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| a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular region |
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| a religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated |
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| a large and fundamental division within a religion |
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| a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body |
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| a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination |
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| the doctrine of belief of the existence of only one god |
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| belief in or worshop of more than one god |
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| belief that objects, such as plants and stones, of natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life |
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| an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
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| a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times |
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| during the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure |
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| a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes |
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| a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe |
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| time when the Sun is farthest from the equator |
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| a religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control |
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| the basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church |
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| a religion that does not have the central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally |
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| literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect) |
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| the class of hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned to according to religious law |
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