, instead they are kept for social and religious purposes.
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- It has also come under the influence of Irish religious tradition.
- Letterman is a Presbyterian, a religious tradition he was originally brought up in by his mother.
- It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.
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- Elba states that he is spiritual but not religious.
- Parks is not religious, but is a believer in faith healing.
- De Blasio has described himself as "spiritual but not religious."
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- The latter is one of several religious artworks by Facey.
- She wrote several religious works.
- She also illustrated several religious works with Biblical scenes.
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- After a religious experience in 1654, Pascal mostly gave up work in mathematics.
- And there I was having this religious experience, and she made me feel like such a fool.
- The Jesuits wanted to enhance the religious experience, with an almost meditative, emotional peace.
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- It is a Catholic religious institute.
- Sisters of St Rita The Sisters of Saint Rita are a Roman Catholic religious institute.
- A group of nuns from the religious institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart (R.S.C.J.)
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- By that time Master Tara Singh had started taking interest in Sikh religious affairs.
- This matriclan precides over the religious affairs and sacrifices to the cult of Kangeer.
- During this time he co-presented the weekly religious affairs programme on BBC Radio Oxford: "Spirit Level".
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- The subject is developed as the prime motivation of his religious conversion.
- In 1858, both she and her brother Major Robert Baillie underwent a religious conversion.
- Three years later Peterson underwent a religious conversion and joined the Salvation Army.
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- Later, he joined in Prague und received the religious name Petrus.
- He assumed the religious name of "Franco" after becoming a Secular Carmelite.
- The proper title for a hieromonk is, "the Reverend Hieromonk ("religious name")".
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- The significant religious authority is the marabout.
- It was a title of religious authority rather than political authority.
- Shaykh Ahmad's growing religious authority would eventually lead to conflict.
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- The family had deep religious affiliations.
- Arabs are a diverse group in terms of religious affiliations and practices.
- People from all religious affiliations pay homage to these saints year-round, especially during the annual Urs.
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- Another major religious institution in Iran is the shrine.
- The largest city was Cahokia, believed to be a major religious center.
- Most of the major religious orders are congregations of pontifical right.
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- Some services take place in auditoriums or multipurpose rooms with few religious symbols.
- Shrines and Homas ground are numerous, and religious symbols or images of deities abound.
- He wore many religious symbols on his person; presumably, he invested them with talismanic qualities.
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- Hindus are the largest religious community of the city.
- It was released by the largest religious publisher in the world, Zondervan Corporation.
- In 2000, Christians formed the largest religious group in the city (17% of the population).
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- She was very religious and went to Mass twice a day.
- He grew up in a very religious Christian family.
- Yet he was also very religious and a pacifist by nature.
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- The Shahbag area has a rich religious history.
- It covers the origins of the city, its government, wars and religious history.
- He published a series of books on religious history, mainly on Bön and Buddhism.
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- The commandments in the Torah provide the basis for Jewish religious law.
- Religious Muslim law as with other religious law is not recognised by the Albanian courts.
- He opened to his coreligionists in Andalusia the gates of knowledge of the religious law, of chronology, etc.
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- Shklov was an important Jewish religious center.
- This would have been political and religious center of the community.
- Shri Jagadguru Fakireshwar Math(Temple) is a famous religious center.
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- "Li" also means religious rites which establish relations between humanity and the gods.
- Korybas was a priest of Cybele, "whose religious rites were accompanied by frenzied music and dancing".
- Wealth and power led the Romans and Greeks to the greater luxury in the use of flowers which, like the Egyptian, were used in religious rites.
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- This goes against the beliefs of religious scholars around the world.
- Those religious scholars always argued and debated with him, in which Sadhna always outwitted them.
- The KAICIID Fellows Programme is a one-year training and capacity building program for religious scholars and teachers.
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- School Board elections were invariably fought on religious grounds.
- Exception to this rule may be made on medical or religious grounds.
- Eddington's personal statement at the June hearing about his objection to war based on religious grounds is on record.
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- Daniel James, like his partners was a religious man.
- Still, at heart, he remained a religious man in word and deed.
- Underneath this covering, "it would seem to me that Mr. Streiman is a religious man".
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- Twice in his life, Kelsen converted to separate religious denominations.
- The remaining 1.3% adhere to other religious denominations or did not state their religion.
- The remaining 1.3% adhered to other religious denominations or did not state their religion.
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- The village has several temples or religious sites.
- Myit's Buddhist works were done for religious sites in Lower Burma.
- Other religious sites in the city include Hindu, Buddhist and Baha'i temples.
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- Ursulines The term Ursulines refers to a number of religious institutes of the Catholic Church.
- The growing number of religious Muslims resulted in the establishment of more than 2,000 mosques by 2014.
- The number of religious skeptics increases noticeably for the younger generations, while the older ones are more religious.
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- An 1868 Act would sanction religious discrimination.
- A 1999 law on religion prohibits religious discrimination.