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"word": "ღვთისმოსაობა"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "pieco"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"word": "piété"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "ღვთისმოსაობა"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "ღვთისმოშიშობა"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "篤信"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "sofuluk"
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
"word": "takva"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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"code": "el",
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"word": "敬愛"
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