Heaven

Conſider firſt that the excommunicated Prelate ſaith... Kings are not immediatly from God, as by any ſpeciall Ordinance ſent from Heaven by the miniſtery of Angels and Prophets, there were but ſome few ſuch, as Moſes, Saul, David, etc.

1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex: The Law and the Prince, V 16:

Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.

1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.

1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:

To grasp the Chinese's notion of Heaven, we must look at the contexts in which tian is used... In the Book of Odes (Shi jing 詩經), which includes poems dated between the eleventh and seventh centuries BCE, tian is a place where the Heavenly Thearch resides.

2011, Lillian Tseng, Picturing Heaven in Early China, section 2:

(religion) The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods

...but that the will
And high permission of all-ruling Heaven
Left him at large to his own dark designs,

1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 212:

Heaven commands thine arm
To lift the sure-destroying sword!

...executing the just judgment of offended Heaven upon cattle-houghers, traitors, and assassins.

Cosmologists regarded Heaven as a force—composed of qi (氣), which was divided into yin (陰) and yang (陽) aspects—that kept the cosmos moving.

2011, Lillian Tseng, Picturing Heaven in Early China, section 3:

(religion) Providence, the will of God or the gods, when considered as a personal entity or specific aspect of the divine; Fate

What Heaven has conferred is called the Nature...

1893, James Legge, transl., The Doctrine of the Mean:

...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to... Nature. Applied in the spiritual realm, it signifies an anthropomorphic Lord or a Supreme Being who presides in Heaven, and rules over or governs directly the spiritual and material worlds.

2000, Yao Xinzhong, An Introduction to Confucianism, page 142:

It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, "Tian" was another reverent term to address the supreme god: "Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors" ("Great Declaration I" in the Book of History)...

2018, Zhuo Xinping, Religious Faith of the Chinese, page 58:

(Chinese mythology, semantic translation of 天 (tiān)) The supreme God or Nature which controls the universe.


Ali

From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).


Gad

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.

bor+

(biblical) The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.


Hymen

From Latin Hymēn, from Ancient Greek Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn).

"By the saffron robe of Hymen," cried Lord Norbourne, "but that would be a blessing! I own that I am no great friend to marriage in general; […] If a young man has his way to make in the world, a wife is a dead weight upon his hands.[…]"

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:

(Greek mythology) The god of marriage and marriage ceremonies.


Jehu

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוּא (y'hu). Attested to in Akkadian as 𒅀𒌑𒀀 𒈥 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿 (Iaúa mar Chumrii, literally “Jehu of the people of the land of Omri”).


Ki

(religion, mythology, Sumerian religion) In Sumerian mythology, the earth goddess and chief consort of the sky god, Anu.


Lammas

From Old English hlafmæsse (“loaf mass, harvest festival”).

inh

(paganism) A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest.


Limos

From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”).

uder

(Greek mythology) A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.


Judges

Reference to the contents of the book, a chronicle of the acts of the Judges of Israel.

(biblical) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.


Ira

From a Hebrew name עִירָא ('ira), from a word meaning "watchful".

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

A captain of King David, a minor figure in the Bible mentioned in 2 Samuel 20:26.


Chan

Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 禪／禅 (Chán), a development and clipping of Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transcription of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Zen.

der

It is possible that highly calligraphic painting styles, including the extreme forms of “flung-ink,” began at this time, but probably not under Ch’an Buddhist influence, which figured in the religious life of the dynasty.

[1964, Sherman E. Lee, “The Rise of the Arts of Painting and Ceramics in China”, in A History of Far Eastern Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 261, column 2:

(Buddhism) A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.


Fall

(theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.


Lava

(Hinduism) One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.


Lamb

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 12:10-11:

(See St. Paul's epistles, and the early Fathers.) And we have the expression "washed in the blood of the Lamb" adopted into the Christian Church.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 40:


Flora

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Flora.wav

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.


Lada

an alleged Slavic goddess of love and beauty.


Ham

(biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

Gam

a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem


Mors

(Roman mythology) The god and personification of death; the Roman counterpart of Thanatos.


Dan

Traditionally held to be derived from Hebrew דָּן (Dan), although recent scholars instead link the name to Denyen, the Sea Peoples.

(biblical) The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid).


Mot

The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.


Kama

Fundamentally, the doctrine and technique of Kāma go back to primitive antiquity.

1956, Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Philosophies of India, page 145:

In Indian mythology, Kāma is the counterpart of Cupid.

1969, Allie M. Frazier, Readings in Eastern Religious Thought: Hinduism, page 35:

On seeing Kāma annihilated there, the Devas and the groups of celestial damsels became frightened.

2001, Jagdish Lal Shastri, Arnold Kunst, G. P. Bhatt, Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology, volume 63, page 429:

However, when Śiva saw the proud Kāma getting ready to let another arrow fly, he got angry.

2006, Catherine Benton, God of Desire: Tales of Kamadeva in Sanskrit Story Literature, page 52:

(religion, Hinduism) The Hindu god of love, Kamadeva


Manu

Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.

translit

Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).

1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:

(Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.


Nob

(biblical) A place, north of Jerusalem, where the inhabitants were massacred by Saul.


Maria

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.

Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so worried since time did put them into the alphabet.

1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 211

By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

1776, Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756

I've just kissed a girl named Maria / And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be! / Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing / Say it soft and it's almost like praying

1957, “Maria”, in Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Leonard Bernstein (music), West Side Story:


Nonconformist

(Christianity) A member of a Protestant church which does not observe the doctrines of the established church, especially of the Church of England.


Magi

/ˈmeɪˌd͡ʒaɪ/

Adoration of the Magi
Historical Museum Bamberg
Lucas Cranach the Elder

From magi (plural of magus (“magician; (derogatory) conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster; Zoroastrian priest”)), from Middle English mages, magi or Magi, magy or Magy (“men possessing occult knowledge; astrologers, philosophers, sorcerers”), from Latin magī, from magus (“magician; (derogatory) conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster; Zoroastrian priest”) + -ī (suffix forming nominative or vocative masculine plurals). Magus is derived from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), Μάγος (Mágos, “magician; (derogatory) conjurer, sorcerer; Zoroastrian priest”) (plural μᾰ́γοι (mágoi), Μᾰ́γοι (Mágoi)), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬕𐬎 (moġu), Old Median and Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maγu-/, title of a person?)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able, have power; power; sorcerer”).

ref

From the collection of the Historical Museum Bamberg in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany.

der

A rich Tabernacle where is kept the head of Saint Euſtorgio, and the Tomb of the three Magi, with this inſcription. Sepulchrum Trium Magorum, where lay the Bodies of thoſe Magi, which were brought hither by Saint Euſtorgio, in Anno 330. when he came laſt out of the Eaſt, but many yeers after, this City being deſtroyed by Fedrick Barbaroſſa, in Anno 1163.

1660, Edmund Warcupp, transl., Italy, in its Original Glory, Ruine and Revival, London, →OCLC, page 70:

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).


Joanna

/ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/

From Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

doublet

[A]nd the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

(biblical) One of the women following Jesus.


Master

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Master.wav

...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89

In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38:

Master of the Seasons of the Year, I call upon you and ask you to be here with me in this, my ritual.

2009, Debbe Tompkins, Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life, page 18

(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man


Nativity

(Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.


