exorcizar

pt-verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcizei, past participle exorcizado)

exorcizo (first-person present singular)
exorcizei (first-person preterite singular)
exorcizado (participle past)
exorcizar (impersonal infinitive)
exorcizar (first-person infinitive singular)
exorcizares (infinitive second-person singular)
exorcizar (infinitive singular third-person)
exorcizarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
exorcizardes (infinitive plural second-person)
exorcizarem (infinitive plural third-person)
exorcizando (gerund)
exorcizado (masculine participle past singular)
exorcizados (masculine participle past plural)
exorcizada (feminine participle past singular)
exorcizadas (feminine participle past plural)
exorcizo (first-person indicative present singular)
exorcizas (indicative present second-person singular)
exorciza (indicative present singular third-person)
exorcizamos (first-person indicative plural present)
exorcizais (indicative plural present second-person)
exorcizam (indicative plural present third-person)
exorcizava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
exorcizavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
exorcizava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
exorcizávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
exorcizáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
exorcizavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
exorcizei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
exorcizaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
exorcizou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
exorcizamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
exorcizámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
exorcizastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
exorcizaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
exorcizara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
exorcizaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
exorcizara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
exorcizáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
exorcizáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
exorcizaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
exorcizarei (first-person future indicative singular)
exorcizarás (future indicative second-person singular)
exorcizará (future indicative singular third-person)
exorcizaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
exorcizareis (future indicative plural second-person)
exorcizarão (future indicative plural third-person)
exorcizaria (conditional first-person singular)
exorcizarias (conditional second-person singular)
exorcizaria (conditional singular third-person)
exorcizaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
exorcizaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
exorcizariam (conditional plural third-person)
exorcize (first-person present singular subjunctive)
exorcizes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
exorcize (present singular subjunctive third-person)
exorcizemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
exorcizeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
exorcizem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
exorcizasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
exorcizasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
exorcizasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
exorcizássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
exorcizásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
exorcizassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
exorcizar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
exorcizares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
exorcizar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
exorcizarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
exorcizardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
exorcizarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
exorciza (imperative second-person singular)
exorcize (imperative singular third-person)
exorcizemos (first-person imperative plural)
exorcizai (imperative plural second-person)
exorcizem (imperative plural third-person)
não exorcizes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não exorcize (imperative negative singular third-person)
não exorcizemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não exorcizeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não exorcizem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, religion, parapsychology) to exorcise (to drive out an evil spirit from someone or something)


arquiepiscopal

pt-adj

arquiepiscopal m or f (plural arquiepiscopais)

(ecclesiastical) archiepiscopal (of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric)


Zorobabel

Borrowed from Latin Zorobabel, from Hebrew זרובבל / זְרֻבָּבֶל (Zərubbāḇél).

he-m

זרובבל / זְרֻבָּבֶל (Zərubbāḇél)

(biblical) Zerubbabel (Persian governor of Judah)


arcangélico

pt-adj

arcangélico (feminine arcangélica, masculine plural arcangélicos, feminine plural arcangélicas)

arcangélica (feminine)
arcangélicos (masculine plural)
arcangélicas (feminine plural)

(angelology) archangelic (relating to archangels)


escatológico

escatológico (feminine escatológica, masculine plural escatológicos, feminine plural escatológicas)

escatológica (feminine)
escatológicos (masculine plural)
escatológicas (feminine plural)

From escatologia (“eschatology”) + -ico.

(religion) eschatological (relating to eschatology, the study of the end of the world)


preboste

/pɾɨˈbɔʃ.tɨ/

[pɾɨˈβɔʃ.tɨ]

Borrowed from Catalan prebost, from Latin praepositus.

(religion) provost (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)


maná

(biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)


Rúben

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ruben, from Latin Ruben, from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן.

der

Hebrew רְאוּבֵן


xiita

pt-adj

xiita m or f (plural xiitas, not comparable)

From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “Shia”) + -ita.

(Islam) Shiite (of, or relating to Shiites or the Shi'a branch of Islam)


xiita

(Islam) Shiite (a member of the Shi'a branch of Islam)


Santana

/sɐ̃ˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

/sɐ̃ˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

Contraction of santa (“saint”) + Ana (“Anne”).

(biblical) Saint Anne (the mother of Virgin Mary)


principado

(theology) principality (the fifth level of angels in Christian angelology)


confessar

pt-verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado)

confesso (first-person present singular)
confessei (first-person preterite singular)
confessado (participle past)
confessar (impersonal infinitive)
confessar (first-person infinitive singular)
confessares (infinitive second-person singular)
confessar (infinitive singular third-person)
confessarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
confessardes (infinitive plural second-person)
confessarem (infinitive plural third-person)
confessando (gerund)
confessado (masculine participle past singular)
confessados (masculine participle past plural)
confessada (feminine participle past singular)
confessadas (feminine participle past plural)
confesso (first-person indicative present singular)
confessas (indicative present second-person singular)
confessa (indicative present singular third-person)
confessamos (first-person indicative plural present)
confessais (indicative plural present second-person)
confessam (indicative plural present third-person)
confessava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
confessavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
confessava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
confessávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
confessáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
confessavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
confessei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
confessaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
confessou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
confessamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
confessámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
confessastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
confessaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
confessara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
confessaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
confessara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
confessáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
confessáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
confessaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
confessarei (first-person future indicative singular)
confessarás (future indicative second-person singular)
confessará (future indicative singular third-person)
confessaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
confessareis (future indicative plural second-person)
confessarão (future indicative plural third-person)
confessaria (conditional first-person singular)
confessarias (conditional second-person singular)
confessaria (conditional singular third-person)
confessaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
confessaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
confessariam (conditional plural third-person)
confesse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
confesses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
confesse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
confessemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
confesseis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
confessem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
confessasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
confessasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
confessasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
confessássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
confessásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
confessassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
confessar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
confessares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
confessar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
confessarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
confessardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
confessarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
confessa (imperative second-person singular)
confesse (imperative singular third-person)
confessemos (first-person imperative plural)
confessai (imperative plural second-person)
confessem (imperative plural third-person)
não confesses (imperative negative second-person singular)
não confesse (imperative negative singular third-person)
não confessemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não confesseis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não confessem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Macanese: cunfissâ

→ Konkani: कुमसार (kumsār)

From Old Galician-Portuguese confessar, from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre (“to confess”) (possibly an inheritance), a derivative of Latin cōnfessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, to admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”).

inh

(religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)

(religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)

(chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)


encosto

(religion, spirituality) a spiritual curse or jinx, or general bad luck


ofício

(religion) service (religious rite or ritual)


rebanho

Unknown. Cognate with Galician rabaño and Spanish rebaño. Has been compared to Catalan ramat. Also, a pre-Roman substrate origin has not been discounted.


véspera

/ˈvɛʃ.pɨ.ɾɐ/

/ˈvɛʃ.pɨ.ɾɐ/

/ˈbɛʃ.pɨ.ɾɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera. Compare Spanish víspera.

