Faith: alternatives and connections

The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or…

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Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

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A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely differen…

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Alt. of Brahminism

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The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.

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The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or enlightened," in the s…

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The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

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A building set apart for Christian worship.

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Attentive care; homage; worship.

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Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

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Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

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The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

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A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

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Alt. of Hinduism

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The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

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The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hind…

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The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.

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Alt. of Manicheism

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Obscurity of doctrine.

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The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained…

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The worship of Siva.

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A cutting; a scion.

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The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various part…

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Alt. of Shintiism

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One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.

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The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

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The doctrines of Unitarians.

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The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system p…

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One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

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One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

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Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religi…

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Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religi…

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The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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