Laurel

(Mormonism) Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

laurel

16–17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church


Mother

...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90:

The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.

2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:

(Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.


Mother

A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.


Kali

From Sanskrit काली (kālī) or कालिका (kālikā).

Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī.

1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published 1988, page 122:

To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.

2000, Sanjukta Gupta, “27: The Worship of Kālī According to the Toḑala Tantra”, in David Gordon White, editor, Tantra in Practice, published 2001, page 463:

A popular form of Kali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, or Kali as primordial power. Adya Shakti Kali is also present in some tantras, especially the Mahanirvana Tantra. Because she devours Kala or Time, she is Kali, the original form of all things, and because she is the origin and devourer of all things, she is called Adya Kali.

2011, June McDaniel, “2: Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence”, in Patricia Monaghan, editor, Goddesses in World Culture, volume 1, page 26:

(Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.

A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.


Kali

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.


Nox

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of night.


Not

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative spelling of Nut.


Panacea

From Ancient Greek Πανακεια (Panakeia, literally “all-curing”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.


Omer

The counting of the Omer — the Sefiras HaOmer — is a mitzvah.

(Judaism, usually with 'the') The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Shavuot, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.

(Judaism) Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.


Omer

Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר (“to say, to tell”), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).

(biblical) A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.


Iris

From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

What's the matter,
 That this distemper'd messenger of wet,
 The many-colour'd Iris, rounds thine eye?

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

(Greek mythology) A messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows.


Nu

Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

(Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.


Nemesis

From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”).

Coordinate term: Invidia

(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution.


Epiphany

en-noun

Epiphany (countable and uncountable, plural Epiphanies)

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Edward Burne-Jones

ref

From the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

That was also the reason why the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the three epiphanies of Christ's divinity, His Baptism, the Miracle of Cana, and the Visit of the Magi, was one of the most favorite feasts in the Eastern Church[…]

1998, Maurice B. McNamee, Vested Angels: Eucharistic Allusions in Early Netherlandish Paintings, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 167:

A manifestation of the divinity of Jesus Christ, especially to the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12), but also at his baptism and the Wedding at Cana.


Passion

From Latin Passiō, a proper-noun use of passiō (“suffering”) (a sense of passion which is now obsolete or archaic in English).

Empty bread, empty mouths, combien réaction.
Empty bread, empty mouths, talk about the Passion.
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world.
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world.

1983 April 12, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Talk About The Passion”, in Murmur:

(Christianity) The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.


Melissa

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).

der

(Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.


Atlas

en-proper noun

Atlas (countable and uncountable, plural Atlases)

From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

der

(Greek mythology) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.


Kings

From Middle English Kinges; reference to the contents of the book, a chronicle of the Kings of Israel.

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.


Eve

From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Eue, Æue, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:20:

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:

(Abrahamism, biblical) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.


Rapture

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Rapture.wav

(Christianity) a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

As faire Aurora in her purple pall, / Out of the East the dawning day doth call […]

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:

(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.


Lot

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:

(biblical) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.


Priapus

From Latin Priāpus, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).

(Greek mythology) The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.


Lent

Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses. Related to German Lenz and Dutch lente (“springtime”).

الصَّوْم الْأَرْبَعِينِيّ

Christian period of penitence before Easter

(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

(Eastern Christianity) The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.

(Roman Catholicism) The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.

Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent.

(Buddhism, Myanmar) vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season


Prophet

(Christianity, Judaism) Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.

پێغەمەر

any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, Quran, or Torah

He would sit crouched up in a corner of the cave all day long, calling upon Allah and the Prophet to protect him.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:


Perse

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”).

bor+

(Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.


Genesis

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

der

(religion, biblical) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.


Paradise

From paradise.
The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.


Sadh

From Hindi साध (sādh, “member of the Sadh sect; Sadh”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).

bor

A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.


Messiah

(Judaism) The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.


Prohibition

(Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.


Catholic

en-adj

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

more Catholic (comparative)
most Catholic (superlative)

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

der

The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.

Catholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.

Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.


Reader

(religion) Alternative form of reader (“a lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service”).


Scrooge

The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.


Bible

→ Bengali: বাইবেল (baibel)

→ Hindi: बाइबिल (bāibil)

→ Urdu: بائبل (bāibil)

From Middle English bible, from Medieval Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).
Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (whence English writs) for "the Scriptures".

She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ

kəṯāḇā qadīšā


Re

Meaning borrowed from Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), with the form of the word borrowed from Coptic ⲣⲏ (rē, “sun”).

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">rꜥ</i>

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Ra


Father

(Christianity) God, the father of Creation.

(Christianity) God the Father, who eternally begets the Son.

...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.


Father

Father Thomas was a good priest.

Father Smith, the social action director of the archdiocese, and Father William Killian, executive editor of the archdiocesan weekly, went to Brownsville, joined the field workers in picketing, attended several rallies, and marched in an eight-mile “pilgrimage.” They were arrested by local authorities for trespassing on private property and sent back to San Antonio. When Fathers Smith and Killian returned to the valley in early 1967 in defiance of Lucey’s specific orders, Lucey removed Smith as social action director and demoted Killian and several other activist priests for violating protocol.

2006, David A. Badillo, “Powers of the Prelates: Urban Hierarchies Contrasted”, in Latinos and the New Immigrant Church, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 73:

(Christianity) A title given to priests.

the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers

(Christianity) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.


Sage

en-proper-noun

Sage (countable and uncountable, plural Sages)

* As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Savage.
* As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master


Sela

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السَّلَع (as-salaʕ).

Selah, the capital of Idumea, built on an elevated plain, was situated in a deep valley, the entrance to which is by a lengthened defile, in some places not more than eight feet wide, which, in some parts, rising from 400 to 700 feet, nearly meet over head, about ninety miles to the south-east of Jerusalem. Mount Hor, celebrated in Scripture, overlooks the ruins of this ancient capital. It was called by the name of Petra from its rocky position; and by one of the prophets it is denominated "the Rock": it is also said, that Amaziah slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called of it the name of Joktheel unto this day. (Jer. xlix. 16, 2 Kings xiv. 7)

1838, John R. Miles, Scripture Geography; Containing Illustrations of all the Places Mentioned in the Old and New Testament; with Accounts of their Past and Present Condition, their History, Population, Customs, Laws, Produce, and Manufactures, and the Leading Events Connecting Them with the Christian Religion: To which are Added, Chronological, Geographical, and other Tables, Illustrative of the History of the Countries and People Mentioned in the Body of the Work, Manchester: S. Johnson, 88, Market Street; sold by Simpkin and Marshall, London; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; and Wm. Collins, Glasgow, →OCLC, page 268:

(biblical, historical) The capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra.


Benjamin

en-proper noun

Benjamin (countable and uncountable, plural Benjamins)

From Late Latin Benjamin, from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín), from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyamīn, literally “son of the right/south or son of days”). Authorities differ on the meaning of the original Hebrew. Philo of Alexandria, the Samaritan Pentateuch The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs and Midrash Leḳaḥ-Ṭob understand יָמִין to mean "days" (a meaning attested in Daniel 12:13) understanding the name to mean "son of days (i.e. old age)" (compare to the direct translations into Arabic بِنْ يَومِين (bin yawmīn) "son of the days" and Arabic بِنْ يَمِين (bin yamīn) "son of the right hand"), a formula paraphrased in Genesis 40:22 where Benjamin is described as a child of Jacob's old age. Rashi in his commentary on Genesis also gives this as a possible meaning but favors an understanding of יָמִין to mean "right" in the sense of "the south", noting that Benjamin was the only son of Jacob born in the south. Jerome understood the name to mean "son of the right hand" and Gesenius speculated that this expression might have meant "son of good fortune".

cog

بِنْ يَومِين

Arabic بِنْ يَومِين

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

What about the youngest child - the Benjamin - the child of its parents' mature strength and charity, always better treated than the unfortunate eldest children of their youthful ignorance and wilfulness?