(religion, Catholicism, in the plural) canonical hour of the divine office that follows the ninth, traditionally at eighteen o'clock


anglicanismo

(religion) set of doctrines, rites and institutions of the official religion of England, founded in the 16th century by King Henry VIII (1491-1547) after a split with the Holy See


paramita

(Buddhism) paramita (perfection or culmination of certain virtues)


estala

From Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“standing; stall; stable”).

uder

(obsolete, ecclesiastical) a monk’s or canon’s seat


relíquia

From Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, to abandon, to relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, to quit, to forsake, to depart from”).

(religion) relic (part of the body of a saint or any object that belonged to a saint or was part of his or her torture)


danado

pt-adj

danado (feminine danada, masculine plural danados, feminine plural danadas)

danada (feminine)
danados (masculine plural)
danadas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese danado, from Latin damnātus, perfect passive participle of damnō (“condemned; doomed”), from damnum (“damage”).

inh+

Almas danadas.


anticatólico

pt-adj

anticatólico (feminine anticatólica, masculine plural anticatólicos, feminine plural anticatólicas)

anticatólica (feminine)
anticatólicos (masculine plural)
anticatólicas (feminine plural)

(religion) anticatholic (opposed to Catholicism)


anticatólico

(religion) anticatholic (a person opposed to Catholicism)


Tiago

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-der.
Proto-Italic *sankjō
Proto-Italic *sanktos
Latin sānctus
Hebrew עקב
Hebrew יַעֲקֹבbor.
Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb)
Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor.
Latin Iācōbus
Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago
Portuguese Santiago
Portuguese Tiago
Back-formation from Santiago (“Saint James”), reinterpreting it as São Tiago rather than Santo Iago by analogy to other saints such as São Mateus, São Marcos and São Paulo. Doublet of Iago, Jacó, and Jaime. Attested as early as 1681 in Almeida's Bible, although just in the name of the book — the Apostle was still called Jacobo in the body text.

backformation

1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, transl., O Novo Testamento, […], Amsterdam: Viuva de J. V. Someren, Epistola universal do Apostolo S. Tiago, 1:1, page 485

(biblical) James (twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible)

Tiago, servo de Deus e do Senhor Jesus Cristo, às doze tribos da Dispersão, saúde.

1959 [1681], João Ferreira de Almeida, Jacobus op den Akker, transl., Bíblia Sagrada Almeida Revista e Atualizada, Barueri: SBB, →ISBN, Tiago, 1:6:

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.


cismático

pt-adj

cismático (feminine cismática, masculine plural cismáticos, feminine plural cismáticas)

cismática (feminine)
cismáticos (masculine plural)
cismáticas (feminine plural)

(religion) schismatic (relating to or involved in a schism)


cismático

pt-noun

cismático m (plural cismáticos, feminine cismática, feminine plural cismáticas)

cismáticos (plural)
cismática (feminine)
cismáticas (feminine plural)

(religion) schismatic (a person involved in a schism)


physis

(Ancient Greek philosophy and theology) physis (nature, as contrasted with law or custom)


Lázaro

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lazaro, from Latin Lazarus, from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (ʼelʻāzār).

der

Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (ʼelʻāzār)

(biblical) Lazarus (man brought back to life by Jesus)


antifonário

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin antiphonārium (“antiphonary”), from antiphōna (“antiphon”), from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”). By surface analysis, antífona + -ário.


Absalão

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Absalom, from Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם.

der

Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם


Alcorão

[aʊ̯.koˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese alcoran, from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).


Alá akbar

(Islam) Allahu akbar (Muslim proclamation)


Apocalipse

(religion) Apocalypse (revelation given by God to a prophet)


Armagedão

(Christianity, Islam) Armageddon (The place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil)


Atos dos Apóstolos

Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles

(biblical) Acts of the Apostles (the name of the book of Acts in the Bible)


Bartolomeu

From Old Galician-Portuguese Bartolomeu, from Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar Tolmai, “son of Tolmai”).

Βαρθολομαῖος

(biblical) Bartholomew (one of the apostles)


Benjamim

/bɐ̃j̃.ʒɐˈmĩ/

(biblical) Benjamin (the youngest son of Jacob)


Caim

Borrowed from Latin Cain, from Hebrew קַיִן.


Cântico dos Cânticos

(biblical) Song of Solomon (book of the Bible)


Dez Mandamentos

(biblical) Ten Commandments (ten commandments given by God to Moses)


Efésios

(biblical) Ephesians (book of the Bible)


Estêvão

[iʃˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃˈte.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).

(biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)


Febe

Borrowed from Latin Phoēbē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

(biblical) Phoebe (deacon mentioned in the Epistle to the Romans)


Geena

Borrowed from Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννᾰ (géennă), from Hebrew גֵּי הִנֹּם.

Hebrew גֵּי הִנֹּם

(biblical) Gehenna (a valley in Israel, where apostates sacrificed their children)


Génesis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”). Doublet of génese.

lbor

(biblical) Genesis (the book of the Bible)


Isaque

(biblical) Isaac (son of Abraham and Sarah)


Isaías

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ysayas, borrowed from Latin Īsaias, Ēsaias, from Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas), from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

der

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū)

(biblical) Isaiah (Old Testament prophet)


Issacar

(biblical) Issachar (ninth son of Jacob)


Jacó

→ Hunsrik: Schakoh

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Jacob, borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Iago, Jaime, and Tiago.

etymon

(biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)


Jeová

Borrowed from Latin Iehova, from Hebrew יהוה.

(religion) Jehovah (name of God in the Hebrew scriptures)


Malaquias

Borrowed from Latin Malachias, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי.

der

Hebrew מַלְאָכִי

(biblical) Malachi (book of the Old Testament)


Maria Madalena

(biblical) Mary Magdalene (female disciple of Jesus)


Matusalém

From Latin Mathusalam, from Ancient Greek Μαθουσάλα (Mathousála), from Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšélaḥ).

(biblical) Methuselah (Biblical character having reportedly lived 969 years)


Miqueias

Borrowed from Latin Michaeas, from Ancient Greek Μιχαίας (Mikhaías), from Hebrew מִיכָיָה. Doublet of Micaías.

Hebrew מִיכָיָה

(biblical) Micah (the book of the Bible)


Natã

Borrowed from Latin Nathan, from Hebrew נָתָן.

(biblical) Nathan (an Old Testament prophet)


Noémia

(biblical) Naomi (mother-in-law of Ruth)


Priscila

(biblical) Priscilla (early Christian woman)


Ramadão

(Islam) Ramadan (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar)


Salomão

From Old Galician-Portuguese Salomon, from Latin Salomon, from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), Σαλομών (Salomṓn), from Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה.

Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה


Tadeu

From Latin Thaddaeus, from Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos), from Aramaic תַדַּי (Ṯaday), of uncertain origin.


acólito

pt-noun

acólito m (plural acólitos, feminine acólita, feminine plural acólitas)

acólitos (plural)
acólita (feminine)
acólitas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos).

lbor

(ecclesiastical) acolyte (person ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass)


allahu akbar

(Islam) Allahu akbar (Muslim proclamation)


almuadem

[aʊ̯.mʊˈa.dẽɪ̯̃]

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن (al-muʔaḏḏin, “the muezzin”). Doublet of muezim.

der

اَلْمُؤَذِّن

(Islam) muezzin (person who issues call to prayer)


anjo da guarda

pt-noun

anjo da guarda m (plural anjos da guarda)

/ˈɐ̃.ʒu dɐ ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/

[ˈɐ̃.ʒu ðɐ ˈɣwaɾ.ðɐ]


réprobo

pt-adj

réprobo (feminine réproba, masculine plural réprobos, feminine plural réprobas)

réproba (feminine)
réprobos (masculine plural)
réprobas (feminine plural)

From Latin reprōbus (“false; spurious; rejected”), from reprōbo (“to condemn”).


Eclesiastes

(biblical) Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible)


Levítico

(biblical) Leviticus (the book of the Bible and Torah)


Números

(biblical) Numbers (the book of the Bible)


Provérbios

[pɾuˈβɛɾ.βjuʃ]

(biblical) Proverbs (book of the Hebrew Bible)


cátedra

Learned borrowing from Latin cathedra. Doublet of cadeira.

(ecclesiastical) the seat or office of a member of a high-ranked member of the clergy


desencarnar

pt-verb

desencarnar (first-person singular present desencarno, first-person singular preterite desencarnei, past participle desencarnado)

desencarno (first-person present singular)
desencarnei (first-person preterite singular)
desencarnado (participle past)
desencarnar (impersonal infinitive)
desencarnar (first-person infinitive singular)
desencarnares (infinitive second-person singular)
desencarnar (infinitive singular third-person)
desencarnarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
desencarnardes (infinitive plural second-person)
desencarnarem (infinitive plural third-person)
desencarnando (gerund)
desencarnado (masculine participle past singular)
desencarnados (masculine participle past plural)
desencarnada (feminine participle past singular)
desencarnadas (feminine participle past plural)
desencarno (first-person indicative present singular)
desencarnas (indicative present second-person singular)
desencarna (indicative present singular third-person)
desencarnamos (first-person indicative plural present)
desencarnais (indicative plural present second-person)
desencarnam (indicative plural present third-person)
desencarnava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desencarnavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desencarnava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desencarnávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desencarnáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desencarnavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desencarnei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desencarnaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
desencarnou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desencarnamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
desencarnámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desencarnastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
desencarnaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
desencarnara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
desencarnaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
desencarnara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
desencarnáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
desencarnáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
desencarnaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
desencarnarei (first-person future indicative singular)
desencarnarás (future indicative second-person singular)
desencarnará (future indicative singular third-person)
desencarnaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
desencarnareis (future indicative plural second-person)
desencarnarão (future indicative plural third-person)
desencarnaria (conditional first-person singular)
desencarnarias (conditional second-person singular)
desencarnaria (conditional singular third-person)
desencarnaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
desencarnaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
desencarnariam (conditional plural third-person)
desencarne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
desencarnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
desencarne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desencarnemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desencarneis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desencarnem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desencarnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desencarnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desencarnasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desencarnássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desencarnásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desencarnassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desencarnar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
desencarnares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
desencarnar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
desencarnarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
desencarnardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
desencarnarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
desencarna (imperative second-person singular)
desencarne (imperative singular third-person)
desencarnemos (first-person imperative plural)
desencarnai (imperative plural second-person)
desencarnem (imperative plural third-person)
não desencarnes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não desencarne (imperative negative singular third-person)
não desencarnemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não desencarneis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não desencarnem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(religion, intransitive) to disincarnate (to become a bodiless soul or spirit)


Êxodo

Borrowed from Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “departure”).

der

(biblical) Exodus (book of Torah and Old Testament)


Jónatas

/ˈʒɔ.nɐ.tɐʃ/


Zaratustra

(Zoroastrianism) Zoroaster (founder of Zoroastrianism)


carma

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)


chahada

(Islam) shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)


cónego

From Old Galician-Portuguese cõego (compare Galician cóengo), from Latin canonicus. Doublet of canónico.

(ecclesiastical) canon (member of cathedral chapter)


espiritualista

pt-noun

espiritualista m or f by sense (plural espiritualistas)

(spiritualism) spiritualist (one who practices spiritualism)


fátua

(Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)


hégira

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”).

bor

(Islam, poetic or humorous otherwise) emigration, an exodus

(Islam) Alternative letter-case form of Hégira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)


Beemôt

(biblical) behemoth (mighty beast in the Book of Job)


Arca de Noé

(biblical) Noah's ark (the vessel built by Noah under God’s instructions, as described in Genesis)


ladainha

[lɐ.ðɐˈi.ɲɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ledaỹa, from Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”). Cognate with Galician ladaíña. Doublet of litania.

der

(religion) litany (prayers recited by a leader alternated with responses from the congregation)


leviatã

[lɨ.βjɐˈtɐ̃]

(biblical) leviathan (biblical sea monster)


madraçal

[mɐ.ðɾɐˈsaɫ]

[mɐ.ðɾɐˈsaɫ]

(Islam, archaic) Alternative form of madraça (“madrasah”)


mortalha

Inherited from Latin mortālia, mortuālia (“mourning weeds”). Cognate of Spanish mortaja.

(religion) clothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions


muezim

From French muezzin, from Turkish müezzin, from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “muezzin”). Doublet of almuadem.

(Islam) muezzin (person who issues call to prayer)


egrégora

(spiritualism, occult) egregore (psychic entity influencing thoughts)


possessão

(parapsychology, religion) possession (the condition of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity)


potestade

Learned borrowing from Latin potestātem. Doublet of podestade.

(religion, in the plural) power (the angels of the sixth hierarchy)


predestinação

(theology) predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God)


presbiterianismo

(religion) Presbyterianism (a form of Protestantism)


sacerdócio

pt-noun

sacerdócio m (countable and uncountable, plural sacerdócios)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sacerdocio, from Latin sacerdōtium.

inh+

(religion) priesthood (the ministry of the priest)

(religion) priesthood (dignity and functions of the priest)

(religion) priesthood (the ecclesiastical career)

(religion) priesthood (the spiritual power represented by the priests)


quacre

(religion) Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends)


Jezabel

(biblical) Jezebel (Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel in 1 Kings)


episcopado

(ecclesiastical) bishopric (diocese of a bishop)

(ecclesiastical) bishopric; episcopate (function of being bishop)


xiismo

(Islam) Shi'a; Shi'ism; Shia Islam (a branch of Islam)


serafim

(biblical) seraph (highest order of angels)


antropolatria

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.lɐˈtɾi.ɐ/

(philosophy, theology) anthropolatry (worship of men)


antropomorfita

pt-noun

antropomorfita m or f by sense (plural antropomorfitas)

