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Shiah

Same as Shiite.

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Sect 76% connected

A cutting; a scion.

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Islam 70% connected

The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.

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Shiite 70% connected

Alt. of Shiah

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Faith noun · 85% connection

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

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Institution noun · 85% connection

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…

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Organized religion noun · 85% connection

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

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Religion noun · 85% connection

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

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Buddhism noun · 84% connection

a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate B…

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Church noun · 84% connection

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

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Cult noun · 84% connection

followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices

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Hebraism noun · 84% connection

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

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Hindooism noun · 84% connection

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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Hinduism noun · 84% connection

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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Judaism noun · 84% connection

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

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Levirate noun · 84% connection

the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

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Shinto noun · 84% connection

the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan

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Taoism noun · 84% connection

religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

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Abecedarian noun · 83% connection

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

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Albigenses noun · 83% connection

a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism

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Babism noun · 83% connection

the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was…

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Brahmanism noun · 83% connection

the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

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