1908, George Bernard Shaw, Getting Married:

(biblical) The youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible.


Rufus

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).

A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century.

A minor city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States.


Sia

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception.


Revelation

He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

(biblical) The final book of the New Testament of the Bible.

Révélation

in New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

gamocxadebay c̣midisa maxareblisa da ɣmrtismeṭq̇vuelisa ioanesi

გამოცხადებაჲ წმიდისა მახარებლისა და ღმრთისმეტყვუელისა იოანესი


Anna

From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad#English

A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.


Ram

(biblical) The father of Amminadab and the son of Hezron.


Phoebe

Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).

(Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.

(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).

(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).


Stigmata

(religion, Christianity) bodily marks or sores, corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ; supposed to occur during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically


Soma

(Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.


Mass

en-noun

Mass (countable and uncountable, plural Masses)

From Middle English messe, from Old English mæsse and Old French messe, both from Late Latin missa, from Latin mittō (“to send, dismiss”), compare French messe.
In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with the words: "Ite, missa est", the congregation is dismissed. After that the sacrifice proper began. At its close the same words were said to those who remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the sacrifice in the Catholic Church. Compare Christmas, Lammas, missal. Doublet of missa.

(Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.

meshë

Roman Catholic Church: the principal liturgical service


Shaker

From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

One of a Christian Protestant religious sect who do not marry.


Luna

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Roxane.

(Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.


Sin

And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:1:

A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.


Terminus

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“a boundary or border, a limit or point”). Doublet of terminus and term.

lbor

(Roman mythology) The god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia.


Son

(Christianity) one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ


Trivia

(Roman mythology) An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.


Te

From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">dwꜣt</i>

(Egyptology, Egyptian mythology) The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.


Ra

Transcription of Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “the sun; Ra”).

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun.


Rhea

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.


Transfiguration

(Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.


Holocaust

en-proper noun

the Holocaust (usually uncountable, plural Holocausts)

the Holocaust (canonical)
Holocausts (plural)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Holocaust.wav

(historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

Sjoa

the mass murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany

Holocaust

the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany


Termagant

/ˈtɜɹməɡənt/

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English Termagaunt (“fictitious deity represented as being worshipped by Muslims; any pagan god”), from Anglo-Norman Tervagant, Tervagaunt, Tervagan, and Old French Tervagant, Tervagan (possibly with the addition of Anglo-Norman -aunt, Old French -ant (suffix forming past participles of verbs, some of which were used as nouns); modern French Tervagant (historical)); further etymology uncertain, one common suggestion being that it is from Latin ter (“three times, thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vagāns (“rambling, wandering”) (the present active participle of vagor (“to ramble, roam, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, wandering”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos) + -or (inflected form of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Medieval French chansons de geste named Termagant as one of three deities supposedly worshipped by Muslims, the others being Apollin and Mahound, and the name may allude to the wandering of the moon (the crescent moon being a common symbol of Islam) in the form of the mythological goddesses Selene in heaven, Diana on earth, and Proserpina in the underworld.

der

For nations tvvaine inhabite there and dvvell / Of ſundry faith, together in that tovvne [Jerusalem], / The leſſer part on Chriſt beleeued vvell, / On Termagant the more, and on Mahovvne.

1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The First Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 84, page 18:

"Now, in faith," said Wamba, "I cannot see that the worshippers of Mahound and Termagaunt have so greatly the advantage over the people once chosen of Heaven."

1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 82:

(archaic, historical) A fictitious deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshipped by Muslims or (less commonly) other non-Christians.

ترماغنت

fictitious deity with a violent temperament represented as being worshipped by Muslims or other non-Christians


Vespers

(Christianity) A Christian service held in the late afternoon or early evening; evensong


Wisdom

(biblical) The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.


Way

From specific instances of way. In Christian contexts, a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) used with that meaning in the Acts of the Apostles (for example, Acts 9:2). In Chinese contexts, a semantic loan from Chinese 道 (Dào).

semantic loan

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

1946, The Bible, Revised Standard Version, Acts 9:1-2:

(Christianity, with the definite article) Christianity.


Wicca

A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”) (from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”)) with a spelling pronunciation. The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica, mentioned briefly in chapter 10 of Gerald Gardner's book Witchcraft Today (1954), as a collective noun ("the Wica"), allegedly used as a self-designation by practitioners of witchcraft. The spelling Wicca, again as a collective noun, was introduced and popularized by Gerald Gardner's later book, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959).

A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.


Veda

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद (veda, “knowledge”).

(Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.


Tellus

Borrowed from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”), from Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”).

bor+

Perhaps the Custome of the Beggars, throwing the remainder of drinke out of the Dish on the Ground, may be derived from an Ethnick sacrifice to Tellus.

1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 37:

Now they could see what the guide was telling them: that the pillars supporting the frontage were of red granite, mined in Sweden, flanked at either end by golden statues of Atlas and Tellus, bearing on their shoulders spheres depicting the heavens and the earth.

1992, Robert Harris, Fatherland, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 27:

(Roman mythology) The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.


Terra

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).

uder

interpretatio graeca
interpretatio graeca

(Roman mythology) The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.


Yoga

(Hinduism) One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.


Set

Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲏⲧ (sēt), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.


Job

From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ), related to אָיַב (ʾāyaḇ, “to be an enemy”) and אוֹיֵב (ʾōyēḇ, “enemy”).

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

(biblical) A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.


Zephyr

For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.

1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:

(Greek mythology) The god of the West Wind.


Orthodox

en-adj

Orthodox (comparative more Orthodox, superlative most Orthodox)

more Orthodox (comparative)
most Orthodox (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Orthodox.wav

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.

Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church

(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.

(Judaism) Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.

[...which] Doherty hypothesized as the controlling variable for predicting who would become Orthodox or who would be Hicksite.

2006, Martha Paxson Grundy, The Evolution of a Quaker Community: Middletown Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1750-1850:

(Quakerism) Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Quakers, a group of Quakers (subdivided into the Wilburite, Gurneyite and Beaconite branches) who split with the Hicksite Quakers due to favoring adopting mainstream Protestant orthodoxy.


Sol

(poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.

(Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.

Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.

2017 March 1, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics”, in Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:


Sol

“Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.


Virgin

From virgin, q.v. The sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, comes from the Christian belief in Jesus's virgin birth and Mary's freedom from sin. The river sense derives from the name of Thomas Virgin, a member of the first American party to see the river, led by Jedediah Smith in 1826. The town sense derives from the name of the river, along which it is located.

'Behold,' said he, showing the picture of the Virgin, 'Behold her who protects us. Fear nothing : we shall reach Chang-hai, and we shall see our bishop.'
He spoke truth : shortly they descried a Chinese junk. The master of it, on the promise of a good round sum, undertook to guide them to their destination.

