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| ACCREDIT: (tv) | Give credit for; show confidence in someone or something. |
| CREDENCE: (n) | Belief; acceptance as true (often used with "give"). |
| CREDITABLE: (adj) | Deserving praise. |
| CREDULOUS (adj) | Believing too easily; gullible. |
| CREED: (n) | A statement of belief or principle. |
| DEIFY: (tv) | To make a god of; idolize. |
| DEITY: (n) | A god or goddess. |
| DIVINE: (tv) | To foretell by supernatural means; to know by intuition or insight; predict. |
| DIVINITY: (n) | A god or goddess. |
| APOTHEOSIS: (n) | A deified state; a glorified ideal; the "essence" of something. |
| THEOCRACY: (n) | Government by divine power or priests. |
| THEOLOGY: (n) | The study of religion; the principles of a religion. |
| ATHEIST: (n) | A person who believes there is no god. |
| PANTHEISM: (n) | Identifying god with nature; belief in all gods. |
| PANTHEON: (n) | All the gods of a people or a religion. |
| CONSECRATE: (tv) | To make or delcare something sacred; to dedicate something to a goal. |
| EXECRATE: (tv) | To denounce as vile or evil; to curse or detest. |
| SACRAMENT: (n) | Something considered to have sacred signifcance. |
| SACRILEGE: (n) | Refusal to recognize something as sacred; disrespect. |
| SACROSANCT: (adj) | Sacred; often used sarcastically. |
| SANCTIMONIOUS: (adj) | Pretending to be righteous; self-righteous. |
| SANCTION: (tv, n): | tv: approval; support; permission. |
| SANCTITY: (n) | Godliness; holiness. |
| SANCTUARY: (n) | A sacred place; a place of refuge (safety). |
| HIERARCHY: (n) | A group organized by rank. |
| HIEROGLYPHIC: (adj) | Written with pictures; hard to read. |
| EXPIATE: (tv) | To make amends for; to atone for; forgive. |
| PIETY: (n) | Religious devotion; great respect toward something. |
| IMPIOUS: (adj) | Sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect. |
| PITTANCE: (n) | A meager (small) portion; a small amount. |
