From Longman Dictionary de‧is‧m /ˈdeɪ-ɪzəm, ˈdiː-/ noun [uncountable] the belief in a god who made the world but has no influence on human lives Example Rationalism of this kind has encouraged the growth of more and more nebulous deism Unitarianism is often the stepping-stone to a rampant deism…
From Longman Dictionary mon‧o‧the‧is‧m /ˈmɒnəʊθiːɪzəm $ ˈmɑːnə-/ noun [uncountable] the belief that there is only one God اعتقاد به اینکه تنها یک خدا وجود دارد Example But for much else in polytheism and monotheism it is of more limited value…
From Longman Dictionary Ju‧da‧is‧m /ˈdʒuːdeɪ-ɪzəm, ˈdʒuːdə- $ ˈdʒuːdə-, ˈdʒuːdi-/ noun [uncountable] the Jewish religion based on the sacred books known as the Hebrew Scriptures. These writings contain many of the books that are also in the Old Testament of the Christian bible دین یهود بر اساس کتب مقدس معروف…
From Longman Dictionary Is‧lam /ˈɪslɑːm, ˈɪz-, ɪsˈlɑːm/ noun [uncountable] the Muslim religion, which was started by Muhammad and whose holy book is the Quran (Koran) دین اسلام که توسط محمد آغاز شد و کتاب مقدس آن قرآن (قرآن)…
From Longman Dictionary cre‧a‧tion‧ist /kriˈeɪʃənɪst/ noun [countable] someone who believes that God created the universe in the way described in the Bible Example That comforts both creationists and experts on- taxonomy This is one of the oldest criticisms made by creationists, and recently it has been revived Some creationists say this means that…
From Longman Dictionary com‧mand‧ment /kəˈmɑːndmənt $ kəˈmænd-/ noun [countable] one of the ten rules given by God in the Bible that tell people how they must behave Example One of the 10 commandments is to keep the Sabbath Holy The bleak wisdom of bare and poor streets were still his commandments All the other commandments involve specific actions…
From Longman Dictionary Church of ˈScotland noun
From Longman Dictionary Church of ˈEngland noun
From Longman Dictionary ab‧so‧lut‧is‧m /ˈæbsəluːtɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] a political system in which a ruler has complete power and authority Example The state bureaucracies created by eighteenth-century absolutism signified the arrival of a universal class pursuing a universal interest The result would, at best, have been clerical absolutism, at worst, Communist takeover or civil war The tendency to ethnic absolutism and the one-party residue have reinforced one another…
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