1848, “Letter of Andrew Kim-Hai-Kim, Corean Deacon, to the Reverend Doctor Libois, Procurator of Foreign Missions at Macao”, in United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review, volume 7, →OCLC, page 464:

(Christianity) Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).

Maagd

Mary, mother of Jesus — see also Mary, Virgin Mary


Virgin

Of the forty-five floats presenting Virgins alone, two are preeminent and the subject of such veneration that even the most casual observer must reflect on the fact that Holy Week, which commemorates Christ's passion and death, has become in Spain a celebration in which he plays a secondary role, with his mother becoming the central figure.

1968, James A. Michener, “Sevilla”, in Iberia, New York, NY: Dial Press, published 2015, →ISBN, page 317:

(Christianity, art) A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.


Protestant

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Protestant.wav

Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.

(Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).

protestant

someone who is a member of such a denomination


Protestant

Protestant (comparative more Protestant, superlative most Protestant)

more Protestant (comparative)
most Protestant (superlative)

It is not perhaps too much to say, that a more harmonious, a more decorous, a more loyal, a more Protestant, a more Christian meeting, never took place within the walls of our ancient city.

1840, Norwich Operative Protestant Association, Released statement, The Penny Protestant Operative, page 15:

To make this perfectly clear, we shall contrast a few of the most Protestant with a few of the most Roman Catholic counties.

1855, Napoléon Roussel, Catholic and Protestant Nations Compared, volumes 1-2, page 120:

For reasons to do with the predominantly Lutheran rather than Calvinist heritage (and to some extent with the postwar division of Germany which hived off the more Protestant East), the participation of Protestants in the CDU has been small.

2004, Paul Freston, Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey, page 27:

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.


spirituality

en-noun

spirituality (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualities)

[ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]

/ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/

[ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]

From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.

During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.

1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

(obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

hengelliset asiat

that which belongs to the church, as distinct from temporalities


Coeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοῖος (Koîos, “Coeus”).

(Greek mythology) The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.


Saint

the Kirtland Saints

They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.

2011, Terryl L. Givens, Matthew J. Grow, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism, →ISBN, page 53:

The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.”

2018 September 2, Peggy Fletcher Stack, Scott D. Pierce, “Mormon church publishes its first official history in nearly a century, and the result is an easy-to-read volume that tackles some hard facts”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:

(Mormonism) A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.

the lists of derived terms at saint and St


japan

en-verb

japan (third-person singular simple present japans, present participle japanning, simple past and past participle japanned)

japans (present singular third-person)
japanning (participle present)
japanned (participle past)
japanned (past)

From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes. Sense “to ordain” in reference to the black clothes worn by the clergy.

Jack, hearing that I was in this part of the world, sent me a very hearty letter, informing me, that he had been double-japanned (as he called it) about a year ago, and was the present incumbent of — […]

1826, George Colman, The Connoisseur, page 179:

(UK, slang, transitive, obsolete, religion) To ordain.


hellish

en-adj

hellish (comparative more hellish, superlative most hellish)

more hellish (comparative)
most hellish (superlative)

Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendful fortune may exhort the wiſe, / Onely to wonder at vnlawful things, […]

1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [F3], recto:

I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.

(hyperbolic) causing great pain, discomfort or distress


Urban

en-proper noun

Urban (countable and uncountable, plural Urbans)

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.

Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.

1380s, Wycliffe translation of the Bible, Romans 16:9

An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible. (biblical character)


Trinity

He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

1836, Thomas Robbins, A Discourse on the Doctrine of the Trinity, page 17:

From all eternity Jesus Christ existed, and Jesus Christ was with God the Father, the first person of the Trinity; and Jesus Christ was God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.

1846, John Wilson, Scripture Proofs and Scriptural Illustrations of Unitarianism, page 149:

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

drie-eenheid

Christianity: three persons of the Godhead


Ruth

From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth (“compassion”) by Puritans.

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:16:

(biblical) The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.


Theia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεία (Theía).

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion.


Mnemosyne

From Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē).

(Greek mythology) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.


Hyperion

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hyperion.wav

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.

(Greek mythology) Helios himself, the incarnation of light and beauty.


Crius

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.


forbidden fruit

en-noun

forbidden fruit (countable and uncountable, plural forbidden fruits)

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)


Moon

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

inh

Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.

1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:

Moon's Day.

2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:

Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.

2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:

(paganism) A personification of the moon.


Themis

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus.


Iapetus

From Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós).
* (moon): Named after the titan.
* (ocean): The Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor to the Atlantic Ocean, so this name was chosen because Iapetus is the father of Atlas (see Atlantic).

Alternative forms: Japetus, Iapetos

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.


Titaness

(Greek mythology) A female Titan, any of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia.


Titan

(Greek mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.


Titan

(Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.


Pan

From Middle English Pan, from Latin Pān, form Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

(Greek mythology) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.


Ottoman

From Middle French Ottoman, from Medieval Latin Ottomanus, from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osman), from the Arabic personal name عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Osman is the Turkish spelling of the male Arabic given name Uthman, therefore the Ottoman Empire is sometimes referred to as the Osman Empire, Osmanic Empire, or Osmanian Empire, after Osman I.


benediction

en-noun

benediction (countable and uncountable, plural benedictions)

/ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən/

From Middle English benediccion, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictio, benedictionis, from benedictus (“blessed; well spoken of”). Doublet of benison.

der

[He] later liked to attend benediction in the chapel at Brideshead and see the ladies of the family with their necks arched in devotion under their black lace mantillas; [...]

1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 5, in Brideshead Revisited […], 3rd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, book 1 (Et in Arcadia Ego), page 98:

A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.


Zen

From Japanese 禅(ぜん) (zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Chan.

For Orientals these mysterious formulae are clear and familiar truths, but for us they are completely bewildering... Dhyana Buddhism, which is known in Japan as "Zen"... is not speculation at all but immediate experience of what, as the bottomless ground of Being, cannot be apprehended by intellectual means, and cannot be conceived or interpreted even after the most unequivocal and incontestable experiences: one knows it by not knowing it.

1953, Richard Francis Carrington Hull translating Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery, p. 3

Philosophical mysticism, the idea that truth is indefinable and can be apprehended only by nonrational means, has been with us since the beginning of history. It's the basis of Zen practice.

1974, Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, page 235:

While Christianity teaches that man was expelled from the Garden of Eden, Zen teaches that we are living in paradise right now, even amid all the shit that's going down. This world is the Pure Land. This world is paradise. In fact, this world is better than paradise—but all we can do is piss and moan, and look around for something better.

2003, Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen, page 25:

(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.


Zen

Hōyen... used to produce his own hand and ask his disciples, why it was called a hand? When we know the reason, there is satori and we have Zen.

1934, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, page 102:

Alternative letter-case form of zen: (religion) enlightenment and (informal) mindful action, instruction, or behavior considered similar to Zen.


Zen

en-adj

Zen (comparative more Zen, superlative most Zen)

more Zen (comparative)
most Zen (superlative)

Zen meditation

Zen monk

Zen master

(religion) Of or related to Zen Buddhism.


incomprehensible

incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)

more incomprehensible (comparative)
most incomprehensible (superlative)

From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit

1969, “The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom: Liturgy of Offering”, in Joseph Raya, transl., edited by José de Vinck, Byzantine Daily Worship, Alleluia Press, page 282:

(theology or literary) Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.


interdict

en-verb

interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)

interdicts (present singular third-person)
interdicting (participle present)
interdicted (participle past)
interdicted (past)

From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.

