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religion/belief
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religion/belief
Also known as
religion/belief
devotion
religion
Related terms
society/human life
poverty
Scope note
Use the terms 'baptism', 'marriage', etc., for religious ceremonies, rather than religion.
Narrower terms
Iranian religion
acolyte
ancestral being (Oceania)
angel
astrology
baptism
bible
birth rite
buddhism
cakra
cherub/cupid
christianity
circumcision
cleric
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daoism
deity
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devil/demon
devotee/worshipper
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druid/druidess
fasting
funeral/funerary rite
guardian
hell
hermit
hinduism
holy person/ascetic
hymn
iconoclasm
initiation rite
islam
jainism
judaism
linga
mantra
marriage/wedding
medicine man/shaman
miracle
missionary
monk/nun
mourning rite
oceanic religion/belief
oracle
palmistry
paradise
pilgrim
prayer
priest/priestess
religious building
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religious object
religious propaganda
religious/mortuary text
sacrifice
saint/martyr
shinto
south and south east asian myth/legend
srivatsa
supernatural
tantric
the dreaming
tree of life
vodou
yi-dam
zoroastrianism