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verb
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
noun
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
adj
- Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
- (Christianity) Belonging or pertaining to a religious order.
- Concerning religion.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
- extremely scrupulous and conscientious
- having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
noun
adj
noun
noun
- one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
- a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
- A devotee of a particular religion or cult.
- (by extension) Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc.
- A devout or zealous worshipper.
- A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
- A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.
adj
verb
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
noun
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
verb
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
- (uncountable, informal) Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
- (countable) Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
- (uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
- (uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- an institution to express belief in a divine power
noun
- a solemn pledge of fidelity
- a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- A dire or unfortunate situation.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
- (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
verb
noun
- (religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- (collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
- an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
- the body of people in a learned occupation
noun
- stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation
- (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
- (by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).
- (by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism.
- (Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
verb
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
intj
noun
- (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
- (countable) A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
verb
- show devotion to (a deity)
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
noun
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- a group of sheep or goats
- a group of birds
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
- move as a crowd or in a group
- come together as in a cluster or flock
verb
- To dedicate or christen.
- (figurative) To Christianize.
- (slang) To extinguish the life of.
- (Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- (slang) To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
- administer baptism to
adj
noun
verb
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- take vows, as in religious order
- state freely
- state insincerely
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
- receive into a religious order or congregation
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
- (ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
noun
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- in a subordinate position
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
verb
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
noun
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
noun
adj
noun
- (theology) Covenantalism.
- A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
- The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
- the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
noun
name
adj
noun
- someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- someone sent on a mission — especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
- (religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
- One who is sent on a mission.
- (uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
- (derogatory) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
adj
- relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
- of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
- marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
- (Christianity) Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
- Zealously enthusiastic.
- (Islam) Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
noun
noun
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
suffix
- one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;
- one who engages in a particular type of activity;
- one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome
- one who owns or manages something;
- a person who studies or practices a particular discipline;
- a person who speaks or specializes in a (usually constructed) language.
- one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
- a person who uses a device of some kind;
- a person who holds bigoted, partial views with respect to a particular matter.
noun
- one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
- a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
- A devotee of a particular religion or cult.
- (by extension) Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc.
- A devout or zealous worshipper.
- A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
- A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.
adj
noun
- a solemn pledge of fidelity
- a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- A dire or unfortunate situation.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
- (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
verb
noun
- (religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- (collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
- an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
- the body of people in a learned occupation
verb
noun
noun
- stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation
- (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
- (by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).
- (by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism.
- (Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
noun
- (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
- (countable) A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
verb
- show devotion to (a deity)
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
noun
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- a group of sheep or goats
- a group of birds
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
- move as a crowd or in a group
- come together as in a cluster or flock
noun
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- in a subordinate position
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
noun
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
noun
adj
noun
- (theology) Covenantalism.
- A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
- The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
- the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
noun
name
noun
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
verb
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
noun
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
verb
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
noun
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
verb
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
- (uncountable, informal) Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
- (countable) Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
- (uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
- (uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- an institution to express belief in a divine power
verb
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
intj
verb
- To dedicate or christen.
- (figurative) To Christianize.
- (slang) To extinguish the life of.
- (Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- (slang) To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
- administer baptism to
verb
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- take vows, as in religious order
- state freely
- state insincerely
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
- receive into a religious order or congregation
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
- (ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
verb
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
verb
- show devotion to (a deity)
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
adj
- Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
- (Christianity) Belonging or pertaining to a religious order.
- Concerning religion.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
- extremely scrupulous and conscientious
- having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
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- someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- someone sent on a mission — especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
- (religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
- One who is sent on a mission.
- (uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
- (derogatory) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
adj
- relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
- of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
- marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
- (Christianity) Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
- Zealously enthusiastic.
- (Islam) Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).