(theology) anthropomorphite (one who ascribes human attributes to a deity)


antropopatia

(theology) anthropopathy (attribution of human emotions to a god)


antroposofista

antroposofista m or f by sense (plural antroposofistas)

(philosophy, religion) anthroposophist (proponent of anthroposophy)


antroposófico

pt-adj

antroposófico (feminine antroposófica, masculine plural antroposóficos, feminine plural antroposóficas)

antroposófica (feminine)
antroposóficos (masculine plural)
antroposóficas (feminine plural)

(religion) anthroposophic (of or relating to anthroposophy)


vida após a morte

pt-noun

vida após a morte f (usually uncountable, plural vidas após a morte)

(religion, parapsychology) afterlife; life after death


xador

Ultimately from Iranian Persian چَادُر (čâdor), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

(Islam) chador (a loose robe worn by Muslim women in certain countries)


Arca da Aliança

(biblical) Ark of the Covenant (sacred container with the tablets of the Ten Commandments)


Abede-Nego

(biblical) Abednego (one of the captives who escaped the fiery furnace)


imaculada conceição

Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception

(theology, Roman Catholicism) Immaculate Conception (the conception of Virgin Mary in her mother’s womb free from original sin)


monoteístico

pt-adj

monoteístico (feminine monoteística, masculine plural monoteísticos, feminine plural monoteísticas)

monoteística (feminine)
monoteísticos (masculine plural)
monoteísticas (feminine plural)

(religion) monotheistic (believing in a single god)


presença real

(theology) real presence (actual presence of Christ in the Eucharist)


salto de fé

(philosophy, religion) leap of faith (act of believing in something despite lack of proof)


Acube

(biblical) Akkub (any of several minor characters in the Hebrew Bible)


Assuero

From Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (Akhashverósh) from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Xerxes, via Greek.

bor

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

der

(biblical) Ahasuerus (biblical king of Persia)


Crónicas

(biblical) Chronicles (a book of the Bible)


Livro das Lamentações

(biblical) Lamentations (a book of the Bible)


adulamita

pt-noun

adulamita m or f by sense (plural adulamitas)

(biblical) Adullamite (inhabitant of Adullam)


alauíta

alauíta m or f by sense (plural alauítas)

(Islam) Alawite (member of a mystical Shiite Islamic group that reveres Ali ibn Abi Talib)


angelolatria

(religion) angelolatry (worship of angels)


mulá

(Islam) mullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)


anticonfessional

pt-adj

anticonfessional m or f (plural anticonfessionais)

(religion) anticonfessional (contrary to any denomination)


tabuleiro ouija

pt-noun

tabuleiro ouija m (plural tabuleiros ouija)

(spiritualism) Ouija (a board with letters used to communicate with spirits)


Amós

Borrowed from Latin Amos, from Hebrew עמוס.

(biblical) Amos (figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible)

(biblical) Amos (book of the Hebrew Bible)


Anaías

(biblical) Anaiah (one of the elders who stood with Ezra)


almugue

(biblical) algum (a tree and wood mentioned in the Bible)


amilenista

(theology) amillennialistic (relating to amillennialism)


anacorético

pt-adj

anacorético (feminine anacorética, masculine plural anacoréticos, feminine plural anacoréticas)

anacorética (feminine)
anacoréticos (masculine plural)
anacoréticas (feminine plural)

(religion) anachoretic (relating to or living in religious reclusion)


anagógico

anagógico (feminine anagógica, masculine plural anagógicos, feminine plural anagógicas)

anagógica (feminine)
anagógicos (masculine plural)
anagógicas (feminine plural)

(religion) anagogic (pertaining to or employing an anagoge)


anaquim

(biblical) one of the Anakim, a race of giants


anfictionia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφικτυονία (amphiktuonía), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around, near”) + κτίζω (ktízō, “to found, to people”).

bor+

(religion, historical) amphictyony (a meeting, or cooperation in general, between religious leaders)


seráfico

pt-adj

seráfico (feminine seráfica, masculine plural seráficos, feminine plural seráficas)

seráfica (feminine)
seráficos (masculine plural)
seráficas (feminine plural)

(angelology) seraphic (relating to the seraphim)


culto dos ancestrais

pt-noun

culto dos ancestrais m (plural cultos dos ancestrais)

(anthropology, religion) ancestor worship (veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors)


ulemá

From Ottoman Turkish علما (ulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “scholar”).


Bate-Seba

(biblical) Bathsheba (wife of Uriah and later of David)


Efraim

(biblical) Ephraim (the younger son of Joseph)


Jessé

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי.

der

Hebrew יִשַׁי


Micaías

Borrowed from Latin Michaeas, from Ancient Greek Μιχαίας (Mikhaías), from Hebrew מִיכָיָה. Doublet of Miqueias.

Hebrew מִיכָיָה


Neemias

(biblical) Nehemiah (governor of Judea who rebuilt the walls of Israel)


Sansão

[sɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(biblical) Samson (Israelite judge who performed feats of strength)


Zacarias

(biblical) Zechariah (book of the Bible)

(biblical) Zechariah (father of John the Baptist)


angelofania

(religion) angelophany (appearance of an angel to a person)


angelólogo

pt-noun

angelólogo m (plural angelólogos, feminine angelóloga, feminine plural angelólogas)

angelólogos (plural)
angelóloga (feminine)
angelólogas (feminine plural)

(religion) angelologist (person involved in angelology)


anglicanização

(religion) Anglicanization (conversion to Anglicanism)


aniconismo

(religion) aniconism (conviction that artists should not depict religious figures)


anicónico

pt-adj

anicónico (feminine anicónica, masculine plural anicónicos, feminine plural anicónicas)

anicónica (feminine)
anicónicos (masculine plural)
anicónicas (feminine plural)

(religion, art) aniconic (not having or involving icons)


aniquilacionismo

pt-noun

aniquilacionismo m (plural aniquilacionismos)

(Christianity theology) annihilationism (doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed)


aniquilacionista

aniquilacionista m or f by sense (plural aniquilacionistas)

(Christianity theology) annihilationist (believer in annihilationism)


anselmiano

pt-adj

anselmiano (feminine anselmiana, masculine plural anselmianos, feminine plural anselmianas)

anselmiana (feminine)
anselmianos (masculine plural)
anselmianas (feminine plural)

(theology) Anselmian (of or relating to philosopher and theologian Saint Anselm of Canterbury)


antiateu

antiateu (feminine antiateia, masculine plural antiateus, feminine plural antiateias)

antiateia (feminine)
antiateus (masculine plural)
antiateias (feminine plural)

