qingzhen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 清真 (qīngzhēn).

The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真).

2000, Endymion Wilkinson, “Agriculture, Food, and the Environment”, in Chinese History: A New Manual, Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 636:

A qingzhen label on food for sale or a qingzhen sign in a restaurant instantly conveyed to customers that they were getting a Hui product, not a Han one. Because qingzhen was so basic to Hui entrepreneurship, the city and provincial governments promoted its use as a marker of Hui “nationality tradition.”

2000, Maris Boyd Gillette, “Traditional Food and Race”, in Between Mecca and Beijing: Modernization and Consumption Among Urban Chinese Muslims, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:

Like many conservative northwest Hui, most Na villagers have become more conscientious about Islamic purity (qing) through attention to dietary restrictions. In order to preserve one’s qing zhen lifestyle, conservative Hui who do visit Han homes accept, at the most, sunflower seeds or fruit when offered by their host. When Han come to their homes, Hui offer them tea from a separate set of cups that the family itself does not use, lest the family qing zhen utensils become contaminated. Hui are also free to offer Han prepared dishes of lamb and beef, but the Han cannot reciprocate.

[2002, Dru C. Gladney, “Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community”, in Susan D. Blum, Lionel M. Jensen, editors, China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 109:

Since the taboos are strictly enforced, in towns and cities, the Hui people have their own qingzhen restaurants, so they would not have to dine with other non-Muslim people. Therefore, Hui qingzhen food stands unique among the numerous minority nationality food styles, and has produced many qingzhen dishes such as Triple Quick-fry, Steamed Lamb, Lamb Simmered in Yellow Sauce, and Lamb Tendons, which are all famous fares. Names such as Donglaishun, Hongbinlou and Kaorouji are all very famous qingzhen restaurants in China and even on the international scene. It is safe to say that the development of Hui qingzhen food has made great contributions to Chinese diet and culinary arts as a whole.

2004 October, 刘军茹 [Liu Junru], “Dining with the Minorities”, in William W. Wang, transl., Chinese Foods (Cultural China Series), China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:

(Islam) Synonym of halal: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name; permissible according to Muslim religious customs, especially of food preparation


Vajradhara

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वज्रधर (vajradhara).

lbor

(Buddhism) The ultimate primordial Buddha, according to the Sakya, Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.


guestmaster

(religion) A monk who receives guests in a monastery.


trichotomist

(theology) A person who believes that human beings are made up of three distinct components: body, soul, and spirit.


dichotomism

(theology) The belief that the human being is formed of two components: material (body or flesh) and spiritual (soul or spirit).


trichotomism

(theology) The belief that human beings are made up of three distinct components: body or flesh, soul, and spirit.


eye-gate

Give what "is written," and then, by maps, picture objects, black-board exercises, and stories, put it into "wagons" to help the imagination and the understanding, and send it through "eye-gate," into the soul.

1874, W. F. Crafts, Wagons for Eye-gate; Or, Illustrative Teaching, page 5:

Eye-gate is one of the great openings to the soul.

1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 443:

(religion) The sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.


kaffara

Coordinate term: fidyah

(Islam) A religious donation of money or food made to help those in need, as a forfeit by somebody who has missed a fast unnecessarily.


fidyah

bor

Arabic الفدية

Coordinate term: kaffara

(Islam) A religious donation of money or food made to help those in need, as a forfeit by somebody who has missed a fast out of necessity.


Shaykhism

(Islam) A Shi'a Islamic school founded by Shaykh Ahmad in early 19th-century Qajar Iran, diverging from the Usuli school in its interpretation of key ideas such as the nature of the end times and the day of resurrection, the source of jurisprudential authority, and the proper hermeneutic to be employed in interpreting prophecy through the mystical writings of the Twelver Imams.


destructionism

(theology) A belief in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked.


TWOT

As noted in TWOT 1:132, its roots and derivatives occur 415 times in the Hebrew Bible: 214 times it appears in the Piel stem, which is always translated “to bless.”

2019, Terry L. Cross, The People of God's Presence: An Introduction to Ecclesiology, Baker Academic, →ISBN:

(theology) Acronym of Theological wordbook of the Old Testament.


Mahasamghika

(Buddhism, historical) An early school of Buddhism, originally based in Magadha.


dryghten

Learned borrowing from Old English dryhten which comes from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Cognate with Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, Old High German truhtin, Old Norse dróttinn.

lbor

(Wicca) the universal pantheistic deity in Wicca, variously as Dryghtyn or "the One" or "The All." This impersonal ultimate divinity is generally regarded as unknowable, and is acknowledged but not worshiped


Hadrat

Borrowed from Arabic حَضْرَة (ḥaḍra, “presence”).

bor+

(Islam) A title used by Muslims to honor a person.


Sunni Islamic

(Islam) Of or pertaining to Sunni Islam.


parochet

(biblical) The curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant.


metethereal

But for our minds there must needs be 'a critical point' in any such imagined continuity; so that the world where life and thought are carried on apart from matter, must certainly rank again as a new, a metethereal environment.