1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.


Mercury

Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.

(Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.


Judas

From Middle English Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.

(biblical) One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.

[…] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]

1615, John Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth […] , page 122:

The Catholique (or General) Epistle of the Apostle JUDAS

1675, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible […] , page 573:

St. Peter writes against those that had the doctrine of Balaam, 2 Pet. ii. 15, 16. St. Judas did the same, Jud. v. 11.

1778, John James Bachmair, The Revelation of St. John Historically Explained […] , page 11:

(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle.


Noah

From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh, nṓaḥ).

Now, on the night the baby Lord Jesus was born in that stable in Bethlehem, several came to bow down to him and his mother the lady Mary. They were three powerful warlords known as the Magi who brought many fine gifts. And still another, a wonderful man, a sea captain named Noah came to visit Jesus. His ship was called Noah's Ark. The Lord Jesus liked this Noah for he was a wise man, especially in the ways of animals whom he often took sailing in his Ark. This man, Noah was born long before the Lord Jesus but men in those days lived to be very old. So, no one can be sure, no one at all, that Noah did not visit Jesus in that stable in Bethlehem.

1958, 1:15:49 from the start, in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, →OCLC:

But records of the first dynasty, that of the Xia, contain stories of a Great Flood with a Noah-like savior, the Emperor Yu, who gained the mandate of heaven after dredging canals to dispel the floodwaters and make the land safe. Historians have long wondered whether this flood account was a creation-style myth, the folk memory of a real event, or some mixture of the two. Some have dismissed the story of Emperor Yu as a fiction intended to justify centralized rule and, in the absence of any evidence of a massive flood at the time, many have regarded the stories of the Xia dynasty as more myth than history.

2016 August 4, Nicholas Wade, “Scientific Evidence of Flood May Give Credence to Legend of China’s First Dynasty”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-04, Science:

(religion) A figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood.

Easy to account for those trends - but what of post-Vietnam America and its generation of little Noahs? Were we expecting a flood momentarily?

1984, Erica Jong, Parachutes & Kisses, →ISBN, page 354:


Noah

Root
 נ־ו־ע (n-w-ʿ)
From Biblical Hebrew נֹעָה (no`áh).


Noah

Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”).

I pulled the line in. There was a head on the end. That′s all – just the fish′s head, the body had been bitten off.
Then Team-man pulled in a head. So did the old man.
‘Noahs. That′s the end of that,’ said the old man. ‘Looks like we′re going anyway.’

1998, Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, unnumbered page:

2003, Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia, Revised and updated 2010, page 38,
Balloon fishing from the rock when the winds are correct can be a very productive way to target big mackerel and tuna, however the large number of sharks means that you will spend plenty of time battling unstoppable noahs between decent macks.

It looks like Jim and Rene are going ahead of us to chase away any big Noahs that might be lurking around.” Scott grinned to show that it was a joke and Jim waved to the group in acknowledgement.
“What do you mean ‘Noahs’?” asked a hefty millionaire from Minneapolis.
“Noah′s Arks,” one of the Australians answered for Scott. “Sharks.”

2006, Andrew Whitehead, Solomon Quest, page 91:

(Australia, rhyming slang) Clipping of Noah's ark; shark.


Mark

en-proper noun

Mark (countable and uncountable, plural Marks)

Translingual: markmitchelli

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

"And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult."

1988, Ann Oakley, Men's Room, pages 25–26:

And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Mharcais


jew

The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151

It is jews behind the campaign to destroy it, admits WND^([sic]) house jew.
Just as we WN^([sic]) have said all along.

2004 December 21, Will McDonald, “The Jewing of Christmas”, in alt.california (Usenet):

(offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Jew (“a Jewish person”)


jew

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.

How jew do that? ("How'd you do that?")

Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.


D

(religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.


theophany

From Late Latin theophania, corresponding to theo- + -phany, from θεο (theo, “God”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”).

It was a bewildering theophany, since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.

2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 47:


Lord

Lord (countable and uncountable, plural Lords)

See lord.
In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form hlāford) of the Vulgate Latin Dominus (“master of a house; lord”), translating the New Testament and the Septuagint's Ancient Greek ὁ κύριος or Κύριος (ó kýrios, "the supreme one; Lord, Kyrios"), both in reference to Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾdny, "my lord; my Lord, Adonai") from אדון (ʾdwn, "lord, patron; Lord") + י- (-y, "my"), cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn, "lord; Lord, Adon"). Adonai appears in the Tanakh both directly and as a euphemism read aloud during occurrences of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH, "I Am that I Am; Jehovah"). See the usage notes below. Displaced the earlier term Drighten.

der

The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.

(Judaism, Islam) The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.

Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:7:

(Christianity) God the Father; the Godhead.

The breath of worldly men cannot depose,
The deputy elected by the Lord.

1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 53:

Their act emphasized their acceptance of Islam as their new allegiance and the forsaking of the true and Living God, Jehovah (the LORD), with devotion to the moon god idol Allah.
 Abram was given a new name, as well, by the LORD.

2017, Raymond Grant, Dialogue with Deity: Genesis and Jesus, →ISBN:

Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to IESVS. And no man can ſay, Our Lord IESVS: but in the holy Ghoſt.

1582, Douay–Rheims Bible, 1 Corinth. 12:3

How loyal in the following of thy Lord!

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, (please specify |part=Prologue or Rpilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX):

(Christianity) Jesus Christ, God the Son.

...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.

2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89:

(religion) Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.


laura

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).

The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.

1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer: The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240:

(historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior


R

One needs to be careful, however, to distinguish between original P and the work of the later priestly Redactor (R), who edited P and other documents in the postexilic period.

2006, David Ringo Miano, Shadow on the steps (dissertation), UC San Diego, page 5:

documentary hypothesis
documentary hypothesis

(religion) In the context of the documentary hypothesis, the Redactor(s) who compiled and edited the Torah.


Good Samaritan

From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

(biblical) The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.


lamasery

/ləˈmɑːsəɹi/

From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

purposeful melody, reminding veterans of duty on the Himalayan station, of transmundane melody performed upon ancient horns fashioned from the thigh-bones of long-departed priests, in wind-beaten lamaseries miles above the level of a sea at this distance belonging more to legend than geography.

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 490:


John

→ Arabic: جُون (jōn)

→ Cebuano: John

→ French: John

→ Italian: John

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-John.wav

From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”).
Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.

doublet

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:6:

(biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).

(biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.

(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

Primerá Kartá de Jeneral de Yohánan El Apostol

פרימירה קארטה ג׳יניראל די יוחנן איל אפוסטול

קארטה סינונדה די יוחנן איל אפוסטול

קארטה טירסירה די יוחנן איל אפוסטול


P

(biblical, history) Abbreviation of Priestly source.


Sun

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.


adharmic

en-adj

adharmic (comparative more adharmic, superlative most adharmic)

more adharmic (comparative)
most adharmic (superlative)

Anything that represents itself as a method of liberation, and yet promotes that which leads to the opposite of liberation is adharmic.

