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Religious Belief

Definition: Religious Belief

Religious Belief

Noun

1. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Religious Belief

Synonyms: faith (n), religion (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Religious Belief

English words defined with "religious belief": convertlatitudinarian, Latitudinarianismnihilistobeah, obireligiousShintiism, SubreligionThe Faithful. (references)
Specialty definitions using "religious belief": Heartsoul. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Religious Belief

DomainTitle

Books

  • Baillie, Oman, and MacMurray: Experience and Religious Belief (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) (reference)

  • An empiricist's view of the nature of religious belief (reference)

  • The Myth of Religious Neutrality: An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories (reference)

  • Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief (reference)

  • Wondrous Events: Foundations of Religious Belief (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Religious Belief

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Use in Literature: Religious Belief

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

I had long realized that we were not in sympathy in religious belief.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Religious Belief

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Civil Liberties

Russia

Reports of official harassment and punishment for religious belief or activity continued. (references)

Nepal

Some Christian groups are concerned that the ban on proselytizing limits the expression of non-Hindu religious belief. (references)

Moldova

The ECHR heard the case on October 2 and issued its decision on December 13, stating that the Government had violated the human right of freedom of religious belief. (references)

Discrimination

Macau

For example, under the law that establishes the general framework for the educational system, access to education is stipulated for all residents regardless of race, religious belief, or political or ideological convictions. (references)

Ireland

The amended Employment Equality Act outlaws discrimination in relation to employment on the basis of nine distinct discriminatory grounds: Gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race, and membership in the Traveller community. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

A February 2000 report commissioned by the Home Office found that some religious groups, particularly those identified with ethnic minorities, reported unfair treatment on the basis of their religious belief. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Some reports indicate that government workers now feel less pressure to restrict their personal expressions of religious belief. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Religious Belief

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

religious belief

41

puritan religious belief

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Religious Belief

Language Translations for "religious belief"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

信教 (faith). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

し"きょう (creed, divine mirror, faith, improvement, mental state, progress, Protestantism, sacred bridge, sacred mirror). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eligiousray eliefbay

   

Portuguese

  

crença religiosa. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

creideamh (belief). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

creencia religiosa (persuasion). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Religious Belief

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-f-g-i-i-i-l-l-o-r-s-u"

-5 letters: gorbellies, rebellious, reeligible.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Religious Belief


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6C 69 67 69 6F 75 73      42 65 6C 69 65 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#108 &#105 &#103 &#105 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#108 &#105 &#101 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006C 0069 0067 0069 006F 0075 0073      0042 0065 006C 0069 0065 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271787573758187852367178757172

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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