1904, Viscount [Richard] Haldane, The Pathway to Reality, London: John Murray, page 583:

(spiritualism) Lying beyond the ether; spiritual, transcendent.


Vaibhasika

(Buddhism, historical) An ancient Buddhist tradition of Abhidharma that was very influential in north India, especially Kashmir.


Revised Version

(biblical) A late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of the Bible.


Amaziah

From Hebrew אֲמַצְיָהוּ.

der

Hebrew אֲמַצְיָהוּ

(biblical) A male given name from Hebrew


ghayrah

(Islam) Protective jealousy; a person's dislike or displeasure over someone else sharing a right or privilege that belongs to them.


antimission

en-adj

antimission (comparative more antimission, superlative most antimission)

more antimission (comparative)
most antimission (superlative)

(religion) Opposing a religious mission.


archaeologism

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Here is a liturgical revival which is within the potentialities of the humblest parish church or chapel and which is in no danger of degenerating into archaeologism, ritualism or aestheticism.

Paraliturgies are especially helpful to show the student the style of liturgical procedure, and start situating him for initiation into deeper faith. This assists sacramental pedagogy to escape the accusation of archaeologism or "another class", and rather helps students experience involvement in the sacramental idea.

1966, Catechetics: a theology of proclamation, page 73:

He also objects to something else, however, namely, "the romantic archaeologism of certain professors of liturgy who would throw out everything done after Gregory the Great as being an excrescence and a sign of decadence.

(theology) the use of ponderous, old-fashioned language.


mutakallim

en-noun

mutakallim (plural mutakallims or mutakallimun)

mutakallims (plural)
mutakallimun (plural)


heteroousia

(theology) The quality of being heteroousian.


Simhamukha

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंहमुख (siṃhamukha).

lbor

(Tibetan Buddhism) A wisdom dakini of the Dzogchen tradition.


Joktan

en-proper noun

Joktan (countable and uncountable, plural Joktans)


Krishnaism

(religion) Any of various independent Hindu traditions based around the devotion to Krishna.


Sukhavati

(Buddhism) The pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism.


etoki

Borrowed from Japanese 絵解き (e toki, literally “painting explanation”).

bor+

(Buddhism) The practice of explaining a religious concept using an emaki.


NASB

New American Standard Bible
w:New American Standard Bible

(biblical) Initialism of New American Standard Bible.


O/W

WENDELL REYNOLDS then mounted the rostrum and made the audience there and then write down all their O/Ws (overts and withholds, or sins to use religious terminology).

1986, Stewart Lamont, Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology, →ISBN, page 100:

In confessional rituals, a parishioner must declare his O/Ws -- "overts and withholds" -- immoral acts that include harmful, undisclosed transgressions against Scientology.

1998 December 6, Richard Lei, “The Life & Death of a Scientologist”, in The Washington Post:

These courses were introductions, respectively, to […] O/W (Overt/Withhold) Write-Ups, and cycles of action (start, change, stop).

2017, Donald A. Westbrook, “Researching Scientology and Scientologists in the United States: Methods and Conclusions”, in James R. Lewis, Kjersti Hellesøy, editors, Handbook of Scientology, →ISBN, page 24, note 5:

The nature of the O/W was not really important at that time, only that I felt guilt.

2022, Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology, →ISBN, page 10:

(Scientology) Initialism of overt/withhold.


law of correspondence

Originally after the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. See correspondence.

And we look about us, and see what kind of things the law of correspondence has filled the world with. For we know that the things of this world are such as they are, that they may correspond with the things of our souls.

1839, Theophilus Parsons, Sunday Lessons for the Instruction of Children of the New Church in Schools or at Home, pages 103–4:

In the light of these disclosures we see that all the splendid habitations and magnificent palaces of heaven are but pictorial representations, under the law of correspondence, of the ruling loves of the angels.

1885, Benjamin Fiske Barrett, Heaven Revealed: Being a Popular Representation of Swedenborg’s Disclosures About Heaven […], 4th edition, page 243:

Corroborating the theosophic law of correspondence, Duby declares that the first aspect of the “system,” was a “coherence between heaven and earth, two parts of one homogeneous world, built to a single plan and hence reciprocally related.”

1997, William W. Quinn, Jr., The Only Tradition, →ISBN, page 215:

At almost every turn the heavenly world informed, illuminated, and affected the earthly world and vice versa, what some term the metaphysical law of correspondence.

[2012, Samuel Morris Brown, In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death, →ISBN, page 11:

(theology, hermeticism) The principle that any material thing or circumstance is the effect or reflection of a spiritual or celestial counterpart, and vice versa.

Not to be confused with correspondence principle


gospel side

Traditionally, the gospel is read from this side.

(religion) The left side of an altar or church from the perspective of a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.


maximism

As to minimism and maximism — microscopic and telescopic tendencies — the cosmical laws are themselves of such vast range that we should naturally expect the greatest embodiments to have occurred first, as in the case of a thousand Suns and Jupiters they manifestly did.

1872, Henry Thomas Braithwaite, Esse and posse, page 56:

[…] theologians were puzzled by Newman's apparent combination of liberalism and ultramontanism, of maximism and minimism.

