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#985. Revelation.-- N. revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany,
theopneusty.
Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ,
Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel.
Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law,
the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Propets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa,
Hagiology; Hierographa; Apocrypha.
New Testament; Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse,
Revelations.
Talmud; Mishna, Masorah.
prophet &c. (seer) 513; evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the
Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen.
Adj. scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangel-ical, evangel-
istic; apostolic, apostolic-al; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted,
apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, cannonical, textuary.

#986. Pseudo-Revelation.-- N. the Koran, the Alcoran; Lyking, Vedas,
Zendavest, Avesta, Sastra, Shastra, Tantra, Upanishads, Purana, Edda; Book
of Mormon.
[Non-Biblical prophets and religious founders] Gautama, Buddha;
Zoroaster, Confucius, Bab-ed-Din, Mohammed.
[Idols] golden calf &c. 991; Baal, Moloch, Dagon.


3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS

#987. Piety.-- N. piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness,
holiness &c. adj.; saintship; religionism; sanctimony &c. (assumed piety)
988; reverence &c. (respect) 928; humility, veneration, devotion;
prostration &c. (worship) 990; grace, unction, edification; sanctity,
sanctitude; consecration.
spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness.
theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion,
justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body
and Blood of Christ.
believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist; the good, the
righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame,
Our Lady.
the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the
light.
V. be pious &c. adj.; have faith &c. n.; believe, receive Christ;
revere &c. 928; be converted &c.
convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire,
consecate, enshrine.
Adj. pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-
minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like;
seraphic, sacred, solemn.
believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic.
elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired,
consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth.
Phr. ne vile fano; "pure-eyed Faith . . . thou hovering angel girt
with golden wings" [Milton].

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#988. Impiety.-- N. impiety; sin &c. 945; irreverence; profaneness &c.
adj.; profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; scoffing
&c.v.
[Assumed piety] hypocrisy &c. (falsehood) 544; pietism, cant, pious
fraud; lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence; misdevotion, formalism,
austerity; sanctimony, sanctimoniousness &c. adj; pharisaism, precisianism;
sabbatism, sabbatarianism; odium theologicum, sacerdotalism; bigotry &c.
(obstinacy) 606, (prejudice) 481; blue laws.
hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation.
sinner &c. 949; scoffer, blasphemer; sacrilegist; sabbath breaker;
worldling; hypocrite &c. (dissembler) 548; Tartufe, Mawworm.
bigot; saint [ironically]; Pharisee; sabbatarian, formalist,
methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee; ranter,
fanatic, juramentado.
the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate; sons of men, sons of
Belial, the wicked one; children of darkness.
V. be impious &c. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff;
swear &c. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege.
snuffle; turn up the whites of the eyes; idolize.
Adj. impious; irreligious &c. 989; desecrating &c.v.; profane,
irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous.
un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; hardened, perverted,
reprobate.
hypocritical &c. (false) 544; canting, pietistical, sanctimonious,
unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much.
bigoted, fanatical; priest-ridden.
Adv. under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under
the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of
religion.
Phr. giovane santo diavolo vecchio.

#989. Irreligon.-- N. irreligon, indevotion; ungodliness &c. adj.;
laxity, quietism.
skepticism, doubt; unbelief, disbelief; incredulity, incredulousness
&c. adj.; want of faith, want of belief; pyrrhonism; bout &c. 485;
agnosticism.
atheism; deism; hylotheism; materialism; positivism; nihilism.
infidelity, freethinking, antichristianity, rationalism; neology.
atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour,
heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarewne; espri fort, freethinker,
latitudinarian, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic,
somatist, theophobist.
V. be irreligious &c. adj.; disbelieve, lack faith; doubt, question
&c. 485.
dechristianize.
Adj. irreligious; indevout; undevout; devoutless, godless, graceless;
ungodly, unholy, unsanctified, unhallowed; atheistic, without God.
skeptical, freethinking; unbelieving, unconverted; incredulous,
faithless, lacking faith; deistical; unchristian, antichristian.
worldly, mundane, earthly, carnal; worldly &c. minded.
Adv. irreligiously &c. adj.


4. ACTS OF RELIGION

#990. Worship.-- N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage,
service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration.
prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy
breathing; petition &c. (request) 765; collect, litany, Lord's prayer,
paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult;
anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal.
thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise,
glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te
Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O
Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion.
psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem,
motet; antiphon, antiphony.
oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave
offering, votive offering; offertory.
discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting.
divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins,
evensong, vespers; undernsong, tierce; holyday &c. (rites) 998.
worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.
V. worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere &c. 928; adore, do
service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee;
fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship.
pray, invoke, supplicate; put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions;
beseech &c. (ask) 765; say one's prayers, tell one's beads.
return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify,
magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon,
deacon off [U.S.]
propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give
alms,
work out one's salvation; go to church; attend service, attend mass;
communicate &c. (rite) 998.
Adj. worshipping &c.v.; devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn;
fervid &c. (heartfelt) 821.
Int. hallelujah, allelujah! hosanna! glory be to God! O Lord! pray God
that! God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid! sursum corda.
Phr. "making their lives a prayer" [Whitter]; ora et labora; "prayers
ardent open heaven" [Young].

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#991. Idolatry. -- N. idolatry, idolism; demonism, demonolatry; idol-
worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetichism;
ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry.
deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship.
sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation,
mactation, infanticde, self-immolation, suttee.
idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et
penates; Baal &c. 986.
V. worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize.
Adj. idolatrous.
Phr. adorer le veau d'or.

