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Religious
Of or pertaining to religion concerned with religion teaching or setting forth religion set apart to religion as a religious society a religious
Blasphemy
hurt, and fhmh, reputation; blasfhmw', to speak impiously; blasphemo, Lat., to revile, Wedgw.], an offence against God and religion, by denying to the Almighty His Being and Providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Also,
Ghost dance
and the spirits of departed friends The dance is the chief rite of the Ghost dance or Messiah religion which originated about 1890 in the doctrines of the Piute Wovoka the Indian Messiah who taught that the
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Apostacy
Apostacy, a total renunciation of Christianity, by embracing either a false religion or no religion at all (4 Bl. Com. 43). A person educated as a Christian who denies the
Clergy
rest of the people or laity to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to administer spiritual counsel and instruction. --The clergy were before the Reformation divided into (1) regular, who
Dharma
context of the word Rajya only means law, and Dharmilrajya means rule of law and not rule of religion or a theocratic State. Dharma in the context of legal and constitutional history only means Vyavaharadharma and Rajadharma
Panth
path or the way. It must be conceded that by itself it has come to indicate the Sikh religion, because, it has been used by Sikhs to denote their religion and their deno-mination as the followers of
Clerical subscription
is about to be ordained, make the following 'Declaration of Assent': I assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and to the Book of Common Prayer and of the ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. I believe
Scripture
Scripture. The canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. See Articles of Religion. Art. VI. All profane scoffing of theHoly Scripture, or exposing any part theeof to contempt and ridicule, is
Discrimination
the State from discriminating against any citizen in respect of any employment under it on the grounds of religion, race, caste sex, etc., Constitution of India, Art. 16(2). In India, Constitution prohibits the State from discriminating against
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