1912, The Nineteenth Century and After, volume 72, page 70:

[…] maximism of the Cluniacs on the one hand and the minimism of puritanic Cistercianism on the other.

1918, Edmund Bishop, Liturgica Historica, page 229:

The monks' practice of "eschatological maximism ” did not make them a group apart from the rest of the Church .

1966, Cistercian Studies - Volume 24, page 179:

(theology) A belief that religious observances should be applied as widely as possible.


dance out

en-verb

dance out (third-person singular simple present dances out, present participle dancing out, simple past and past participle danced out)

dances out (present singular third-person)
dancing out (participle present)
danced out (participle past)
danced out (past)

But this much all men know, that most people say of those who reveal the mysteries, that they "dance them out."

1893, Andrew Lang, Custom and Myth, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 42:

Hence arose the expression - whose meaning has been much discussed by the learned - "to dance out (ἐζορκείσθαι) a mystery." Lucian, in a much-quoted passage, observes: "You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing...and this much all men know, that most people say of the revealers of the mysteries that they 'dance them out.'" Andrew Lang, commenting on this passage, continues: "Clement of Alexandria uses the same term when speaking of his own 'appalling revelations.' So closely connected are mysteries with dancing among savages that when Mr. Orpen asked Qing, the Bushman hunter, about some doctrines in which Qing was not initiated, he said: 'Only the initiated men of that dance know these things.' To 'dance' this or that means to be acquainted with this or that myth, which is represented in a dance or ballet d'action.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 169:

The child explores as many ways to dance out each item as they can.

2005, Frances Reed, Dance and Drama Bites for Seniors: Enriching the Everyday Curriculum with Dance, London: Essential Resources, page 45:

Now ask them to dance out different emotions.

2009, Heather Clark, Dance As the Spirit Moves: A Practical to Worship and Dance, Destiny Image Publishers:

People were to dance for a better understanding on decisions. They were supposed to dance out any ruptures or quarrels. It was another way of being together, of expressing the tribe and each other.

2011, Marge Piercy, Dance the Eagle to Sleep: A Novel, PM Press:

(religion) To reveal (a mystery) through dance; to express (something) by dancing; to act out in dance.


Micaiah

From מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”). The name Micah is a shortened form, such as in the book of the Bible (Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)) or the Ephraimite meantioned in Judges 17-18.

(biblical) A prophet in the court of King Ahab and possibly a disciple of Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 1 Kings 22.


Ash'arite

(Islam) A disciple of the Sunni Islamic school of Ash'arism.


Sarkic

en-adj

Sarkic (comparative more Sarkic, superlative most Sarkic)

more Sarkic (comparative)
most Sarkic (superlative)

(Gnosticism) the lowest state of human thought; the fleshly, instinct-driven level; neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic).


sarkic

sarkic (comparative more sarkic, superlative most sarkic)

more sarkic (comparative)
most sarkic (superlative)

(Gnosticism) designating the lowest level of human thought; focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.


Free Kirk

(religion, Scotland) The Free Church of Scotland, an evangelical presbyterian church formed in 1843 when its founders withdrew from the Church of Scotland.


mizpah

(biblical) The pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban as a figurative watchtower to mark their separation.


combinationalism

(chiefly theology) The belief that a combination of different viewpoints or approaches should be applied.


communionable

communionable (comparative more communionable, superlative most communionable)

more communionable (comparative)
most communionable (superlative)

(religion) Able or willing to take part in communion.


jazakallah

Borrowed from Arabic جَزَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ (jazāka llāhu).

bor+

جَزَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ


tathagata

/təˈtɑːɡətə/

Borrowed from Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata).

(Buddhism) A term of address to a buddha.


JAIS

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor
Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor#Malay

(Malaysia, Islam) Initialism of Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (“Islamic Religious Department of Selangor, a branch of the government organisation JAKIM”).

JAWI

Islamic law enforcement agency in Kuala Lumpur


Third Heaven

Yet after all that is here, or elſewhere ſaid ; for the ſcriptures greatly abound with the moſt grand, lofty, and ſublime metaphors, when the writers thereof would convey into our minds, ſome idea of that raviſhing delight, and happineſs to be enjoyed, with the amazing excellence and glory of the future ſtate, which a merciful and gracious God hath in reſerve for the righteous : Yet, I ſay, we find it is but a very imperfect deſcription, or faint reſemblance of what it really is : for the great apoſtle St. Paul, who had been caught up into Paradiſe, or the third heaven ; where he heard ſuch unſpeakable words, that the powers and faculties of which he was poſſeſſed, were not capable of uttering, or conveying them to the mind of others; he aſſures us, that eye hath not ſeen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him: ſo that at beſt we ſee but in part, as it were thro' a glaſs darkly ; and we know but in part, for the apoſtles could propheſy, or teach but in part; but when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part ſhall be done away.