(religion) antiatheistic (opposing atheism)


antiateístico

antiateístico (feminine antiateística, masculine plural antiateísticos, feminine plural antiateísticas)

antiateística (feminine)
antiateísticos (masculine plural)
antiateísticas (feminine plural)


antibispo

(historical, ecclesiastical) antibishop (in medieval Italy, a pretender to the episcopal ordination)


anticelibato

(religion) anticelibacy (opposing celibacy)


anticelibatário

anticelibatário (feminine anticelibatária, masculine plural anticelibatários, feminine plural anticelibatárias)

anticelibatária (feminine)
anticelibatários (masculine plural)
anticelibatárias (feminine plural)


anticonversão

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.vehˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.vehˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(law, religion) anticonversion (opposing or preventing religious conversion)


antidemoníaco

antidemoníaco (feminine antidemoníaca, masculine plural antidemoníacos, feminine plural antidemoníacas)

antidemoníaca (feminine)
antidemoníacos (masculine plural)
antidemoníacas (feminine plural)

(religion) antidemonic (opposing or countering demons)


antiespiritismo

(rare, religion) antispiritualism (opposition to spiritualism)


antiespiritual

antiespiritual m or f (plural antiespirituais)

(religion) antispiritual (opposing or harming what is spiritual)


antiespiritualidade

(religion) antispirituality (opposition to spirituality)


antiespiritualismo

(religion) antispiritualism (opposition to spiritualism)


antievolucionista

antievolucionista m or f (plural antievolucionistas)

(religion) antievolution (opposing the teaching or espousal of biological evolution)


antievolucionista

pt-noun

antievolucionista m or f by sense (plural antievolucionistas)

(religion) antievolutionist (a person who believes that biological evolution does not take place)


antignóstico

pt-adj

antignóstico (feminine antignóstica, masculine plural antignósticos, feminine plural antignósticas)

antignóstica (feminine)
antignósticos (masculine plural)
antignósticas (feminine plural)

(religion) antignostic (opposing Gnosticism)


antimagia

(religion) antimagic (opposed to the use of magic or witchcraft)


antimágico

antimágico (feminine antimágica, masculine plural antimágicos, feminine plural antimágicas)

antimágica (feminine)
antimágicos (masculine plural)
antimágicas (feminine plural)


antimissionário

antimissionário (feminine antimissionária, masculine plural antimissionários, feminine plural antimissionárias)

antimissionária (feminine)
antimissionários (masculine plural)
antimissionárias (feminine plural)

(religion) antimissionary (opposing religious missionaries)


antimonista

antimonista m or f (plural antimonistas)

(theology) antimonistic (opposed to monism)


antimonástico

antimonástico (feminine antimonástica, masculine plural antimonásticos, feminine plural antimonásticas)

antimonástica (feminine)
antimonásticos (masculine plural)
antimonásticas (feminine plural)

(religion) antimonastic (opposing monks or monasteries)


antipêndio

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpẽ.d͡ʒɪ.u]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpẽ.d͡ʒɪ.u]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpẽ.d͡ʒɪ.o]

(ecclesiastical) antependium (the hangings in front of the altar)


antissecular

antissecular m or f (plural antisseculares)

(sociology, religion) antisecular (opposing what is secular)


antiteísta

(religion) antitheistic (of, pertaining to or espousing antitheism)


antiteísta

pt-noun

antiteísta m or f by sense (plural antiteístas)

(religion) antitheist (an active opponent of the belief in the existence of a god or gods)


antitrinitarismo

(theology) antitrinitarianism (rejection of the doctrine that God subsists as three distinct persons)


antitrinitário

pt-adj

antitrinitário (feminine antitrinitária, masculine plural antitrinitários, feminine plural antitrinitárias)

antitrinitária (feminine)
antitrinitários (masculine plural)
antitrinitárias (feminine plural)

(theology) antitrinitarian (rejecting the doctrine that God subsists as three distinct persons)


antitrinitário

pt-noun

antitrinitário m (plural antitrinitários)

(theology) antitrinitarian (one who rejects the Trinitarian doctrine)


antiuniversalismo

(theology) antiuniversalism (opposition to universalism)


antiuniversalista

antiuniversalista m or f by sense (plural antiuniversalistas)

(theology) antiuniversalist (one who opposes universalism)


calênder

(Islam) calender; qalandar (one of an order of dervishes)


diaconisa

From diácono (“deacon”) + -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

suffix

(ecclesiastical) deaconess (female deacon)


indiferentismo

pt-noun

indiferentismo m (plural indiferentismos)

(religion) indifferentism (the doctrine that all religions are equally valid)


indiferentista

indiferentista m or f by sense (plural indiferentistas)

(religion) indifferentist (an advocate of indifferentism)


khutba

(Islam) khutbah (talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer)


sabatina

From the adjective sabatino (“occurring on or related to Saturday”).


Arioque

(biblical) Arioch (man ordered to put to death the wise men of Babylon)


Armínio

(theology) Arminius (16th-17th century Dutch theologian)


Arã

(biblical) Aram (a region of the Middle East; modern central Syria)


Jardim do Éden

(Abrahamic religions) Garden of Eden (place where Adam and Eve first lived)


Melquisedeque

(biblical) Melchizedek (king and priest mentioned in the Genesis)


Pilatos

(biblical) Pilate (Roman prefect who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus)


Sofonias

Borrowed from Latin Sophonias, from Hebrew צפניה.

(biblical) Zephaniah (book of the Old Testament)


aparicional

pt-adj

aparicional m or f (plural aparicionais)

(religion, forteana) apparitional (of or relating to apparitions)


apocaliptismo

tlb

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)

(religion) apocalypticism (a belief or doctrine based on apocalypse)


apocalipticista

pt-noun

apocalipticista m or f by sense (plural apocalipticistas)

(chiefly religion) apocalyptic (one who predicts apocalypse)


apocatástase

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis).

bor

ἀποκατάστασις

(theology) apocatastasis (the doctrine that an apocalypse will lead to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment)


apocrisiário

(historical, ecclesiastical) apocrisiarius (a high diplomatic ecclesiastical representative)


apofaticamente

(theology) apophatically (in an apophatic way; using apophasis)


apofatismo

(theology) apophatism (a belief, a theory on approaching knowledge of God in a negative way)


apofático

pt-adj

apofático (feminine apofática, masculine plural apofáticos, feminine plural apofáticas)

apofática (feminine)
apofáticos (masculine plural)
apofáticas (feminine plural)

(theology) apophatic (pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions)


apolinarismo

(Christianity theology) Apollinarism (the doctrine that Jesus’s mind was only divine and not human)


apolinário

(historical, theology) Apollinarian (a follower of Apollinaris, who denied the proper humanity of Christ)


apotropismo

(religion, mysticism) apotropaism (the use of ritual or other magical means to avert evil or bad luck)


apófase

Via Late Latin apophasis from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”) from ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from φημί (phēmí, “to speak”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence via Proto-Italic *fāōr, *fāmā comes Latin fārī, fāma, cognate to fala, Spanish fama, English fame.


aquiniano

pt-adj

aquiniano (feminine aquiniana, masculine plural aquinianos, feminine plural aquinianas)

aquiniana (feminine)
aquinianos (masculine plural)
aquinianas (feminine plural)

