Religion & Belief

Faith, ritual, worship, myth, and spiritual life.

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A2 (10) Pro

/ɡɑd/ A supernatural being with great powers that people worship. M S

/ˈkrɪsməs/ the Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 25 December M S

/ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ A building where Christians meet to worship. M S

/kɹaɪst/ the title of Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah in Christian belief M S

/ɡɹeɪs/ Smooth, elegant, and beautiful movement. M S

/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒl̩/ A spiritual being believed to serve God, often shown with wings. M S

/ˈbaɪbəl/ the sacred scriptures of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments M S

/ˈiː.stɚ/ the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on a Sunday in spring M S

/mɑsk/ A building where Muslims gather to pray and worship. M S

/ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons. M S

B1 (27) Pro

/soʊl/ The spiritual part of a person, often believed to live on after death. M S

/ˈhoʊli/ Connected with God or religion and treated with deep respect. M S

/blɛs/ To ask God to protect or help someone or something. M S

/ˈpɹiːst/ A person trained to lead religious services and ceremonies in a church. M S

/ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/ A person who believes in and follows Christianity. M S

/ˈɡloɹ.i/ Great honour and admiration earned by an achievement. M S

/ɹəˈləd͡ʒ.ən/ Belief in a god or gods, together with the practices and worship connected to that belief. M S

/ˈseɪkɹɪd/ Connected with religion and treated with great respect. M S

/rɪˈlɪdʒəs/ Believing in and worshipping a god or gods. M S

/ˈpɹeɪ.ɚ/ Words spoken to a god to give thanks or ask for help. M S

/ˈbɪʃəp/ A senior Christian priest who is in charge of the churches in a large area. M S

/dɪˈvaɪn/ Coming from or relating to a god. M S

/ˈɡɑdəs/ A female god worshipped in a religion. M S

/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ Something good that you are grateful for. M S

/ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ Relating to the human spirit or soul rather than physical things. M S

/bɪˈliːf/ A feeling that something is true or real. M S

/mɪθ/ A widely held but false belief or idea. M S

/ɪˈtɝnɪti/ Time that has no end; endless time. M S

/dɪˈvoʊʃən/ Great love, loyalty, or commitment to someone or something. M S

/ˈmɝ.meɪd/ a mythical sea creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish M S

/ɛlf/ a supernatural being from Germanic folklore, later often imagined as graceful, magical, and humanlike M S

/ˈɡɑspəl/ the Christian message about Jesus Christ and salvation M S

/ˈpristəs/ a woman who performs priestly rites or holds the office of priest in a religion M S

/ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/ Deep respect for God and a strong commitment to religion. M S

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B2 (33) Pro

/feɪθ/ Strong belief or trust in someone or something. M S

/ˈtɛm.pl̩/ A building used for worship in some religions. M S

/kənˈfɛs/ To admit that you have done something wrong. M S

/dʒuː/ a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group with origins in the ancient Israelites M S

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ A set of actions always performed in the same way, especially in a religious ceremony. M S

/ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ To show love and respect for a god, especially through prayer or religious ceremonies. M S

/ˈpæs.tɚ/ A leader of a Christian church who guides and cares for its members. M S

/ˌhælɪˈluːjə/ used to praise or thank God, especially in worship or song M S

/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/ Able to live forever; never dying. M S

/əˈdoɹ/ To love someone very deeply. M S

/ˈɔl.tɚ/ A table or raised structure used for religious ceremonies. M S

/ˈmɑnəstɛɹi/ A building where monks live together and follow a religious life. M S

/ɑrk/ the great vessel that Noah built to preserve his family and animals from the biblical flood M S

/kəˈθiːdɹəl/ A large and important Christian church, especially the main one in a region run by a bishop. M S

/ˈhɪnduː/ a person who follows Hinduism M S

/ˈpɹɑvɪdəns/ the protective guidance, care, or ordering of events attributed to God or another divine power M S

/ˈɹɛlɪk/ An old object or custom that has survived from the past. M S

/ˈbɪblɪkəl/ relating to, contained in, or characteristic of the Bible M S

/ˈaɪ.kɑn/ A small picture on a screen that you click to open a program or file. M S

/kənˈvɝʒən/ The act of changing something from one form, system, or use into another. M S

righteousness B2

/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/ The quality of being morally good and doing what is right. M S

/pɚˈsweɪʒən/ The act of getting someone to do or believe something by giving reasons. M S

/ˈskɹɪptʃɚ/ the sacred writings of a religion, considered collectively, or a particular sacred text M S

self-confidence B2

/ˌsɛlfˈkɑːnfədəns/ belief and trust in your own abilities M S

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C1 (46) Pro

/ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ The act of giving up something valuable for the sake of something more important. M S

/seɪnt/ A dead person officially recognised by a church as especially holy. M S

/ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ Something that is offered or made available, such as a product or service. M S

/kɜɹk/ a Scottish church M S

/ɔlˈmaɪti/ having unlimited power; omnipotent, especially as an epithet for God M S

/ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ A person believed to speak on behalf of God and deliver religious messages M S

/ˈpɹit͡ʃɚ/ A person whose job is to give religious talks and lead worship. M S

/ˈræb.aɪ/ a Jewish religious scholar and teacher qualified to interpret Jewish law M S

/ˈpæɹɪʃ/ A local church district with its own church and priest. M S

/ʃraɪn/ a sacred place dedicated to a deity, saint, ancestor, relic, or other revered figure M S

/ˈpriːtʃ/ To give a religious talk, especially in a church service. M S

resurrection C1

/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ a revival from inactivity and disuse M S

congregation C1

/ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ A group of people gathered together for a religious service. M S

/ˌɑɹtʃˈbɪʃəp/ a senior Christian bishop who leads an archdiocese or presides over a province of dioceses M S