1772, Paradise Regained: Or The Scripture Account of The Glorious Millennium, &c. (Religion), London: J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-Row, and W. Daven-Hill, in Cornhill, London, →OCLC, page 36:

So John is caught up to the third heaven; he sees the throne with the Lord on it, and it is surrounded by twenty-four elders on thrones, and four beasts (cherubims) around the throne; it’s a wild scene. But, it is so; the problem, of course, is to believe it, and receive it.
Before going on and finishing Revelation 4, we should understand that John was "caught up" to a real, literal place in the universe, and that place is up there now. The scripture has much to say about this “dwelling place” of God, its location, distance, size, nature, and inhabitants, and it is very clearly defined. Since the revelation on this place is far in advance over the latest scientific findings of Cape Kennedy, or Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, let us study the verses which relate to it; it is the abode of “God the Father” in the third heaven, on the throne, above the sea of glass northward.

1970, Peter S. Ruckman, “Revelation Chapter 4”, in The Book of Revelation (The Bible Believer's Commentary Series) (Religion), Pensacola, FL: Pensacola Bible Press, →OCLC, page 111:

"Send us a revival, Lord," he said, quoting another evangelist, John Wesley. "Defects and all."
The train conductor from Mobile, Mr. Busby, sinks into a pew. He is asked if he got what he came for, and he just nods his head. Here he feels as if he stands "in the third heaven, the holy holy," he said.

1997 May 27, Rick Bragg, quoting Devon Busby, “In Florida, a Revival That Came but Didn't Go”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, Section A, page 1:

The third heaven represents the presence of God. This is where all Christians immediately go when they die. (We will discuss this in detail in chapter 4.) It is sometimes called Paradise—the place where Jesus assured the thief on the cross he would go the moment he died. At some point in his life, Paul was caught up into this third heaven, where he heard “inexpressible words” (2 Cor. 12:4). When most Christians speak of heaven this is the heaven they mean—the one that is “up.” This is the “present heaven” I referred to in the last section.

2017, Robert Jeffress, “Is Heaven a Real Place or Is It a State of Mind?”, in A Place Called Heaven: 10 Surprising Truths about Your Eternal Home (Religion), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:

During his sermon Merritt drew from the scriptural passage at 2 Cor. 12:7-10. His theme was “What is Your Problem?” Merritt explained that the “third heaven” was where God lived and it was where one ascends to if one receives immortality. Yet, he contended, some have problems that may prevent this.

2017 March 31, Arlene Edmonds, “Local churches host Howard choir”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:

(religion) The abode of God, in some Abrahamic religions.


Siqatul Islam

Derived from Classical Persian ثِقَتُ الْاِسْلَام or ثِقَةُ الْاِسْلَام (siqatu l-islām), from Arabic ثِقَة (ṯiqa) + الإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām).

der

ثِقَتُ الْاِسْلَام

Classical Persian ثِقَتُ الْاِسْلَام

der+

ثِقَتُ الْاِسْلَام

(Shia Islam) a title below ayatollah, one who has explicitly been trusted to narrate fatwas.


inner mission

(religion, chiefly Christianity) Missionary work directed at members of one's own religious group, intended to alleviate hardship and raise the level of religious observance.


eat the bread of idleness

en-verb

eat the bread of idleness (third-person singular simple present eat the bread of idleness, present participle eating the bread of idleness, simple past ate the bread of idleness, past participle eaten the bread of idleness)

eat the bread of idleness (present singular third-person)
eating the bread of idleness (participle present)
ate the bread of idleness (past)
eaten the bread of idleness (participle past)

(archaic, obsolete, biblical) To eat or consume food that one has not worked for or personally earned.


parahaoma

(Zoroastrianism) The juice of the haoma plant.


Kidron

(biblical) A Hellenistic city mentioned in the first Book of the Maccabees, tentatively identified with Qatra.


book oath

(law, religion, dated) An oath sworn on the Bible.


Book of God

(religion) A holy book, especially the Bible or the Qur'an.


many-eyed

(biblical) Having many eyes, especially in reference to the angels in the Biblical book of Ezekiel.


bread god

(obsolete, derogatory, religion) The sacramental bread used during the Eucharist.


Old Michaelmas Day

(religion, Christianity) An older observance of Michaelmas celebrated on October 11, or October 10 according to some sources.


mani stone

From the mantra usually inscribed on them, from Tibetan ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ (oṃ ma ṇi pdme hūm̐), from Sanskrit ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं (oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ).

der

ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ

ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं

om mani padme hum
om mani padme hum#English

(Buddhism) A stone, rock or pebble usually inscribed with the mantra om mani padme hum, used as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism.


timeless existence

(religion) An afterlife described as an eternal state of existence, believed in certain religions.


wheel of time

en-noun

wheel of time (countable and uncountable, plural wheels of time)

(religion, philosophy) A concept found in certain religious traditions and philosophies, regarding time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages.


Nadab

(biblical) The first-born son of Aaron and Elisheba.


Trikaya

(Buddhism) A fundamental doctrine within Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that delineates the multidimensional nature of a Buddha's existence in three distinct bodies or aspects.


shriving-time

(religion, dated, obsolete, rare) The time for confession to a priest.


Areopagitics

Latin Areopagiticus, from Ancient Greek.

