Religion Definitions

3. a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
4. ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.
5. belief that no god exists.
7. a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.
10. the movement to bring all Christian denominations closer together and to foster mutual understanding.
11. a prescribed religious procedure or performance.
12. strict maintenance of traditional teachings and practices of any religion.
15. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
16. of, from, or like God or a god.
17. a person who doubts that humankind can know the existence of a possible god and the possible existence of anything beyond this life.
18. a recognized autonomous branch of the Christian Church.
23. holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation.
24. a set of beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions.
26. connected with religion.
27. concerned with or belonging to the material world.

1. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
2. the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs information, ect., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice.
3. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
6. the movement among religious communities to communicate with each other openly and in the spirit of mutual understanding, respect and tolerance.
8. relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious.
9. an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
13. of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
14. divine status, quality, or nature.
19. an adherent of the view that apparently supernatural persons or events have their origin in human imagination especially as revealed in myth.
20. authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.
21. the belief in one God.
22. a doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
25. a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order or congregation.
28. concerned mainly with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training.
29. the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.