From Longman Dictionary Sikh /siːk/ noun [countable] a member of an Indian religious group that developed from Hinduism in the 16th century Example I think the executioner was a Sikh The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry It showed an old Sikh warrior on a pony, glaring at the camera fiercely,…
From Longman Dictionary Shin‧to /ˈʃɪntəʊ $ -toʊ/ (also Shintoism /ˈʃɪntəʊɪzəm $ -toʊ-/) noun [uncountable] the ancient traditional religion of Japan Example We chant at a Shinto shrine The imperial family, steeped in Shinto ritual, appeals to the traditionalist and nationalist markets The result is that certain rituals that appear on the surface to be Buddhist or Shinto are essentially shamanistic in content In the same fashion, they also brought down…
From Longman Dictionary Shi‧ite /ˈʃiː-aɪt/ noun [countable] a member of one of the two main groups in the Muslim religion Example It is then possible that the Shiites will do the rest The Shiites thought they were doing what President Bush wanted when they staged their uprising…
From Longman Dictionary Shi‧a, Shiah /ˈʃiːə/ noun Example In the south the enforcement of a no-fly zone by western aircraft has raised the possibility of a Shia secession A Shia would be the speaker of parliament Some seek revenge for atrocities committed in suppressing the Shia uprising
From Longman Dictionary sec‧u‧lar‧is‧m /ˈsekjələrɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] a system of social organization that does not allow religion to influence the government, or the belief that religion should not influence a government the quality of behaving in a way that shows religion does not influence you Example The unavoidable fact…
From Longman Dictionary sal‧va‧tion /sælˈveɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] something that prevents or saves someone or something from danger, loss, or failure in the Christian religion, the state of being saved from evil Example Nor is there any salvation in the rake’s progress of perpetual devaluation We do not take all…
From Longman Dictionary res‧ur‧rec‧tion /ˌrezəˈrekʃən/ noun [singular] a situation in which something old or forgotten returns or becomes important again Example His death and resurrection as shaman lies in his future Here was another burial ground, laid open under the light for resurrection Once beyond possible resurrection, they melded in with the background and slowly…
From Longman Dictionary re‧demp‧tion /rɪˈdempʃən/ noun [uncountable] the state of being freed from the power of evil, believed by Christians to be made possible by Jesus Christ the act of exchanging a piece of paper worth a particular amount of money for money,…
From Longman Dictionary re‧birth /ˌriːˈbɜːθ $ -ɜːrθ/ noun when an important idea, feeling, or organization becomes strong or popular again when something or someone becomes alive again after dying Example Mancini, who died in 1994 after a long fight with cancer, is undergoing something of a rebirth…
From Longman Dictionary pre‧des‧ti‧na‧tion /prɪˌdestəˈneɪʃən, ˌpriːdes-/ noun [uncountable] the belief that God has decided everything that will happen and that people cannot change this Example Here was a community in which people argued fiercely about theology, even sang ballads about predestination I vowed to question Lili about predestination Posterity undoubtedly concentrated its…