1998, Elena Surkova, The Theological, Philosophical and Linguistic Background of Constantine the Philosopher's Concept of Translation Jože Krašovec (editor), The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Sheffield Academic Press, page 978,
The reference-points for Constantine the Philosopher in creating his philosophy of language were: 1. the corpus of texts known under the name of the Epistles of Paul the Apostle and 2. Areopagitics—the writings which appeared in Byzantium in the second half of the 5th century, written by Dionysius the Areopagite (or more exactly, Pseudo-Dionysius), whose programme, in Sergey Averintzev's words, represents a "synthesis of the attic tradition of speculation with the Christian mysticism of Paul the Apostle's Epistles […] ."

2019, Georges Florovsky, Byzantine Fathers: V – VIII centuries, Vladimir Djambov, page 194,
Peter Lombard looked at the Areopagitics as an indisputable authority. John Saracin in the 12th century, Thomas Verchelsky and Robert Grosseteste in the 13th century translate and comment on the Areopagitics.

(plural only, theology, early Christianity, historical) Collectively, the mystical theological works attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.


aqiqah

(Islam) The sacrifice of an animal after childbirth.


yahrzeit candle

yahrzeit candle (plural yahrzeit candles)

Every year he brought the yahrzeit candle out, and looked at it, and thought about lighting it.

2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 348:

(religion, Judaism) A type of candle that is lit in memory of the deceased in Judaism.


perispritic

In other words, just as there is no other obstacle to our advancement than that which we make for ourselves by our persistence in wrong-doing, so there is no other arbiter of our destiny than our own moral and intellectual state, which state decides, at each successive period of our career, the quality of our perispritic action on the material elements around us.

1871, Anna Blackwell, The Philosophy of Existence, pages 61–2:

“A Spirit” is a complex being, in which is a trinity, consisting of a soul, or inner principle of conscious and active selfhood; a permanent soul envelope (Nephesch), which I will call Perisprit, composed of the “Dynamic substance,” which is the substantiality of Magnetism and Electricity; and a changeable outer envelope, or “body,” composed of particles of Matter, attracted and held together by the magnetic action of the said Perisprit, or Spirit Body, and that will fall apart from each other, and be resolved into their original elements on the cessation of the perispritic vibrations by which they were agglomerated into form; as particles of iron, for instance, would be drawn into shape by the attractive vibrations of a magnet of any given form plunged into their midst; as we are perpetually, although unconsciously, building up for ourselves a succession of new bodies, through the magnetic processes of digestion.

1874, Count de Medina Pomar, The Honeymoon, volume 2, pages 173–4:

Do you think it impossible that a perfect spirit like Jesus should be able to materialize the perispritic fluids of the superior worlds, and add and adapt the earthly fluids of which your bodies are composed to produce a tangible perispritic body, suited to his earthly mission, which should apparently represent the faculties and phases of your humanity.

1881, W. F. Kirby, transl., edited by J. B. Roustaing, The Four Gospels explained by their Writers, page 28:

(spiritualism) Of or pertaining to the perispirit.


meetinger

(religion) One who attends meetings (type of religious service).


Tantric Buddhism

(Buddhism) A tradition focusing on mystical practices and concepts as a path to enlightenment.


ancestor spirit

ancestor spirit (plural ancestor spirits)

(anthropology, religion) The spirit of a human that has died, often venerated in religious ceremonies.


tukdam

Borrowed from Tibetan ཐུགས་དམ (thugs dam).

bor+

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away quite suddenly, but after he died he remained in tukdam for quite a while, longer than the sun was in the sky that day.

1999 August 1, Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Binder Schmidt, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As it is, volume 1, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 25:

The signs of tukdam are that the heart remains warm, rigor mortis does not set in, and the body does not begin to deteriorate.

2009 November 10, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Uncommon Happiness, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 9:

At noon, after his breathing had stopped, he manifested the state of tukdam, the ultimate meditation at the moment of death.

2012 April 16, Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, Marie Aubele, History of the Karmapas: The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 42:

(Tibetan Buddhism) An advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.


guilt offering

Coordinate term: sin offering

(biblical, historical) A kind of biblical sacrifice made as a compensation payment for certain transgressions.


Cernunnos

Learned borrowing from Latin Cernunnus, itself from Gaulish *Karnonos.

Cernunnos is one of the oldest of the old gods.[…]Often attacked by the forces of the early Christian Church, Cernunnos was misconstrued as demonic and the lord of sorcerers and witches during the Middle Ages.

2003, Arthur Rowan, The Lore of the Bard, Llewellyn Publications, page 242:

2004, Philip Carr-Gomm, Stephanie Carr-Gomm, Druid Craft Tarot, Connections Book Publishing, page 146,
Here we see an image of Cernunnos - the Lord of the Animals, the wild Herdsman and Hunter.

2012, Aislin, Ashling Wicca, Book 1, Lulu.com, page 60,
This leads to the natural conclusion that Cernunnos was more than a fertility god and more than simply the consort of the Goddess. In the Ashling Wicca tradition, Cernunnos is seen as a god of initiation, of change, and of following a new path.

(religion, historical, Gallo-Roman religion, Celtic religion) A deity, usually depicted as a man with antlers, associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.