/ˈtʃæplɪn/ a member of the clergy or another religious representative appointed to serve an institution, group, or private household M S

/ˈbæptɪzəm/ a Christian sacrament or rite involving water that marks spiritual cleansing and admission to the Church M S

/ˈtælɪzmən/ an object believed to provide magical protection, good luck, health, or power M S

/ˈfraɪɚ/ a male member of a Christian mendicant order, such as the Franciscans or Dominicans M S

/ˈpeɪpəl/ relating to the pope, the papacy, or the pope's authority M S

/dɪˈvaʊt/ deeply committed to a religion and its practices M S

/kənˈfɛsɚ/ a priest who hears confessions and grants or pronounces absolution M S

/ˈɑrkeɪndʒəl/ an angel of the highest or a particularly high rank in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition M S

/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/ a period of remaining awake to watch, guard, care for someone, or pray M S

/ˈɹoʊzəɹi/ a string of beads used for counting prayers, especially in Roman Catholic devotion M S

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C2 (199) Pro

/ˈpɑmɚ/ historical: a pilgrim to the Holy Land, traditionally identified by the palm branch carried on returning home M S

/ˈep.ɪk/ constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic M S

/ˈdiːkən/ in several Christian churches, an ordained minister ranking below a priest M S

/ˈpɑdɹeɪ/ a Christian priest, especially in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking community M S

/ˈdʒiːni/ a jinn: a spirit being in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian tradition, capable of choosing good or evil and normally invisible to humans M S

/ˈhaɪdrə/ in Greek mythology, a many-headed serpent whose severed heads grew back M S

/ˈpeɪɡən/ a follower of a polytheistic, nature-centered, or pre-Christian religion, including a person in a modern Pagan tradition M S

/ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/ Vow made, usually because of moral or religious beliefs, to abstain from sexual relations. M S

/ˈhɔɹəˌskoʊp/ an astrological forecast of a person's future, often published according to their zodiac sign M S

/ˈblæs.fə.mi/ speech or conduct that shows contempt for God, a religion, or something held sacred M S

/ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/ Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to. M S

/ˈsɛkjələɹ/ Not connected with religion or spiritual matters. M S

/ˈtʃælɪs/ a stemmed ceremonial cup, especially the cup used for wine in the Christian Eucharist M S

/ˈɡɑdləs/ not believing in or acknowledging a god or gods M S

/ˈsækɹəlɪdʒ/ the violation, misuse, or profanation of something regarded as sacred M S

/ˈsæk.rə.mənt/ a Christian rite regarded as an outward sign of divine grace, such as baptism or the Eucharist M S

/ˈɪnfədəl/ historical and often offensive: a person regarded as not accepting the religion considered true by the speaker M S

/ləˈvaɪəθ(ə)n/ a vast and powerful sea creature described in the Hebrew Bible M S

/ˈsɛləbəsi/ abstaining from sexual relations, for example because of religious vows M S

/ædˈhɪɹ/ To stick firmly to a surface. M S

/ˈpæsˌoʊvɚ/ the Jewish spring festival commemorating the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt M S

/ˌkɹuː.səˈfɪk.ʃən/ execution by fastening a person to a cross or upright structure and leaving them to die M S

/ʃəˈriːf/ a descendant of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima, traditionally entitled to a rank of nobility M S

/nɪmf/ in classical mythology, a female spirit associated with a natural place such as a spring, forest, or mountain M S

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C2+ (98) Pro

/dʒoʊv/ Jupiter, the chief god in Roman mythology, especially in literary references M S

/ˌnɑːsfəˈrɑːtuː/ a vampire, especially one represented as an undead and malignant creature M S

/ˈɡɹɪmli/ in a grim implacable manner M S

/ˈpi.ən/ To sing a paean; to praise. M S

/fɪˈlændəɹ/ To woo women; to play the male flirt. M S

predestinate C2+

/pɹɪˈdɛstənət/ determined or arranged beforehand, especially by fate or divine will M S

/ˈpjuːˌoʊpənɚ/ historically, a church attendant who opened enclosed or reserved pews and showed worshippers to their seats M S

lotus-eater C2+

/ˈloʊtəsˌiːtɚ/ in Greek mythology, one of a people whose lotus fruit made visitors forget their homes and lose the desire to leave M S

pre-Adamite C2+

/ˌpriːˈæd.ə.maɪt/ a hypothetical person or member of a race believed to have existed before the biblical Adam M S

/ˈsɪr.mənt/ a shroud or waxed cloth in which a dead body is wrapped for burial, often used in the plural M S

/ˈlɪtʃˌɡeɪt/ a roofed gateway to a churchyard where a coffin traditionally rested before a funeral service M S

/səˈlɛstʃəl/ relating to the sky or heavens, or to heaven in a divine sense M S

/ˈhæloʊ/ to make holy or to honor as sacred M S

/ˈkɑnsəˌkreɪt/ to make or declare sacred; to dedicate solemnly M S

/æbˈdʒʊr/ to solemnly renounce or reject a belief or claim M S

/ˈhæloʊd/ regarded as holy or greatly revered M S

/ɪnˈɛfəbəl/ too great or sacred to be expressed in words M S

/ˈɜrθli/ relating to the material world rather than the spiritual; worldly M S

/ˈɛrəˌmaɪt/ a religious recluse; a hermit (literary) M S

/ɪˈspaʊz/ to adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life M S

/fəˈleɪʃəs/ based on a mistaken belief or unsound reasoning M S

/ˈɡɑdˌlaɪk/ resembling or having the qualities of a god; divine or supremely excellent M S

irreligious C2+

/ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs/ indifferent or hostile to religion M S

/ˈpɝfədi/ deceitfulness; treachery or breach of faith M S

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