(theology) Aquinian (of or relating to Thomas Aquinas)


arqui-herege

pt-noun

arqui-herege m or f by sense (plural arqui-hereges)

(religion) arch-heretic (the leader of a heresy)


arcebispado

(ecclesiastical) archbishopric (the rank or office of an archbishop)

(ecclesiastical) archbishopric (the jurisdiction of an archbishop)


arcebispal

(ecclesiastical) archiepiscopal (of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric)


como em cima, assim embaixo

(Brazil, occultism) as above, so below (what happens on one level of reality also happens on every other level)


arquidiácono

(ecclesiastical) archdeacon (administrative official in a diocese)


espírito faminto

espírito faminto m (plural espíritos famintos)

(Buddhism, Chinese folk religion) hungry ghost (a type of supernatural being)


fruto proibido

fruto proibido m (plural frutos proibidos)

forbidden fruit
(biblical) the fruit forbidden to Adam

forbidden fruit
the fruit forbidden to Adam


arquiabadia

(ecclesiastical) archabbey (abbey which is the seat of an archabbot)


arquidiaconato

arquidiaconato m (plural arquidiaconatos)

(ecclesiastical) archdeaconry (the office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office)

(ecclesiastical) archdeaconry (the residence or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon)


arquiprelado

(ecclesiastical) archprelate (an archbishop or other chief prelate)


pátena

(ecclesiastical) paten (plate for the host during Eucharist)


arquienganador

arquienganador m (plural arquienganadores)

(religion) archdeceiver (one who orchestrates great deception, usually referring to the Devil)


contrição

[kõ.tɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(chiefly religion) contrition (sincere penitence or remorse)


arquidiaconal

pt-adj

arquidiaconal m or f (plural arquidiaconais)

(ecclesiastical) archidiaconal (pertaining to an archdeacon)


arquiabade

[ɐɾ.kjɐˈβa.ðɨ]

(ecclesiastical) archabbot (the title of the general superior in certain Catholic congretations)


arquiconfraria

pt-noun

arquiconfraria f (plural arquiconfrarias)

(ecclesiastical) archconfraternity (religious confraternity that can join with and extend privileges with other similar brotherhoods)


arquidiocesano

pt-adj

arquidiocesano (feminine arquidiocesana, masculine plural arquidiocesanos, feminine plural arquidiocesanas)

arquidiocesana (feminine)
arquidiocesanos (masculine plural)
arquidiocesanas (feminine plural)

(ecclesiastical) archdiocesan (relating to an archdiocese)


arquipresbítero

pt-noun

arquipresbítero m (plural arquipresbíteros)

(ecclesiastical) archpriest (priest with supervisory duties)


arquissacerdote

arquissacerdote m (plural arquissacerdotes)


deão

deão m (plural deãos or deões or deães, feminine deã, feminine plural deãs)

deãos (plural)
deões (plural)
deães (plural)
deã (feminine)
deãs (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French deien, from Latin decānus. Doublet of decano.

(ecclesiastical) dean (church dignitary)


ritualístico

pt-adj

ritualístico (feminine ritualística, masculine plural ritualísticos, feminine plural ritualísticas)

ritualística (feminine)
ritualísticos (masculine plural)
ritualísticas (feminine plural)

(chiefly religion) ritual; ritualistic (in the manner of a ritual)


Cafarnaum

(biblical) Capernaum (an ancient town in Galilee, in modern Israel)


Sete

(biblical) Seth (the third son of Adam and Eve)


pneumatografia

(spiritualism) pneumatography (the act of a spirit making words appear out of nothing)


psicógrafo

pt-noun

psicógrafo m (plural psicógrafos, feminine psicógrafa, feminine plural psicógrafas)

psicógrafos (plural)
psicógrafa (feminine)
psicógrafas (feminine plural)

(spiritualism) psychographer (a medium who is believed to be able to psychograph - to have one's body be possessed by spirits in order to let them write texts in the physical world)


forma-pensamento

forma-pensamento f (plural formas-pensamento)

(spiritualism) thought-form (a manifestation of the thoughts, ideas or emotions of someone)


Umbral

(spiritualism) a place of suffering for spirits, similar to Hell


Papai do Céu

(Brazil, childish, religion) "Sky Daddy", God


Cefas

(biblical) Cephas (alternative name of the apostle Peter)


Gólgota

(biblical) Golgotha (a hill in Israel, the site of Jesus’s crucifixion)


Jetro

Borrowed from Latin Iethrō, from Hebrew יִתְרוֹ.

der

Hebrew יִתְרוֹ

(biblical) Jethro (the father-in-law of Moses)


bwiti

(religion) Bwiti (an animistic religion of Gabon and Cameroon)


irmão leigo

(ecclesiastical) lay brother (a layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest)


mandeísmo

(religion) Mandaeism (a monotheistic religion practiced in the Middle East)


xaria

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).


aspersão

[aʃ.peχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐʃ.pɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

(religion) aspersion (a sprinkling of holy water)


cibório

(ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)


altar-mor

(religion) high altar (main altar in a church)


caodaísmo

(religion) Caodaism (a syncretic monotheistic religion founded in the 20th century in Vietnam)


sanguinho

From Old Galician-Portuguese sanguinno, from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguíneo, or simply a popular derivative of it. Compare Spanish sangüeño.

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]

(ecclesiastical) purificator (napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice)


bogomilismo

(religion, historical) Bogomilism (a dualist religiopolitical sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire)


bogomilo

(religion, historical) Bogomil (a follower of Bogomilism)


perispírito

(spiritualism) perispirit (ethereal material that forms a bond between spirit and body)


caodaísta

pt-noun

caodaísta m or f by sense (plural caodaístas)

(religion) Caodaiist (somebody who adheres to Caodaism)


mandeu

mandeu m (plural mandeus, feminine mandeia, feminine plural mandeias)

mandeus (plural)
mandeia (feminine)
mandeias (feminine plural)

(religion) Mandaean (a follower of Mandaeism)


mandeu

pt-adj

mandeu (feminine mandeia, masculine plural mandeus, feminine plural mandeias)

mandeia (feminine)
mandeus (masculine plural)
mandeias (feminine plural)


Cantares

/kɐ̃ˈta.ɾɨʃ/

(biblical) Song of Songs (the book of the Bible)


1 Crónicas

(biblical) 1 Chronicles (book of the Bible)


2 Crónicas

(biblical) 2 Chronicles (book of the Bible)


Romanos

(biblical) Romans (book of the New Testament)


Gálatas

(biblical) Galatians (a book of the New Testament)


luciferismo

(religion) Luciferianism (belief system that venerates the essential characteristics identified with Lucifer)


Ageu

(biblical) Haggai (book of the Old Testament)


head

dinheiro, carinho e reza, nunca se despreza

Literally, “money, care and prayer, never disdain”. The word reza (“prayer”) rhymes with despreza (“disdain”).

lit

(rare, religion) never show disdain for money, care, or prayer


noviço

From Old Galician-Portuguese noviço, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novītius, from Latin novus.