Gallo-Roman religion; Celtic religion; Gallo-Roman religion; Celtic religion

Cernunnos

Gallo-Roman and Celtic deity associated with certain animals


sin offering

Coordinate term: guilt offering

(biblical, historical) A sacrificial offering of flour or an animal, commanded in the Torah (Leviticus 4.1-35), serving to atone for the unintentional transgression of a prohibition.


shastrik

(religion) According to Sanskrit textual authority.


Jabarite

(Islam, historical) A follower of Jabriyya.


Jabriyya

(Islam, historical) An early Islamic philosophical school based on the belief that humans are controlled by predestination, without having choice or free will.


Keturah

From Hebrew קְטוּרָה (Qəṭūrā, “Keturah”).

(biblical) Keturah, the second wife of Abraham.


Drukpa Kagyu

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད ('brug pa bka' brgyud).

འབྲུག་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད

(Tibetan Buddhism) The leading school of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan.


Othniel

From Biblical Hebrew עָתְנִיאֵל (ʿOṯnīʾēl), of uncertain meaning but at any rate ending in אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).

(biblical) Othniel, the first of the biblical judges.


redeem the time

en-verb

redeem the time (third-person singular simple present redeems the time, present participle redeeming the time, simple past and past participle redeemed the time)

redeems the time (present singular third-person)
redeeming the time (participle present)
redeemed the time (participle past)
redeemed the time (past)

(Christianity, theology) To spend one's time in wisdom and in submission to God.


Ryobu

(historical, religion) A form of Shinto dominated by Buddhism, between the eighth and 14th centuries.


released time

en-noun

released time (countable and uncountable, plural released times)

(US, education, religion) The amount of time set aside during school hours, typically an hour a day or a week, for a student to receive an off-campus private religious education.


plastic shaman

(Native American, religion, derogatory) An individual who is attempting to pass themselves off as a shaman, holy person, or other traditional spiritual leader, but who has no genuine connection to the traditions or cultures which they claim to represent.


jhana

jhana (countable and uncountable, plural jhanas)

The first time I heard about the jhanas, they sounded too good to be true. These special mental states are described in the sacred texts of an ancient school of Buddhism.

2024 March 4, Ross Andersen, “The Meditation Start-Up That’s Selling Bliss on Demand”, in The Atlantic:

(Hinduism, Buddhism) Alternative spelling of dhyana


Revived Roman Empire

An extraordinary character at the head of a leading power in Europe will be the immediate instrumentality in organizing the coming Roman Empire; but extraordinary occasions always bring out such.
The great Napoleon, and the Imperial Confederation which he organized, afford an illustration. But the head of the Revived Roman Empire will be, in many respects, a more extraordinary character than the great Napoleon. The coming character will be an unscrupulous, impious, daring person, endowed with satanic intelligence and skill, and wielding a species of superhuman power over the minds of men. He is styled by the inspired Apostle, "that man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped."

1879, J. Berry, “IMPENDING CRISIS.”, in The Roman Empire Revived. An Outline of Coming Events, and an Harmonious Elucidation of the Prophecies Having Reference Thereto: Also the Rapture of the True Church, with a New and Satisfactory Explanation of the Symbolic Number 666. (Religion), Cincinnati, Ohio: Wrightson & Co., →OCLC, page 50:

Here is a distinction between the “FORMER” and “LATTER” time of the “Four Kingdoms” into which Alexander’s Empire was divided, which prophetically declares that those “Four Kingdoms” are to be resuscitated and become “Four” of the “Ten Kingdoms” into which the Revived Roman Empire shall be divided, for God is able to revive dead nations as well as dead men. As proof of this Greece is a sovereign State today, and Egypt is again coming into power, and in the upheaval of nations no one can foretell how soon Thrace and Syria shall again appear as independent Kingdoms.

1929, Clarence Larkin, “The Ram and the He-Goat”, in The Book of Daniel (Religion), Philadelphia, PA: Erwin W. Moyer Co., →OCLC, page 164:

The following will be among the questions the pastor will answer at the evening service: "Will Mussolini Revive Ancient Babylon?" "What will be the Relationship Between Rome and Bablon^([sic – meaning Babylon]) in the Revived Roman Empire?" "What Is the Prophetic Siginficance^([sic – meaning Significance]) of the Pope’s Latest Disagreement with Mussolini?"

1929 June 8, “Warning Seen When Il Duce Disputes Pope”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 74, number 135, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 5:

The other nations which were a part of the Old Roman Empire, but are not as yet in the W.E.U., as of this writing, are Spain, Portugal and Austria. Austria has already applied for membership in the Common Market. Portugal is a member of NATO and thus in full cooperation with the W.E.U.; and Spain has just renewed its military agreement with the U.S.A. and thus with the Atlantic Alliance and NATO. The end result, therefore, is that, even though the actual Ten Nation Empire of the Revived Roman Empire area is not yet in full political oneness, it is already in full cooperation by coalition and it is supported militarily by full commitment of the United States of America and the thermonuclear super-power thereof.