#992. Sorcery.-- N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the
black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy,
demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetichism,
feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism
[Esquimaux], vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment,
mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic
force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table
turning.
divination &c. (prediction) 511; sortilege, ordeal, sortes
Virgilianae; hocus-pocus &c. (deception) 545.
V. practice sorcery &c.n.; cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm,
enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize;
fascinate &c. (influence) 615; taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the
lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep;
raise spirits from the dead.
Adj. magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic,
phylacteric, incantatory; charmed &c. v.; Circean, odyllic, voodoo.

#993. Spell.-- N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala,
exsufflation|, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm,
Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum.
talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich,
fetish; agjus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om,
Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone;
swastika, fylfot, gammadion.
wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin; wishing-cap,
Fortunatus's cap.

#994. Sorcerer.-- N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist, theurgist;
conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy &c. 980;
lamia, hag.
warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage; cunningman, medicine man; Shaman,
figure flinger, ecstatica; medium, clairvoyant, mesmerist; deus ex machina;
soothsayer &c. 513.
Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian; Circe, siren, weird
sisters.

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5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS


#995. Churchdom.-- N. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship,
priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the
church.
clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism;
theocracy; ecclesiology, ecclesiologist; priestcraft, odium theologicum.
monachism, monachy; monasticism, monkhood.
[Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate, primacy,
archbishopric, archiepiscopacy; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom; episcopate,
episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate; prebend,
prebendaryship; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure;
rectorship; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry, deaconship; curacy; chaplain,
chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship; abbacy, presbytery.
holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading
in, preferment, translation, presentation.
popedom; the Vatican, the apostolic see; religious sects &c. 984.
council &c. 696; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter,
vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial
court, court of Arches.
V. call, ordain, induct, prfer, translate, consecrate, present.
take orders, take the veil, take vows.
Adj. ecclesiastical, ecclesiological; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly,
porelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic; hierarchcal,
archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal;
monkish; abbatial, abbatical; Anglican; pontifical, papal, apostolic;
ultramontane, priest-ridden.

#996. Clergy.-- N. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood,
presbytery, the cloth, the desk.
clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter,
hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre,
abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor.
dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch, hierarch; ebdomarius;
eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop,
prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon,
rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary,
beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher,
reader, lecturer; capitular; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist,
field preacher.
chruchwarden, sidesman; clerk, precentor, choir; almoner, suisse,
verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte; chorister.
[Roman Catholic priesthood] Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest,
cardinal; ancient flamen, flamen; confessor, penitentiary; sppiritual
director.
cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother,
beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular;
Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican,
Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White
Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian,
Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine;
Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite.
abbess, prioress, canoness; religieuse, nun, novice, postulant.
[Under the Jewis dispensation] prophet, priest, high priest, Levite;
Rabbi, Rabbin; scribe.
[Mohammedan &c.] mullah, muezzin; ulema, imaum, sheik; sufi; kahin,
kassis; mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir; brahmin, guru, kaziaskier,
poonghie, sanyasi; druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer.
V. take orders &c. 995.
Adj. the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend; ordained, in
orders, called to the ministry.

#997. Laity. -- N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly,
brethren, people; society [U.S.].
temporality, secularization.
layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist.
V. secularize.
Adj. secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.

#998. Rite.-- N. rite; ceremony, ceremonial; ordinance, observance,
function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation &c.
(spell) 993; service, psalmody &c. (worship) 990.
ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily,
lecture, discourse, pastoral.
baptism, christening, chrism; circumcision; baptismal regeneration;
font.
confirmation; imposition of hands, laying on of hands; ordination &c.
(churchdom) 995; excommunication.
Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy
sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata; asperges;
offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation;
real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass.
matrimony &c. 903; burial &c. 363; visitation of the sick.
seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum,
invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession;
maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes; penance &c. (atonement) 952;
telling of beads, processional; thurification, incense, holy water,
aspersion.
relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax,
pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera; eileton, Holy Grail; prayer
machine, prayer wheel; Sangraal, urceus.
ritualism, ceremonialism; sabbatism, sabbatarianism; ritualist,
sabbatarian.
holyday, feast, fast; Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany;
Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day,
Candlemas, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas;
Ramadan, Ramazan; Bairam &c., &c.
V. perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip,
sprinkle; confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the
sacrament; administer extreme unction; excommunicate, ban with bell book
and candle.
take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, attend the sacrament,
partake of the sacrament, partake of communion; communicate; receive
extreme unction; anele.
preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.
Adj. ritual, ritualistic; ceremonial; baptismal, eucharistical;
paschal.
Phr. "what art thou, thou idol ceremony?" [Henry V].

#999. Canonicals. -- N. canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown
frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta,
scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl,
hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron,
lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat,
cardinal's hat; biretta; croiser; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume &c.
225.

#1000. Temple.-- N. place of worship; house of God, house of prayer.
temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse,
bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry,
oratory.
synagogue; mosque; marabout; pantheon; pagoda; joss house; dogobah,
tope; kiosk; kiack, masjid.
parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's
palace; Lambeth.
altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy;
sacrarium; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; taboe of the Lord;
pyx; baptistery, font; piscina, stoup; aumbry; sedile; reredos; roodloft,
roodscreen.
chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt,
golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern,
reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino;
apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat;
diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat.
cloisters, churchyard.
monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.
Adj. claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual.
Phr. ne vile fano; "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple"
[tempest].

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