(religion) novice (new member of a religious order)


crismar

pt-verb

crismar (first-person singular present crismo, first-person singular preterite crismei, past participle crismado)

crismo (first-person present singular)
crismei (first-person preterite singular)
crismado (participle past)
crismar (impersonal infinitive)
crismar (first-person infinitive singular)
crismares (infinitive second-person singular)
crismar (infinitive singular third-person)
crismarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
crismardes (infinitive plural second-person)
crismarem (infinitive plural third-person)
crismando (gerund)
crismado (masculine participle past singular)
crismados (masculine participle past plural)
crismada (feminine participle past singular)
crismadas (feminine participle past plural)
crismo (first-person indicative present singular)
crismas (indicative present second-person singular)
crisma (indicative present singular third-person)
crismamos (first-person indicative plural present)
crismais (indicative plural present second-person)
crismam (indicative plural present third-person)
crismava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
crismavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
crismava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
crismávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
crismáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
crismavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
crismei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
crismaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
crismou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
crismamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
crismámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
crismastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
crismaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
crismara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
crismaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
crismara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
crismáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
crismáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
crismaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
crismarei (first-person future indicative singular)
crismarás (future indicative second-person singular)
crismará (future indicative singular third-person)
crismaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
crismareis (future indicative plural second-person)
crismarão (future indicative plural third-person)
crismaria (conditional first-person singular)
crismarias (conditional second-person singular)
crismaria (conditional singular third-person)
crismaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
crismaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
crismariam (conditional plural third-person)
crisme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
crismes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
crisme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
crismemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
crismeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
crismem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
crismasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
crismasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
crismasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
crismássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
crismásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
crismassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
crismar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
crismares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
crismar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
crismarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
crismardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
crismarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
crisma (imperative second-person singular)
crisme (imperative singular third-person)
crismemos (first-person imperative plural)
crismai (imperative plural second-person)
crismem (imperative plural third-person)
não crismes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não crisme (imperative negative singular third-person)
não crismemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não crismeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não crismem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(religion, by extension, transitive) to confirm


nascer de novo

nascer de novo (first-person singular present nasço de novo, first-person singular preterite nasci de novo, past participle nascido de novo)

nasço de novo (first-person present singular)
nasci de novo (first-person preterite singular)
nascido de novo (participle past)

(chiefly religion, idiomatic) to be reborn (revived in one's beliefs)


Tessalonicenses

(biblical) Thessalonians (either of two books of the New Testament)


hádice

(Islam) hadith (collected sayings and actions of Muhammad)


Colossenses

(biblical) Colossians (a book of the New Testament)


Filémon

(biblical) Philemon (book of the New Testament)

(biblical) Philemon (an early Christian in Asia Minor)


Getsémani

(biblical) Gethsemane (garden in ancient Jerusalem)


Asquelom

(chiefly biblical) Alternative form of Ascalon


mitraísmo

(religion, historical) Mithraism (initiatory religion, centered on the cult of the god Mithra, originated in ancient Persia and flourished in the territories of the Roman empire during the first centuries of the Christian era)


mentalismo

(occultism) alleged power to read or control the minds of others


ebó

(religion) an offering to a deity in Afro-Brazilian religions such as Umbanda and Candomblé


feitura de santo

pt-noun

feitura de santo f (plural feituras de santo)

(religion) initiation in Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian religion)


pároco

pároco m (plural párocos, feminine pároca, feminine plural párocas)

párocos (plural)
pároca (feminine)
párocas (feminine plural)


benesse

Borrowed from Latin bene esse (literally “being well, to be well”).

bor+

(ecclesiastical) budget that a curate obtains from ceremonies such as baptisms, weddings and burials


bolado

pt-adj

bolado (feminine bolada, masculine plural bolados, feminine plural boladas, comparable, comparative mais bolado, superlative o mais bolado or boladíssimo, diminutive boladinho, augmentative boladão)

bolada (feminine)
bolados (masculine plural)
boladas (feminine plural)
mais bolado (comparative)
o mais bolado (superlative)
boladíssimo (superlative)
boladinho (diminutive)
boladão (augmentative)

(Brazil, religion) possessed by an orisha


anhanguera

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ̃.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ/

[ɐ̃.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾɐ]

/ɐ.ɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛ.ɾa/

(Brazil, religion, fiction) the devil; Satan


quizila

(Brazil, religion) that which is sacred in Afro-Brazilian religions such as Umbanda and Candomblé

(Brazil, religion) superstitious repulse for certain foods or behaviors


Religião Biônica Mundial

Coined by Brazilian author Olavo de Carvalho. Literally, "Bionic World Religion".

(Brazil, religion) According to a conspiracy theory, the single religion which is expected to be followed by the entire world's population in the future, displacing all other religions and antagonizing Christianity in particular.


hijabe

Borrowed from English hijab, from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

(Islam) hijab (veil worn by Muslim women)


ilê

(religion) the place where Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian religion) rituals take place


Deus Pai

desc

→ Old Tupi: Tupã Tuba, Tupãtuba (calque)

[ˈdeʊ̯ʃ ˈpaɪ̯]

Compound of Deus + Pai. Compare French Dieu le Père and Spanish Dios Padre.


Deus Filho

→ Old Tupi: Tupã Ta'yra (calque)


pitanceiro

pt-noun

pitanceiro m (plural pitanceiros, feminine pitanceira, feminine plural pitanceiras)

pitanceiros (plural)
pitanceira (feminine)
pitanceiras (feminine plural)

(religion, archaic) distributor of the income of a convent


obá

(religion) an honorary title in Candomblé given to each of the 12 men who form the council of ministers and hold seats of honor alongside King Shango


viaticar

pt-verb

viaticar (first-person singular present viatico, first-person singular preterite viatiquei, past participle viaticado)