1972, Charles R. Taylor, “BIBLE RECORDED PROPHECIES ABOUT WORLD WAR III”, in The Destiny of America (Religion), Van Nuys, Calif.: Time-Light Publishers Division of Bible Voice, →OCLC, page 24:

One of the reasons I’m convinced we’re living in the closing days of the world’s history is because of the emergence of the European Common Market, also known as the European Economic Community. There is no doubt in my mind that it’s the forerunner of the Revived Roman Empire which the prophet Daniel spoke about with such certainty. He predicted that the number of nations in it would be limited to ten. This is the very number which the Common Market has set as its goal for inner membership!

1973, Hal Lindsey, “The Two Antichrists”, in There's a New World Coming: 'A Prophetic Odyssey' (Religion), Santa Ana, California: Vision House Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 186:

Though scarcely noticed at publication by even the evangelical press, The Late Great Planet Earth became the best-selling book of the decade, with scores of printings ultimately churning out close to 16 million copies. IT was a tale of biblical prophecy told in countercultural vernacular, and it went like this. Soon the Israelis will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem and conclude a treaty with the dictator of the Revived Roman Empire, also known as the Antichrist.

1986 March 30, Mark Silk, “RELIGIOUS BOOKS: SEVEN THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-25, Books:

At the exact time of the Rapture or Catching-Away of the Church (1 COR 15:51-54), (1 THESS 4:13-18), and the great, great turmoil that results from War World III; a great leader like the world has never seen (Anti-Christ), will come forth out of the European Union thus the revived Roman Empire will come into its full being or existence as the final Kingdom on earth ruled by mortal man; in which he (Anti-Christ) will rule the earth for a seven year period; (DAN 9:27) at which at the end of that time the LORD of LORDS, and KING of KINGS will set up the Kingdom of GOD which shall never end (DAN 2:44, 7:13-14, 27) which we will study more in-depth in a later chapter.

2004, Richard Goode, “"ISRAEL'S FUTURE"”, in ~Prophecy~ Destiny of America!: Destiny of the World! (Religion), AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 166–167:

The Eighth form of this political Beast is described in the Book of Revelation 17, c11. It is an extension of the Revived Roman Empire at the end of the Church Age; which will rise to its climax and be terminated by an act (see Rev.17:16) of the Antichrist; who has not yet been revealed; and who God says will remain for a short while to accomplish God's Will, in Rev.17:17).

2015, Larry Zarysky, Tarnopol: An Anatomy of a Life: A Book of Many Colors (Religion), Xulon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 255–256:

(theology, eschatology) A multinational superpower entity during the Tribulation connected with the Antichrist, in modern religious speculation often identified with the European Union.


Izhar

he-m

יִצְהָר (yitshár)


tahrif

(Islam) the belief that alterations were made to the previous revelations of God


Marut

(Vedic religion, Hinduism) Maruts, storm deities and children of Rudra and Prishni.


Old Adam

(theology) A human nature of a sinful, unregenerate or unredeemed state.


karsevak

Transliteration of Hindi कारसेवक (kārsevak), in turn from Sanskrit कार (kāra, “work”) + सेवा (sevā, “service done with devotion”).

translit

The karsevaks built a new shelter to protect homeless people.

Huge number of karsevaks had gathered in Ayodhya in support for Ram temple campaign.

(India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism) A person who freely offers their service to a religious cause; particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.


Sudalai Madan

Borrowed from Tamil சுடலைமாடன் (cuṭalaimāṭaṉ).

bor+

(Tamil religion) a Dravidian folk religion deity, considered to be a son of Shiva and Parvati.


Madurai Veeran

Borrowed from Tamil மதுரைவீரன் (maturaivīraṉ).


Annamar

(Hinduism, Tamil religion) a Tamil village deity of the Nalavar and Pallar castes


Horomazes

/hɒ.ɹəʊˈmɑːzɪs/

From Ancient Greek Ὡρομάζης (Hōromázēs), though Latin Hōromazēs, ultimately from Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā).

(Zoroastrianism) Ahura Mazda, the divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the highest God.


Symeon

Borrowed from Latin Symeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

der

(biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Symeon.


archdivinity

One myth asserts that it was first used in designating the archdivinity of Yorubaland.

2004, Philip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia, page 833:

(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning divinity, particularly in a polytheistic system.


vintage shout

en-noun

vintage shout (usually uncountable, plural vintage shouts)

Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come.

1860, Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets - With a Commentary, Explanatory and Practical, and Introductions to the Several Books · Volume 3, page 197:

and "The vintage shout," words long since set to express the simple music that accompanies life and labor in the field, are typical of its quiet, peaceful, cheerful, and innocent character.

1862, California State Board of Agriculture, Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, page 216:

literally, a vintage shout, derived from a root meaning to tramp, and alluding to the cry with which the treaders of the grapes used to animate their toil.

1903, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Frederic Henry Chase, John James Stewart Perowne, Reginald St. John Parry (contributors), The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Book of the prophet Jeremiah, together with the Lamentations, page 177:

so that where the vintage shout is not heard one assumes the occasion to be one of solitude and sorrow.

