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Abandon
verb · 78% connection
To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a per…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Adhere
verb · 78% connection
To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Anglican
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Anglicanism
noun · 78% connection
The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Antenicene
adjective · 78% connection
Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Apostasy
noun · 78% connection
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Apostate
noun · 78% connection
One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Apriorism
noun · 78% connection
belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Backslide
verb · 78% connection
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Bigot
noun · 78% connection
A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Broad Church
unknown · 78% connection
A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Burgher
noun · 78% connection
A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Confession
noun · 78% connection
A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to member…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Creed
verb · 78% connection
Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Defy
verb · 78% connection
To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Doctrine
noun · 78% connection
That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Evangelical
adjective · 78% connection
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
Faith
noun · 78% connection
That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renounce, totally, religious, belief, once.