(Hinduism, Buddhism) unrighteous; contrary to universal law


Taoist

Taoist (comparative more Taoist, superlative most Taoist)

more Taoist (comparative)
most Taoist (superlative)

Taoist medicine follows the maxim of "first do no harm".


Latin

Jamaican Creole: Latn

From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladino.

The Latin bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne[…]

1901, John Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, page 117:

(Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.


Latin

From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).

رُّومِيَّة

person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin

The modern Latins have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of OUR SAVIOUR'S words of Institution[…]

1853, William Palmer, Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion, page 118:

(Christianity) A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.


H

Coordinate term: M (“Muslim”)

(India, Hinduism, Internet slang) Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.


H

H is priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters. H is not P, however, as it has unique vocabulary and contradicts several aspects of Priestly theology, such as the status of the Israelites, the importance of "the land," and whether YHWH or the Israelites own the land.

2015, Jason M. H. Gaines, The Poetic Priestly Source, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 277:

(religion) A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah.


flying bishop

(informal) An itinerant bishop of the Church of England appointed to administer within another's diocese to those who refuse to accept the ordination of women.


yes and amen

I take God at His word and say yes and amen to His plans.

(Christianity) An enthusiastic agreement.


Quicunque vult

From Ecclesiastical Latin quīcunque vult (salvus esse …) (“whoever will (be saved …)”), the opening words of the creed.

Robertus Paululus, Presbyter of Amiens, in the Diocess of Rheims, speaking of the Offices recited at the Prime, observes that the Piety of good Christians had thereunto added the Quicunque vult, that the Articles necessary to salvation might never be forgotten any hour of the Day.

1728, Daniel Waterland, A Critical History of the Athanasian Creed […], 2nd edition, page 45:

Nobody can deny that Creed to have been published under the name of Charlemagne: nor, till an earlier work of undoubted authenticity can be produced where the ‘Quicunque vult’ is designated ‘the Faith’ or ‘Creed of S. Athanasius,’ can anybody deny Charlemagne to have been the first in whose writings, or the writing of persons acting under him, it is ascribed—and ascribed falsely—to S. Athanasius, and paraded as a Creed possessing all the authority that would attach justly to his name.

1885, Edmund S. Ffoulkes, Primitive Consecration of the Eucharistic Oblation: With an Earnest Appeal for Its Revival, page 314:

Monday Vespers is interrupted first by the materials for Prime, with psalm 117 […] and the Quicunque vult with a selection of antiphons.

2020, John Caldwell, “The Development of the Latin Liturgical Psalter in England”, in Tess Knighton, David Skinner, editors, Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages […], →ISBN, page 164:


M

en-noun

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

Coordinate term: H (“Hindu”)

(India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.


Q

(Islam, followed by an ayah (verse) number) Abbreviation of Quran.

In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q.

2006, Brian Han Gregg, The Historical Jesus and the Final Judgment Sayings in Q, Mohr Siebeck, →ISBN, page 103:

(theology, Christianity) The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)


apocalypticism

apocalypticism (countable and uncountable, plural apocalypticisms)

China's huge scale magnified the effects of apocalypticism in the Taipeng Rebellion.

2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 897:

(religion) A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order.

apokalyptiikka

a belief or doctrine based on apocalypse


judgement day

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-judgement day.wav

If God's a-coming, he ought to make it by then / Maybe he'll look around himself and say / “Guess it's time for the judgement day!”

1968, Zager and Evans (lyrics and music), “In the Year 2525”:

But when I woke up this morning / I could have sworn it was judgement day

1982, Prince (lyrics and music), “1999 [title]”, in 1999:

(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits; the Final Judgment, the Last Judgment.

يَوْم الْحِسَاب

final trial of all humankind at the end of the world


Book of Mormon

(Mormonism) A sacred text of the Latter-Day Saints movement, published in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.

Die boek van Mormon

one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

摩门经 (mo¹ mun⁴ ging¹) (former translation)

モルモン経 (もるもんけい, morumonkei) (former translation)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


Anabaptist

From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”).

der

ἀναβαπτισμός

Were the Anabaptists right? Was happiness Satan’s allure, his tantalizing deceit?

2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 95:

A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.

anabaptista

member of radical wing of Christians during Reformation

A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.


Anabaptist

en-adj

Anabaptist (comparative more Anabaptist, superlative most Anabaptist)

more Anabaptist (comparative)
most Anabaptist (superlative)

der

ἀναβαπτισμός

Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation.

anabaptista

relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation

Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day.

doopsgezind

relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day


Armageddon

/ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

/ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Armageddon.wav

From Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment; from Hebrew הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo).

he-l

הַר מְגִדּוֹ

הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo)

And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon.

1941 October, F. S. Bond, “The Railways of China”, in Railway Magazine, page 440:

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.


barakah

The spiritual power or wisdom that resides in holy places and people, especially in a Sufi.


bid'a

(Islam) heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship


Earth

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”). More at earth.

The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion) goddess.


Sufi

From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).

Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.]
[Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.

1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:

A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.


Black Muslim

a member of an African-American religious movement with political overtones; either of the Nation of Islam or the American Muslim Mission (open to all races)


Nation of Islam

An Islamic and political organization with the declared aim of "resurrecting" the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black people of America and the world.


'eid

Borrowed from Arabic عِيد (ʕīd, “holiday, carnival”).


Sufism

A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.


Huguenot

From French huguenot (“Huguenot”), of uncertain origin.

(historical) A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.


faqir

(Islam) A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.


fitra

(Islam) The original innocent state of humans after being created by Allah.


hanif

(Islam) Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.


Hashshashin

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish smokers”), from حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hashish”)

der

A religious group who used hashish to create mystic visions; they later became associated with the assassination of invading Christian leaders during the Crusades; their descendants are the Khojas.


Hegira

From Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). Doublet of Hijra, directly from Arabic.


muhajir

en-noun

muhajir (plural muhajireen or muhajirun)

/muːˈhɑːdʒɪə(ɹ)/

Borrowed from Arabic مُهَاجِر (muhājir, literally “emigrant”). Sense 2 is from its Urdu derivative مُہَاجِر (muhājir).

bor+

Alternative forms: mohagerin, mohagerian, mohagerine, mohajer, mohadjer, mohajir, muhajar, muhajirin

(Islam) A person who accompanied Muhammad during his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622.


du'a'

en-noun

du'a' (countable and uncountable, plural du'a's)

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “supplication”), from دَعَا (daʕā, “to summon”).

Ramy murmured a quiet du'a, and they traipsed through the gate.

2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, Harper Voyager 2023, p. 251

(Islam) A prayer; (specifically), a private prayer by an individual.

duajë

(Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer


fiqh

fiqh (usually uncountable, plural fiqhs)

From Arabic فِقْه (fiqh, “intelligence, knowledge”)

bor

Various fiqhs (schools of jurisprudence) of Islam have different punishment for blasphemy, […]

2021, Ahmed Sayeed, Truth is Law, Faith is Flaw, page 180:

(Islam) Jurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.


hazzan

(Judaism) A Jewish cantor in a synagogue.


en-proper noun

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be the largest, but dozens of other religious groups also trace themselves to Mr. Smith.