1925, Charles William Budden, Edward Hastings, 1 Kings - Malachi, page 30:

(biblical, dated, literary) A type of work song sung by grape-treaders.


believing is seeing

(idiomatic, religion) Faith often precedes any miracle.


arthamandapa

(hinduism) Alternative spelling of ardhamandapa


Triadology

Triadology (countable and uncountable, plural Triadologies)

From Greek Τριάδα (Triáda, “Trinity”) + -logy.

(Christianity, theology, triunitarianism) the discipline concerned with the Holy triunity.


religious police

religious police (plural religious police)

(Islam) A police force responsible for the enforcement of religious norms and associated religious laws.


Sharia patrol

(Islam) An unsanctioned and unauthorized group of people who enforce Islamic law, by patrolling the streets and requiring Islamic behavior from its residents.


shruti

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
Sanskrit श्रु (śru)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Sanskrit -ति (-ti)
Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti)translit.
English shrutiTransliteration of Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti).

etymon

(religion) Any of the ancient religious texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism.


hedge witch

* (type of witch): Circa 1990s. From hedge (“boundary”) + witch, where the boundary is that separating this world from the spirit world, which is traversed during hedge riding. Possibly coined or popularised by Rae Beth (1990) Hedge Witch: A Guide to Solitary Witchcraft, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN.
* (fantasy): Circa 1980s. From hedge (“third-rate”) + witch. Compare hedge priest, hedge wizard.

One hedge witch who is also a practising iridologist and herbalist in a large country town, feels that we should regard all of nature as having a purpose, and continually strive to understand that purpose.

1997, Lynne Hume, Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia, Melbourne University Press, page 45:

While Hedge Witches may work with other Witches in a coven, their work as a Hedge Witch is performed typically on their own or with one other person.

2005, Douglas Ezzy, Practising the Witch's Craft, page 14:

The path of the hearth-based hedge witch is rooted in the parallel paths of nurturing and nourishing.

2009, Arin Murphy-Hiscock, The Way of the Hedge Witch, Simon & Schuster, page 16:

Hedge riding is shamanic in nature and is usually solitary as the hedge witch is solitary, but there is no reason why you cannot practice with others.

2012, Harmonia Saille, Pagan Portals - Hedge Witchcraft, John Hunt Publishing, page 10:

(paganism) A modern, solitary witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience (hedge riding).


aseitous

(metaphysics, theology) Possessing the divine attribute of aseity.


shankha

Transliteration of Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The conch-shell, considered sacred and of ritual importance.


xrafstar

There are three kinds of xrafstars corresponding to three categories of animals: those that live in water, those that live on earth, and those that live in the air.

GBd 22 gives details of certain xrafstars, such as the silkworm and the honeybee, which 'Ohrmazd through omniscience diverts to the benefit of creatures' (my translation), just as he also makes the noxious creatures attack and kill their own species (GBd 22.29).

2015, Michael Stausberg, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism (page 352)

(Zoroastrianism) Any animal considered harmful or repulsive, and not to be sacrificed or eaten.


substitutionary atonement

en-noun

substitutionary atonement (usually uncountable, plural substitutionary atonements)

(Christianity, theology) A central concept which asserts that Jesus died for humanity, and which regards Jesus as dying as a substitute for others.


qibla compass

(Islam) A compass used to determine the direction of qibla.


AROPL

Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
w:Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light

(religion) Initialism of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.


Five Points

(theology) A summary of soteriology in Reformed Christianity


maitrī

(Buddhism) Benevolence, lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.


oracle card

(spiritualism) A type of card used for spiritual insight, personal exploration, and ritual.


dice oracle

(spiritualism) A type of dice that uses the magical correspondences of the elements to produce pairings.


alphabet oracle

alphabet oracle (plural alphabet oracles)

(spiritualism) A form of divination using individual letters of an alphabet, usually the Greek alphabet.


nonlegalism

In contrast, Bawer continues that progressive or liberal theology or nonlegalism puts love at its center, with spiritual experience, priesthood of all believers, and the Great Commandment.

2019, Patricia Ambrose Welker, Seeking to Become Whole:

(religion, theology) An approach to religion that stresses faith and love over specific religious strictures.


antilegalism

In this coinage of the great apostle extremes meet; legalism and antilegalism; legalism in so far as it implies that God, as the Judaists contended demanded righteousness from all, antilegalism in so fare as it implies that the righteousness which God demands he at the same time bestows.

1896, William Rainey Harper, Ernest DeWitt Burton, Shailer Mathews, The Biblical World - Volume 7, page 10:

(religion, theology) A belief that salvation is attained or maintained not just by adherence to the requirements of moral law, but also by worship, faith, or grace.


pyrotheology

(theology) An interpretation that views faith as a particular way of engaging with the world rather than a set of beliefs about the world.


propheticide

Possibly prophet + -icide but cf. Latin propheticida.

(religion, uncommon) The slaying of a prophet.


Xwedodah

consanguine marriage
consanguine marriage

(Zoroastrianism, historical) A type of consanguine marriage practiced before the Muslim conquest of Persia.