viatico (first-person present singular)
viatiquei (first-person preterite singular)
viaticado (participle past)
viaticar (impersonal infinitive)
viaticar (first-person infinitive singular)
viaticares (infinitive second-person singular)
viaticar (infinitive singular third-person)
viaticarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
viaticardes (infinitive plural second-person)
viaticarem (infinitive plural third-person)
viaticando (gerund)
viaticado (masculine participle past singular)
viaticados (masculine participle past plural)
viaticada (feminine participle past singular)
viaticadas (feminine participle past plural)
viatico (first-person indicative present singular)
viaticas (indicative present second-person singular)
viatica (indicative present singular third-person)
viaticamos (first-person indicative plural present)
viaticais (indicative plural present second-person)
viaticam (indicative plural present third-person)
viaticava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
viaticavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
viaticava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
viaticávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
viaticáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
viaticavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
viatiquei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
viaticaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
viaticou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
viaticamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
viaticámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
viaticastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
viaticaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
viaticara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
viaticaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
viaticara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
viaticáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
viaticáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
viaticaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
viaticarei (first-person future indicative singular)
viaticarás (future indicative second-person singular)
viaticará (future indicative singular third-person)
viaticaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
viaticareis (future indicative plural second-person)
viaticarão (future indicative plural third-person)
viaticaria (conditional first-person singular)
viaticarias (conditional second-person singular)
viaticaria (conditional singular third-person)
viaticaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
viaticaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
viaticariam (conditional plural third-person)
viatique (first-person present singular subjunctive)
viatiques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
viatique (present singular subjunctive third-person)
viatiquemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
viatiqueis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
viatiquem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
viaticasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
viaticasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
viaticasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
viaticássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
viaticásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
viaticassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
viaticar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
viaticares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
viaticar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
viaticarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
viaticardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
viaticarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
viatica (imperative second-person singular)
viatique (imperative singular third-person)
viatiquemos (first-person imperative plural)
viaticai (imperative plural second-person)
viatiquem (imperative plural third-person)
não viatiques (imperative negative second-person singular)
não viatique (imperative negative singular third-person)
não viatiquemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não viatiqueis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não viatiquem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(religion, transitive) to administer the viaticum to


atotô

Borrowed from Yoruba atóto (interjection used to enforce silence).

bor+

... 'Atotô Obaluaê Atotô Baba somos apenas matéria que deteriora, hora após hora, todo dia a cada hora daqui ninguém escapa, daqui ninguém se safa, Atotô Obaluaê, Atotô Baba não tem caminho de volta pra reverter o irreversível, a não ser que[…]

2022 April 8, Claudia Schapira, Eugênio Lima, Luaa Gabanini, Roberta Estrela D'Alva, A palavra como território: Antologia dramatúrgica do teatro hip-hop, Editora Perspectiva S/A, →ISBN:

(religion) a salutation to the orisha Omolu.


que a paz esteja com ele

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu). Literally, “may the peace be with him”.

calque

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ

"Não foi uma questão de dor. Fiz isso pelo amor ao meu profeta, que a paz esteja com ele", conta.

2019, Shumaila Jeffery, “A incrível jornada de Asia Bibi, de nove anos em solitária por blasfêmia à vida nova no Canadá”, in BBC News:

It wasn't a matter of pain. I did this out of love for my prophet, peace be upon him", he says.


fordicídio

(archaic, history, religion) Fordicidia (among the ancient Romans, a ritual that sought to ensure agricultural fertility and which consisted of the sacrifice of a pregnant cow)


ofertório

From Late Latin offertorium, ultimately from Latin offerō. Compare Catalan and Spanish ofertorio, Italian offertorio.

(religion) offertory (part of the mass in which the priest offers the host and chalice)

(religion) offertory (act of offering any amount for the worship or suffrage of the souls of the deceased)


Caná

(biblical) Cana (site where Jesus miraculously turned water into wine)


Betfagé

(biblical) Bethphage (a place near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament)


Otniel

[ot͡ʃ.nɪˈɛʊ̯]

[ot͡ʃˈnjɛʊ̯]

[ot͡ʃ.nɪˈɛʊ̯]

[ot͡ʃˈnjɛʊ̯]

[ot͡ʃ.nɪˈɛʊ̯]

[ot͡ʃˈnjɛʊ̯]

der

Hebrew עתניאל


reencarnação

/ʁjẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

reincarnation
(religion, philosophy) metempsychosis

(religion, philosophy) body in which, according to this theory, the spirit of a deceased person lives


candomblecista

pt-adj

candomblecista m or f (plural candomblecistas, not comparable)

(religion, relational) of the Candomblé religion


candomblecista

pt-noun

candomblecista m or f by sense (plural candomblecistas)

(religion) a follower of the Candomblé religion


nicabe

(Islam) niqab (a veil which covers the face)


Horomazes

From Latin Hōromazēs, ultimately from Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā).

(Zoroastrianism) Ahura Mazda (highest deity in Zoroastrianism)


Hégira

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”).

bor

(Islam) Hegira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)

(Islam, poetic or humorous otherwise) Alternative letter-case form of hégira (emigration)


aqué

A gamela também representa o dar e o receber, pois é a artura oferecida ao Orixá e a fé nele que fará receber seu quinhão. É na gamela que é depositado o aqué […]

2012 September 26, Eduard Montgomery Meira Costa, Xangô, Meu Pai! O Orixá Rei, Clube de Autores, page 39:

The trough also represents giving and receiving, as it is the food offered to the Orisha, and the faith in the Orisha that will ensure receiving one's share. It is in the trough that money [for the materials of the offerings] is deposited […]

— discussões sobre o aqué (dinheiro) - textos que falam sobre consumo, sapatos, carros, casas, trocas de mercadorias e enriquecimento da população negra;

2023 October 3, Jéssica Nascimento, Festas, dramaturgias e teatros negros na cidade de São Paulo: Olaegbékizomba, EDUC – Editora da PUC-SP, →ISBN:

— discussions about money - texts that talk about consumption, shoes, cars, houses, trade, and the economic advancement of the black community;

(Brazil, religion) money given for the materials of offerings in Afro-Brazilian religions


Obá

(religion) an orisha and river divinity, believed to be the spirit of the Oba river, and was the senior wife of Shango


saravá

Believed to be a corruption of salvar (“to greet”).

(Brazil, religion) Used as a greeting, especially by adherents to Afro-Brazilian religions.


cádi

From Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin). Doublet of alicali.


livro de horas

pt-noun

livro de horas m (plural livros de horas)

[ˈli.vɾu ˈð‿ɔ.ɾɐʃ]

[ˈli.vɾu ˈð‿ɔ.ɾɐʃ]

[ˈli.βɾu ˈð‿ɔ.ɾɐʃ]

(religion) breviary (devotional with prayers of the canonical hours and other texts of worship)


Eclesiástico

Borrowed from Late Latin Ecclēsiasticus (“of the church”). Latin Church Fathers, beginning with Cyprian, so named the book because it was frequently read in churches.


Baruque

(biblical) Baruch (a character of the Bible)


madraça

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”)

(Islam) madrasah (a school that teaches Islamic theology)


preto-velho

(Brazil, religion) spirit of a deceased African slave in Umbanda


Maria Padilha

[mɐˈɾi.ɐ pɐˈði.ʎɐ]

(Brazil, religion) a spiritual entity in Umbanda and Candomblé


hinodo

From Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδός (humnōidós), "singing hymns".

(history, religion) In ancient Greece, a singer of hymns in religious ceremonies.


burquíni

Borrowed from English burqini. By surface analysis, burca + (bi)quíni.


budeidade

From buda + -e- + -idade, based on French bouddhéité.

(Buddhism, philosophy) Buddhahood (the state or condition of being a buddha)


asseidade

pt-noun

asseidade f (countable and uncountable, plural asseidades)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin asēitātis.


Judas Iscariotes

[ˈʒu.ðɐz iʃ.kɐˈɾjɔ.tɨʃ]