2019 June 29, Elizabeth Dias, “‘Mormon’ No More: Faithful Reflect on Church’s Move to Scrap a Moniker”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-29:

The major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded in the United States by Joseph Smith; the Mormon Church.

en:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement

Kerk van Jesus Christus van die Heiliges van die Laaste Dae

Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ Ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo

Yesu Kristo Asɔre a ɛwɔ hɔ ma Nna a Ɛdi Akyire Ahoteɛfoɔ

Kisha e Jezu Krishtit e Shenjtoreve të Ditëve të Mëvonshme

ኋለኛው ቀን ቅዱሳን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ቤተክርስቲያን

ḫʷaläñaw ḳän ḳədusan yäʾiyäsus kərsətos betäkrəstiyan

Ilesia de Chesucristo d'os Santos d'os Zaguers Días

Hisusi Kʻristosi Verǰin Ōreri Srberi Ekeġecʻi

Հիսուսի Քրիստոսի Վերջին Օրերի Սրբերի Եկեղեցի

Jesucriston Khep Khepurunacanquiri Kollananac Tamapa

Azken Egunetako Santuen Jesukristoren Eliza

porborti diner śadhuder jiśu khriśṭer girja

পরবর্তী দিনের সাধুদের যীশু খ্রীষ্টের গীর্জা

An Simbahan ni Jesukristo nin mga Banal sa Huring-aldaw

Jos blong Jisas Kraes blong Ol Lata-dei Sent

Cǎrkva na Isus Hristos na svetiite ot poslednite dni

Църква на Исус Христос на светиите от последните дни

Església de Jesucrist dels Sants dels Darrers Dies

Ang Simbahan ni Jesukristo sa mga Santos sa Ulahing mga Adlaw

耶稣基督末世圣徒教会 (je⁴ sou¹ gei¹ duk¹ mut⁶ sai³ sing³ tou⁴ gaau³ wui⁶⁻²) (former translation)

耶稣基督后期圣徒教会

je⁴ sou¹ gei¹ duk¹ hau⁶ kei⁴ sing³ tou⁴ gaau³ wui⁶⁻²

耶稣基督末世圣徒教会 (Yēsū Jīdū Mòshì Shèngtú Jiàohuì) (former translation)

耶稣基督后期圣徒教会

Yēsū Jīdū Hòuqí Shèngtú Jiàohuì, Yēsū Jīdū Hòuqī Shèngtú Jiàohuì

Ewe Mwichefenin Jises Kraist ren Aramas mi pin non Fansoun Soponon

Chjesa di Ghjesù Cristu di i Santi di l’Ultimi Ghjorni

Církev Ježíše Krista Svatých posledních dnů

Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige

Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen

Ufɔk Abasi Jesus Christ Mme Ndisana Owo Ekpere Edem Usen

Eklezio de Jesuo Kristo de la Sanktuloj de la Lastaj Tagoj

Viimse Aja Pühade Jeesuse Kristuse Kirik

Ishu Masih ka girjaghar antim din ke santo ka

Na Lotu i Jisu Karisito ni Yalododonu Edaidai

Myöhempien Aikojen Pyhien Jeesuksen Kristuksen Kirkko

Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours

Igrexa de Xesús Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Días

uḳanasḳneli dɣeebis c̣mindanta ieso krisṭes eḳlesia

უკანასკნელი დღეების წმინდანთა იესო ქრისტეს ეკლესია

Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage

Ana Ekaretia Iesu Kristo ibukiia Aika Itiaki ni Boong aika Kaitira

Ekklisía tou Iisoú Christoú ton Agíon ton Teleftaíon Imerón

Εκκλησία του Ιησού Χριστού των Αγίων των Τελευταίων Ημερών

Hesukrísto Tupao Marangatukuéra Arapahapegua

Ang Simbahan ni Jesucristo sang mga Santos sa Ulihing mga Adlaw

antim-dinõ ke santõ kā yīśu masīh kā girjā

अंतिम-दिनों के संतों का यीशु मसीह का गिरजा

Az Utolsó Napok Szentjeinek Jézus Krisztus Egyháza

Kirkja Jesú Krists hinna síðari daga heilögu

Nzukọ nke Jisọs Kraịst nke Ndi-nsọ Ụbọchi-ikpeazu a

Ti Simbaan ni Jesucristo dagiti Santo iti ud-udina nga Aldaw

Gereja Yesus Kristus dari Orang-orang Suci Zaman Akhir

Ri u Winakil ri Jesucristo que ri Ch'ajch'ojoxelab pa ri Q'uisbal tak K'ij

İsa Mäsıxtıñ soñğy zamandağy äulieler şırkeuı

Иса Мәсіхтің соңғы замандағы әулиелер шіркеуі

សាសនាចក្រនៃព្រះយេស៊ូវគ្រីស្ទនៃពួកបរិសុទ្ធថ្ងៃចុងក្រោយ

Alu luhn Jisus Kraist luhn Mwet Luhlahlfongi ke Lwen-sahflah

Iglesia de Yesukristo de los Santos de los Últimos Dias

sāt sa nā chak khǭng pha ra yē sūk rit ngǣ phai phon nyuk sut thāi

ສາດສະໜາຈັກຂອງພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດແຫ່ງໄພ່ພົນຍຸກສຸດທ້າຍ

Ecclesia Iesu Christi Diebus Ultimis Sanctorum

Pēdējo dienu svēto Jēzus Kristus baznīca

Kerk van Jezus Christus en de Heilige der letste daag

Eklezia ya Yesu Klisto ya Basantu ba Mikolo mya Nsuka

Pastarųjų dienų šventųjų Jėzaus Kristaus bažnyčia

Crkvata na Isus Hristos na svetiite od podocnežnite dni

Црквата на Исус Христос на светиите од подоцнежните дни

Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy ho an'ny Olomasin'ny Andro Farany

Gereja Yesus Kristus Orang Suci Zaman Akhir

Knisja ta’ Ġesù Kristu tal-Qaddisin tal-Aħħar Jiem

Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti o Ngā Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri Nei

Kabun̄ Eo an Jisōs Kraist im Armej Ro Rekwojarjar Ilo Raan-ko Āliktata

Eigreija de Jasus Cristo de ls Santos de ls Redadeiros Dies

Jesüs Xristiin Xožmyn Üjeiin Gegeentnüüdiin Süm

Есүс Христийн Хожмын Үеийн Гэгээнтнүүдийн Сүм

Jesus Christ binahagha' akee di dayoolkaalgo ya naazinigii

pachillā dinkā santaharuko yeśū khrīṣṭako carca

पछिल्ला दिनका सन्तहरुको येशू ख्रीष्टको चर्च

Jesu Kristi Kirke av Siste Dagers Hellige

Jesu Kristi Kyrkje av Siste Dagars Heilage

Glèisa de Jesucrist des Sants des Darrèri Dies

Ikelesia er a Jesus Kristo er a Uriul-klebesei el Santo

Iglesia di Hesucristo di e Santonan di e Delaster Dianan

Mwomwohdiso en Sises Krais en Souleng en Imwin-rahn akan

Kościół Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich

Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias

Lix Iglees li Jesukristo reheb' laj Santil Paab'anel sa' Roso'jikeb' li Kutan

Biserica lui Isus Hristos a Sfinților din Zilele din Urmă

Cérkovʹ Iisúsa Xristá svjatýx poslédnix dnej

Це́рковь Иису́са Христа́ святы́х после́дних дней

Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Pa'ia o Aso E Gata Ai

Eaglais Ìosa Chrìost de Naoimh an Latha mu Dheireadh

Црква Исуса Христа светаца последњих дана

Crkva Isusa Krista svetaca posljednjih dana

Chechi Yajesu Kristu Yavatendi Vamazuva Ekupedzisira

Chiesa di Gesù Cristu dî Santi di l'Ùrtimi Jorna

sāntuwarungē awasan dawasē yēsus kristus palliya

සාන්තුවරුන්ගේ අවසන් දවසේ යේසුස් ක්රිස්තුස් පල්ලිය

Cirkev Ježiša Krista Svätých neskorších dní

Cerkev Jezusa Kristusa svetih iz poslednjih dni

Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días

Kanisa La Yesu Kristo la Watakatifu wa Siku za Mwisho

Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga

Simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw

Te Ekalesia a Iesu Mesia i te Feia Mo‘a i te hau Mahana Hopea nei

piṟkālap paricuttavāṉkaḷiṉ iyēcu kiṟistu capai

பிற்காலப் பரிசுத்தவான்களின் இயேசு கிறிஸ்து சபை

yēsu krīstu yokka kaḍavari-dina pariśuddhula saṅghaṁ

యేసు క్రీస్తు యొక్క కడవరి-దిన పరిశుద్ధుల సంఘం

sàat-sà-ná-jàk kŏng prá-yay-soo krít hàeng wí-sùt-tí chon yúk sùt táai

ศาสนจักรของพระเยซูคริสต์แห่งวิสุทธิชนยุคสุดท้าย

Sios bilong Jisas Krais bilong ol Seint long Las De

Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e kau māʻoniʻoni he ngaahi ʻaho ki mui ní

Kereke ye ga Jesu Keresete ya Baitshepi ba Malatsi a Bofelo

İsa Mesih'in Ahir Zaman Azizler Kilisesi

Cerkva Isusa Xrysta Svjatyx ostannix dniv

Церква Ісуса Христа Святих останніх днів

کلیسائے یسوع مسیح برائے مقدسین آخری ایام

Cexa de Jexù Cristo dei Santi dei Ultemi Xorni

Giáo hội các Thánh hữu Ngày sau của Chúa Giê Su Ky Tô

Giáo hội Các Thánh hữu Ngày sau của Chúa Giê Su Ky Tô

Giáo hội Các Thánh Hữu Ngày Sau của Chúa Giê Su Ky Tô

Eglwys Iesu Grist Saint y Dyddiau Diwethaf

Tsjerke fan Jezus Kristus fan de Hilligen fan de Lêste Dagen

Yexus Khetos lub Koom Txoos ntawm Tsoom Haiv Neeg Ntseeg hauv Hnub Nyoog Kawg

IBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela

Ni Fare Galasia ku Yesus Kristus ni Fan ko Gidiiʼen Got ko Tin Tomur e Rran

Ìjọ Jésù Krístì ti Àwọn Ènìyàn Mímọ́ ti Ọjọ́ Ìkẹhìn

Bandla likaJesu Kristu labaNgcwele beziNsuku zokuGcina

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints


hawala

en-noun

hawala (countable and uncountable, plural hawalas)

From Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).

bor

(Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.


Hijri

Borrowed from Arabic هِجْرِيّ (hijriyy), nisba adjective of هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra”).

(Islam) the Islamic lunar calendar; begins with the migration of Muhammad, 16 July 622 AD; months begin at sunset on the day of visual sighting of the new moon


Ismail

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

der

Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)

(Islam) Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs.


Hira

(Islam) the grotto or cave, in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad first received the Qur'an from Gabriel.


Ibada

From Arabic عِبَادَة (ʕibāda, “worship”).

(Islam) service to Allah; sometimes included in the five pillars


ijtihad

en-noun

ijtihad (countable and uncountable, plural ijtihads)

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).

bor

(Islam) The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.


Ismaeli

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ (ʔismāʕīliyy).

إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ

Arabic إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ (ʔismāʕīliyy)

(Islam) A member of branch of Shiite Islam which emphasises secrecy and certain gnostic ideas.


Hanif

From Arabic حَنِيف (ḥanīf, “true believer, righteous (person)”).


isnad

From Arabic إِسْنَاد (ʔisnād, “support, backing”).

bor

(Islam) a Muslim tradition, specifying the chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of a hadith (a report of sayings and acts of the prophet)


jahiliyyah

From Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).

Some valuable chapters are occupied with the drawing of parallels between the Arabian Jāhiliyyah, or pre-Islamic period, and Greek heroic antiquity; some others with the history of Arabic poetry, and an endeavour to define the characteristics of the different periods and their chief representatives.

1834: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 422 (Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society)

(Islam, historical) The condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief in Arabia before the coming of Islam.


ijma'

Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”)

(Islam) the consensus of ummah (legal scholars) representing all Muslims; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence


blech

From Yiddish בלעך (blekh). Related to German Blech.

(Judaism) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.

פְּלָטַת שַׁבָּת

metal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat


ahl al-kitab

Transliteration of Arabic أَهْل اَلْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb, “people of the book”).

translit

أَهْل اَلْكِتَاب


Khoja

Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Persian خواجه (xâje). Doublet of hodja and Hoxha.

(Islam) A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.


Styx

A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put to flight.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 13:

For two-and-twenty years he [Doctor Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear nothing but guillotine, see nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name like to outlive Cæsar’s.

1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General):

Bornless one / As darkness bright / Found not in tongues / Found not in light / Bring down the rain / Drain waters of Styx / Faustian luminary / Redeem blaspheme / Like a day without the dawn / Like a ray void of the sun / Like a storm that brings no calm / I'm most complete yet so undone

2014, “O Father O Satan O Sun!”, performed by Behemoth:

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.


ihram

en-noun

ihram (countable and uncountable, plural ihrams)

From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām, “prohibition”)

(Islam) The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca.

(Islam) The clothing worn on such a pilgrimage; one length of cotton cloth around the loins and another thrown over the left shoulder.


Eid al-Adha

From Arabic عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā).

bor

عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى

Arabic عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā)

An Islamic festival commemorating the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail to Allah.

عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى

ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā


Karbala

From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), of uncertain etymology.

A city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims.


Shawwal

The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.


millah

From Arabic مِلَّة (milla, “nation, religion”).

(Islam) Any variety of religion, except the religion of Islam.


kalam

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “literary speech”).


hikmah

en-noun

hikmah (countable and uncountable, plural hikmahs)

Therefore to study hikmah (theosophy) is to undertake a journey towards God; towards divinity; in other words, to al-Haklm

1996, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Oliver Leaman, History of Islamic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 947:

Furthermore, the Qur'anic concept of hikmah, or wisdom, together with the concept of kitab, constitute the content of the Divine curriculum (kitab wa hikmah) that different historical societies were initiated into.

2013, Abdullah Sahin, New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation, →ISBN:

As such, hikmah is the knowing of the idea and reality of the Universal Truth of Divine Creation; that is to say, hikmah is the knowing of the Truth of God -- as Ibn Sina wrote, it encompasses Divine Science.

2015, Shahab Ahmed, What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic, →ISBN, page 16:

(Islam) Wisdom and understanding about the divine.